New York · Nonprofit
VANGELINE THEATER INC
VANGELINE THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,890 to it, the largest being GERALD J & DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN FOUNDATION INC ($50,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $136k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $77k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Vangeline Theater Inc does
Mission
The Vangeline Theater's mission is to educate the public about Butoh dance, promoting an understanding Butoh dance history and its social and cultural significance; to connect Butoh to other art forms and disciplines and to build community through Butoh. Butoh is an avant garde dance which originated in Japan in the 1950s. The company reaches out to the New York community by offering public Butoh workshops and performances through collaborations with international and national Butoh artists, as well as to members of the incarcerated population, via teaching Butoh at correctional facilities in New York ("The Dream a Dream Project" since 2007). This award-winning project continues to contribute to the rehabilitation of New York's incarcerated population.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community Butoh classes and Butoh workshops offered to the public: The Vangeline Theater offered 120 Butoh classes in 20245. In total, around 1254 students attended our Butoh classes and workshops in 2025.
$20,071 spent$54,022 earned by the program29% of program spendingThe "DREAM A DREAM PROJECT: dance workshop for incarcerated men and women" is a program which reaches to members of the incarcerated population weekly at correctional facilities in New York. The Dance classes have between 8 and 100 participants enrolled and incorporate physical warm ups, relaxation exercises and Butoh dance training. Using simple movements and basic dance training for beginners, this class provides a healthy physical and emotional outlet to participants. No prior dance experience is required. Every few months, the inmates perform in front of a mixed audience of inmates and civilians. A Q&A ensues. The performances are an essential part of the program, and provide the participants with a unique chance to offer something deeply personal in front of strangers. In 2016, this program took place at Edgecombe Correctional Facility, supported, in part, by the New York Department of Cultural Affairs and New York Council on the Arts. Overall, participants reported a new openness towards others, a new ability to bond with each other, an increase in strength and flexibility, and a new positive outlook on life. The class helps them face their imminent release from prison with…
$820 spent1% of program spendingButoh performances offered to the public. In 2025, the Vangeline Theater offered 15 butoh performances to the public. Performances featured professional Butoh dancers. A total of 4000 viewers watched our online and in-person performances.
$17,964 spent$1,893 earned by the program26% of program spendingThe Vangeline Theater toured in the USA and in several countries around the world in 2025, offering performances and workshops.
$14,902 spent$19,876 earned by the program22% of program spendingThe Vangeline Theater offered its dance studio for rentals to the New York Artitsic Community in 2025, giving a home to hundreds of artists for their own rehearsals.
$15,000 spent$14,615 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,757.
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 2022 to 2023, from $6k to $28k (+378%).
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: 2017 45% · 2018 0% · 2019 17% · 2020 0% · 2021 65% · 2022 57% · 2023 6% · 2024 38% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
28% of VANGELINE THEATER INC’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. 5 of the last 9 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 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $6k.
From the IRS filings of VANGELINE 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
VANGELINE THEATER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 84% — 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.
Where its funders are
93% of VANGELINE THEATER INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
VANGELINE THEATER INC's revenue grew 43% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding VANGELINE THEATER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $60k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$60k
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 VANGELINE 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
49% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds VANGELINE THEATER INC?
- VANGELINE THEATER INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,890 to it, the largest being GERALD J & DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN FOUNDATION INC ($50,600). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VANGELINE THEATER INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $76,890 in grants to VANGELINE THEATER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VANGELINE THEATER INC?
- GERALD J & DOROTHY R FRIEDMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VANGELINE THEATER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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