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Theatre Rhinoceros Inc

Theatre Rhinoceros Inc (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,859 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($385,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$415k
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$652k
Net assets
$208k
6/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 34%
01What it does

What Theatre Rhinoceros Inc does

Mission

To develop and produce theater to enlighten, enrich, and explore both the ordinary and extraordinary aspect of our queer community.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Fallin

    $11,313 spent
    14% of program spending
  2. Cabaret

    $11,313 spent
    14% of program spending
  3. A Christmas Memory

    $11,313 spent
    14% of program spending
  4. Longing For Longanisa

    $11,313 spent
    14% of program spending
  5. The Laramie Project

    $11,313 spent
    14% of program spending
  6. Doodler

    $11,312 spent
    14% of program spending
  7. Gumiho

    $11,312 spent
    14% of program spending

The 7 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $79,189.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($484k) Expenses 100 ($355k) Net assets 100 ($529k)2018 Revenue 41 ($197k) Expenses 115 ($407k) Net assets 60 ($319k)2019 Revenue 65 ($313k) Expenses 105 ($373k) Net assets 30 ($159k)2021 Revenue 54 ($260k) Expenses 63 ($225k) Net assets 24 ($126k)2022 Revenue 32 ($156k) Expenses 65 ($232k) Net assets 16 ($86k)2023 Revenue 66 ($317k) Expenses 75 ($264k) Net assets 50 ($263k)2024 Revenue 87 ($421k) Expenses 98 ($346k) Net assets 37 ($197k)2025 Revenue 69 ($336k) Expenses 109 ($388k) Net assets 27 ($145k)2026 Revenue 86 ($415k) Expenses 99 ($351k) Net assets 39 ($208k)
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Revenue (86)Expenses (99)Net assets (39)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $529k to $319k (−40%).

$529k
$319k
$159k
$138k
$117k
$291k
$221k
$167k
$228k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 11% · 2019 14% · 2021 35% · 2023 40% · 2024 42% · 2025 23% · 2026 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

89% of Theatre Rhinoceros Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$129k
’17
−$210k
’18
−$60k
’19
$35k
’21
−$75k
’22
$53k
’23
$75k
’24
−$52k
’25
$63k
’26
5.8
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

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Listed89101012131414
Joined·+4+6··+1+1+0
No longer listed·35··000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $48k → $109k.

3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of Theatre Rhinoceros Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

Theatre Rhinoceros Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

26% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Theatre Rhinoceros Inc.

59%
largest funder
88%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 46% · 2019 71% · 2020 70% · 2021 47% · 2022 63% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

67% of Theatre Rhinoceros Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

99% of Theatre Rhinoceros Inc's grant income comes from California funders.

CA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $139k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

Theatre Rhinoceros Inc runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin15% · above the median
Months of reserve5.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Government funding Theatre Rhinoceros Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.

Federal$10k
grants $10kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$10k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like Theatre Rhinoceros Inc

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

23% of spending goes to programs.

Program 23%Management 77%Fundraising 0%

Governance

14
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds Theatre Rhinoceros Inc?
Theatre Rhinoceros Inc (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $651,859 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($385,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Theatre Rhinoceros Inc have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $651,859 in grants to Theatre Rhinoceros Inc, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Theatre Rhinoceros Inc?
THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $385,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Theatre Rhinoceros Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 13 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing