Massachusetts · Nonprofit
THEATREZONE INC
THEATREZONE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,860 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($225,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $389k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $588k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Theatrezone Inc does
Mission
Apollinaire theatre creates unique encounters with plays that inspire and entertain. Our programs -teatro chelsea, apollinaire play lab, apollinaire in the park, resident artist program- complement our production season and cultivate an ecosystem of artists of all ages and career stages in our home for adventurous art, the chelsea theatre works.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Chelsea theatre works (ctw): theatrezone, inc., dba apollinaire theatre company, opened its new performing arts center in 2003. The ctw houses our 100-seat theatre, exhibition space for local artists, and serves as the anchor the chelsea's proposed cultural district in historic chelsea square. In 2016 we opened two new theaters in the ctw building: the riseman family theatre, home to our youth program, and the black box theatre, a co-work and rental theater space that is home to our teatro chelsea and resident artist programs. Teatro chelsea, launched in 2020, is a bilingual community theatre project that celebrates latin cultures, builds community in chelsea through arts engagement and collaboration, and is establishing a hub for latin artists in the boston area. The resident artist program, launched in 2019, supports a select group of performing artists in the development and production of their work.
$30,176 spent$18,112 earned by the program8% of program spendingApollinaire play lab (apl) serves youth ages 4-16 from chelsea and the surrounding communities offering classes in acting, art, and dance, as well as performance opportunities. An ebt cardholder discount rate, scholarships, and payments plans ensure that any child can participate regardless of a family's finances. The apl runs a fall and spring session as well as summer classes or intensives. The apl is held in the riseman family theatre (rft), which was opened on the ground floor of the chelsea theatre works in 2016. The rft features a reception area for families, a professionally outfitted theatre for classes and youth plays, a teachers' room, and a class studio.
$64,701 spent$26,796 earned by the program18% of program spendingTheatrical productions: apollinaire theatre company is known for adventurous contemporary plays, regional premieres, and for breathing new life into classics. In addition to the main theater on the third-floor, we also utilize unconventional spaces in the building to stage. (imagine each act of a chekhov play performed in a different antique room.) we are proud recipients of several elliot norton awards and irne awards, the kenneth a. Macdonald award for theatre excellence, and the new england theatre conference regional award for outstanding achievement. Last season we were nominated for ten elliot norton awards, with wins for outstanding director and actor
$239,121 spent$54,249 earned by the program66% of program spendingIn 2020 we launched teatro chelsea, a bilingual community theatre project. Each season teatro produces a-tpico, a latinx new play festival, and then produces a world premier of one of the selected plays. Last season they partnered with gloucester stage to present "the hombres" in both gloucester and chelsea, and the production was awarded elliot norton awards for ourstanding production and director. Apollinaire in the park: our free outdoor bilingual summer theatre continues to be one of our most important community programs. By eliminating financial and language barriers, the program offers unparalleled live theatre access to chelsea and area residents and brings the community together for the shared experience of theatre. In 2019 we launched the resident artist program, which supports a select group of performing artists with free space to develop and/or produce and opportunities for the artists to share resources and knowledge. I
$30,144 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $364,142.
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 $1.9M to $2.1M (+10%).
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: 2020 53% · 2021 43% · 2022 3% · 2023 23% · 2024 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of THEATREZONE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $24k → $91k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 THEATREZONE 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
THEATREZONE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 THEATREZONE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 59% · 2022 45% · 2023 83% — growing more concentrated.
“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
25% of THEATREZONE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
71% of THEATREZONE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $172k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $416k 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.
Against its field
THEATREZONE INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding THEATREZONE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $135k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$135k
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.
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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 Massachusetts
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
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THEATREZONE INC?
- THEATREZONE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $587,860 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ($225,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THEATREZONE INC have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $587,860 in grants to THEATREZONE INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THEATREZONE INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS is the largest funder on record, with $225,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THEATREZONE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 14 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