New York · Nonprofit
THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION
THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,911,574 to it, the largest being CHANEL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,590,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.4M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Theatreworks USA Corporation does
Mission
Theaterworksusa creates exceptional, transformative theatrical experiences for young and family audiences in diverse communities throughout new york city and north america.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
National touring/theatre accesstwusa produces professional theater for young and family audiences and then tours these productions to nearly 500 schools, community centers, and theaters across north america. This program reaches over 1.2 million children, educators, and families annually (more than 100 million individuals cumulatively served in the organization's lifetime), including many underserved youth and communities. Free and subsidized tickets are distributed to children and schools in need in an attempt to make live theater as accessible as possible. Special, free performances frequently take place in children's hospitals and areas affected by tragedy.
$6,003,549 spent$6,094,619 earned by the program93% of program spendingNew work developmentnew work development is the artistic engine of twusa which commissions, develops, and produces new works of theater for young and family audiences every year. We engage professional, creative and performing artists to create work that is relevant to our audience members in their educational, social-emotional, and creative development. In its lifetime, twusa has developed a repertoire of more than 140 new plays and musicals adapted from literature, historical events, and various aspects of world culture.
$375,391 spent$7,500 earned by the program6% of program spendingAcademy & community engagementtwusa is where arts and education meet to enhance communities and enlighten students to see their full inspired potential. We work in school districts (both during school hours and with after-school programs) with customizable program structures and lesson plans that uniquely instill confidence and pride in every student. Example offerings include make a story!, make a song!, on broadway, make a design!, and ensemble theater sports.
$72,701 spent$8,375 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,451,641.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.5M to $4.5M (+81%).
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 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 14% · 2022 73% · 2023 3% · 2024 2% · 2025 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Michael Harrington
President/executive director
Board chair
Tracy Stein
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $175k → $474k.
9 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION’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
THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 64% · 2019 79% · 2020 84% · 2021 63% · 2022 58% · 2023 53% — broadly stable.
“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 THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
91% of THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $300k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION's funding base is broadening — from 3 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $161k on record — $149k federal, $12k state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$149k
- DEDICATED$12k
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 THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- The Lightning Thief Limited Liability Company · disregarded
- Long Way Down Limited Liability Company · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION?
- THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,911,574 to it, the largest being CHANEL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,590,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,911,574 in grants to THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION?
- CHANEL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,590,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATREWORKS USA CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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