New York · Nonprofit
TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC
TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,650 to it, the largest being ALLIANCE OF RESIDENT THEATRES NEW YORK INC ($10,650). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $87k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $16k
- Net assets
- $6k
What Transforma Theatre Inc does
Mission
Transforma is a New York based not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization with a mission to create interactive theatrical experiences at the convergence of consciousness, science and ritual. We tackle how scientific ideas and metaphysical knowledge about consciousness overlap and explore it in the arena of interactive theatre. We like to dive deep in the space where science, human experience and social issues converge enveloping the audience in an immersive, experiential, interactive experiment, which challenges status quo and opens up new perspectives. Our goal is to pioneer a new form of theatrical expression and develop a close community of artists and scientists instilled with the freedom of thinking and creating in alternative ways.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Hailed by NYTimes as "Sleekly designed, thoughtfully assembled" , BIOADAPTED is a reenactment investigative documentary with actors portraying real people and scientists. We peformed two performances at the Segal Performance Center, at CUNY Grad during a theatre conference APAP, $2635.85. 2. We got a NYSCA funded 3-week residency at North American Cultural laboratory and created a Media and Technology Literacy workshop for the local community, read a new play and shot a short film about humans being impacted by artificial intelligence $25875.44 3. Science in Theatre Festival illuminates fascinating research through theater. Three new plays were written and produced followed by science presentations and talkbacks with artists and scientists. 7 day event $22031.54 4. Performed BIOADAPTED at 17th National Symposium of Theatre at Academe at University of Washigton and Lee $1945.57
$52,488 spentof which $52,488 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $52,488.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $978 to $6k (+531%).
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.
93% of TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Tjasa Ferme
Executive Artistic director, Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of TRANSFORMA THEATRE 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
TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC.
“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.
Where its funders are
68% of TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like TRANSFORMA THEATRE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TRANSFORMA THEATRE 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 TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC?
- TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,650 to it, the largest being ALLIANCE OF RESIDENT THEATRES NEW YORK INC ($10,650). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $15,650 in grants to TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC.
- Who is the largest funder of TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC?
- ALLIANCE OF RESIDENT THEATRES NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like TRANSFORMA THEATRE INC 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), and the filings of 2 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