Washington · Nonprofit
Upfront Theatre
Upfront Theatre (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,545 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $212k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $92k
What Upfront Theatre does
Mission
To entertain, educate and connect our community through the art of improvisation and the gift of play.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Live Performances: The Upfront Theatre maintains a skilled group of professional and amateur improvisers, performance artists and comedians, who create unique improvised experience accessible to a diverse audience. The theatre provides high-quality improv performances, which includes 1-2 shows each night on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and specialty holiday shows such as Valentines Day and New Years Eve performances.
$82,692 spent$113,041 earned by the program56% of program spendingImprov Classes: The Upfront Theatre offers a full range of improv classes. for all ages and experience levels. These claases help students develop as performers and also teach useful life skills such as active listening, learning through failure, and the power of yes, and. Classes are taught by local community members and Upfront Theatre performers. Classes are offered on-site at The Upfront Theatre.
$31,807 spent$46,693 earned by the program22% of program spendingWorkshops: Using a fun, creatively developed curriculum, The Upfront Theatre helps companies and organizations establish a yes, and culture where people are connected, say yes, listen, support one another, and make each other look good. These workshops teach individuals how to be stronger, positive communicators, say yes, adapt in the moment, have confidence, and strengthen interpersonal skills.Workshops are custom tailored for businesses, organizations and corporations.
$16,001 spent$22,827 earned by the program11% of program spendingTheatre Concessions
$16,369 spent$21,623 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $146,869.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $65k to $95k (+45%).
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.
11% of Upfront Theatre’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Samantha Jolly
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
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 Upfront Theatre’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
Upfront Theatre leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 Upfront Theatre.
“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
100% of Upfront Theatre's grant income comes from Washington 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
Upfront Theatre has grown faster 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
Organizations like Upfront Theatre
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Upfront Theatre: 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 Upfront Theatre?
- Upfront Theatre (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,545 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($12,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Upfront Theatre have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,545 in grants to Upfront Theatre.
- Who is the largest funder of Upfront Theatre?
- ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Upfront Theatre find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2022–2024), 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