Illinois · Nonprofit
UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC
UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,521 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $106k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $57k
- Net assets
- $39k
What Utopian Theatre Asylum Inc does
Mission
The Utopian Theatre Asylum's (TUTA) mission is to excite the American audience with theatre that is both relevant and challenging in both form and/or content. TUTA continually searches for the unique and exceptional in the language of theatre, be it verbal, physical, or visual, in order to express ideas and expose questions vital to contemporary American society. TUTA is committed to producing theatrical and educational events that bridge all forms of cultural and geographical divides.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
TUTA produces theatrical performances. In 2025 we staged three major productions: "Tom & Eliza" by Celine Song, "White Rabbit Red Rabbit" by Nassim Soleimanpour, and "The Long Christmas Dinner" by Thornton Wilder.
$50,579 spent98% of program spendingTUTA produces a workshop series called TUTAlabs presenting work in development, along with a series of free readings each year. In 2025 we served about 200 attendees over 12 performaces.
$1,215 spent2% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $51,794.
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 2024 to 2025, from $32k to $39k (+24%).
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.
49% of UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Sean Ewert
Board President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $8k → $6k.
5 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 6 of 7 funders by total. 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
UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 54% · 2022 91% · 2023 99% — 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
67% of UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM 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 $19k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $38k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM 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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC?
- UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC (Illinois) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $56,521 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $56,521 in grants to UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UTOPIAN THEATRE ASYLUM INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 7 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