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TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC

TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC (Oregon) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $954,017 to it, the largest being JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION ($170,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$2.6M
Funders on record
28
Grants received
$954k
Net assets
$3.0M
19/28 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Tower Theatre Foundation Inc does

Mission

To be central oregon's leading performing arts organization, providing cultural & education programs that make essential contributions to the region's lifestyle & strength of community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The theatre was utilized for a wide variety of cultural events during the year. 5% of the theatre's licensees were nonprofit organizations.

    $1,784,548 spent$1,715,406 earned by the program
    85% of program spending
  2. Community engagement

    $109,919 spentof which $8,596 as grants
    5% of program spending
  3. Education

    $205,794 spentof which $15,000 as grants
    10% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,100,261.

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 ($1.7M) Expenses 100 ($1.7M) Net assets 100 ($2.4M)2018 Revenue 96 ($1.6M) Expenses 97 ($1.7M) Net assets 96 ($2.3M)2019 Revenue 115 ($1.9M) Expenses 109 ($1.9M) Net assets 97 ($2.4M)2020 Revenue 97 ($1.6M) Expenses 103 ($1.8M) Net assets 90 ($2.2M)2021 Revenue 69 ($1.1M) Expenses 57 ($977k) Net assets 97 ($2.4M)2022 Revenue 149 ($2.5M) Expenses 107 ($1.8M) Net assets 123 ($3.0M)2023 Revenue 142 ($2.4M) Expenses 133 ($2.3M) Net assets 126 ($3.1M)2024 Revenue 153 ($2.5M) Expenses 143 ($2.5M) Net assets 128 ($3.1M)2025 Revenue 159 ($2.6M) Expenses 159 ($2.7M) Net assets 124 ($3.0M)
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Revenue (159)Expenses (159)Net assets (124)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 2021 to 2022, from $2.9M to $3.4M (+20%).

$2.8M
$2.8M
$2.9M
$2.7M
$2.9M
$3.4M
$3.7M
$4.0M
$4.0M
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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
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 44% · 2022 5% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

33% of TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 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.

−$65k
’17
−$89k
’18
$27k
’19
−$176k
’20
$171k
’21
$630k
’22
$62k
’23
$65k
’24
−$101k
’25
5.5
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.

Chief executive

Ray Solley

Executive director

Board chair

Gary Gallagher

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed131313121414131314
Joined·+3+0+5+5+0+1+3+3
No longer listed·30630232
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $16k → $223k.

5 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION 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

TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

48% 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 TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC.

18%
largest funder
43%
top three
~11
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 28% · 2019 47% · 2020 42% · 2021 36% · 2022 29% · 2023 22% — 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

41% of TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

73% of TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

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

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Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $185k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−4% · below the median
Months of reserve5.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $493k on record.

State$493k
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Top programs
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$493k

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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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 15%Fundraising 8%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

97%

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 TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC?
TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC (Oregon) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $954,017 to it, the largest being JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION ($170,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $954,017 in grants to TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC?
JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $170,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 28 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