New York · Nonprofit
UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC
UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,376 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC ($40,457). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $696k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $50k
- Net assets
- $948k
What Uptown Theater for Creative Arts Inc does
Mission
Uptown theatre for creative arts sets the stage for creativity by inspiring, entertaining, and engaging the community. Through these activities, and the restoration of the uptown theatre, utca will help revitalize utica's uptown neighborhood so it reaches its potential as a cultural, social, and economic asset to the region. As part of its mission, utca will offer a dynamic range of constantly-evolving programs,on stage and on screen, in a multi-functional entertainment space. With a robust workshop curriculum, utca expands the uptown from venue to village, offering a place for members of the community to explore their creativity, engage with one another, and learn something new.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
Class curriculums offered includes improv classes for kids and adults and writing classes for adults. Courses run for 5-8 weeks. Offerings also include one time workshops for community partners. Additionally, live performing arts events take place at the venue including music and comedy.
$204,696 spent$90,628 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $204,696.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $578k to $1.4M (+149%).
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: 2022 78% · 2024 85%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS 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. 3 of the last 6 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
Devin Mahoney
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $26k → $69.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 81% 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 UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS 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
UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
87% 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 UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 97% · 2020 62% · 2021 98% · 2022 95% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
81% of UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 99% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS 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.
Where the money goes
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC?
- UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $50,376 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC ($40,457). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 81% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $50,376 in grants to UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF HERKIMER AND ONEIDA COUNTIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $40,457 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UPTOWN THEATER FOR CREATIVE ARTS 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.
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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 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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