Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THEATREWASHINGTON
THEATREWASHINGTON (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,959,683 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($477,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $930k
What Theatrewashington does
Mission
Theatre washington is dedicated to strengthening, supporting, and celebrating the washington, dc region's community of professional theaters, theater artists, and administrators. As an alliance of theatre organizations, theatre-makers, and supporters, it promotes and nurtures a creative, equitable, healthy, and diverse regional theatre community. Through collaborative partnerships and programs, theatre washington helps support the area's professional theatre scene by celebrating artistic achievement, strengthening the theatrical workforce, supporting institutional growth and advancement, and cultivating collective action. Its core programs include the helen hayes awards, theatre week, theatre summit, theatre work, and the taking care fund.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Promote washington theatre- theatre washington promotes the theatre industry in the region throughout the year through its ongoing commitment to amplifying the many readings, events, and performances produced by a comprehensive listings section on our website, Theatrewashington.org, and through our social media channels. Creating understanding and greater participation by attending and participating in theatre is the central message of the theatre week program, a month-long celebration about and for the theatre industry in the area. Additionally, we participate in frequent opportunities presented throughout the year to speak at panel discussions and forums with community partners interested in the washington region as a destination for theatre for residents and tourists.
$231,239 spent25% of program spendingCelebrating excellence -the helen hayes awards is an annual event that honors extraordinary achievements in theater performance, design, and direction in the greater washington d.c. Region. It is supported by a group of forty volunteer judges who submit scoring for over two hundred productions annually. The celebration brings together the dc community of theater professionals to celebrate and publicize their collective strength and artistry.
$519,556 spent56% of program spendingTheatre support- taking care provides washington area theater professionals with financial assistance in emergency situations, including in the case of serious medical and other issues.
$169,388 spentof which $63,233 as grants18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $920,183.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $941k to $1.1M (+18%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 19% · 2018 18% · 2019 19% · 2020 9% · 2021 29% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Chief executive
Amy Austin
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $118k → $245k.
6 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 THEATREWASHINGTON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 funders by total. 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
THEATREWASHINGTON has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
36% 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 THEATREWASHINGTON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 43% · 2018 69% · 2019 41% · 2020 24% · 2021 28% · 2022 34% · 2023 27% — 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
29% of THEATREWASHINGTON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.
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
THEATREWASHINGTON draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $668k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Government funding THEATREWASHINGTON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $130k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$130k
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 THEATREWASHINGTON
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THEATREWASHINGTON: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THEATREWASHINGTON?
- THEATREWASHINGTON (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,959,683 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($477,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THEATREWASHINGTON have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $1,959,683 in grants to THEATREWASHINGTON, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATREWASHINGTON?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $477,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATREWASHINGTON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 37 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing