Vermont · Nonprofit
TOWN HALL THEATER INC
TOWN HALL THEATER INC (Vermont) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,088,846 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,470,445). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Town Hall Theater Inc does
Mission
Town hall theater is much more than just our historic building, lovingly restored in 2008. Town hall theater is a cultural anchor for addison county and beyond; a shared resource for artists, non-profits (including over a dozen resident companies), businesses and educators; and a destination that unites a diverse cross-section of our community around unique, shared experiences. Town hall theater is an inclusive, inviting space for everyone. As a regional performing arts center and non-profit organization, town hall theater offers more than 200 events per year, and approximately 50 classes for youth and adults.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Theater performances - the theater produces, sponsors and provides a venue for many concerts, stage productions, art installations, films, and other cultural activities.
$83,411 spent$90,015 earned by the program35% of program spendingResidents, rentals, co-productions (other arts programing, studio rentals, meeting rentals, wedding+party rentals)
$2,165 spent$92,635 earned by the program1% of program spendingWorkshops, classes & school outreach - the theater provides outreach to local schools, provides a variety of arts-based classes and workshops, and is involved in a variety of educational activities in the local community.
$22,997 spent$53,530 earned by the program10% of program spendingOther/ancillary (tht bar, special events, concessions, gallery)
$126,417 spent$172,539 earned by the program54% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $234,990.
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 2023 to 2024, from $10M to $15M (+42%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 6% · 2021 31% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of TOWN HALL THEATER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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 4 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $53k → $483k.
11 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 TOWN HALL THEATER 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
TOWN HALL THEATER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 TOWN HALL THEATER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 86% · 2018 41% · 2019 83% · 2020 68% · 2021 36% · 2022 49% · 2023 48% — 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
31% of TOWN HALL THEATER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
89% of TOWN HALL THEATER 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 $435k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
TOWN HALL THEATER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding TOWN HALL THEATER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $632k on record.
- ARPA-SLFRF Rev Replacement$500k
- Grants$89k
- Other Grants$20k
- Grants to Municipalities$19k
- Property - Land$4k
- Instate Conf, Meetings, Etc$200
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 TOWN HALL THEATER INC
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
21% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TOWN HALL THEATER INC: 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 TOWN HALL THEATER INC?
- TOWN HALL THEATER INC (Vermont) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,088,846 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($1,470,445). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does TOWN HALL THEATER INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $4,088,846 in grants to TOWN HALL THEATER INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of TOWN HALL THEATER INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,470,445 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TOWN HALL THEATER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 27 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