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WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC

WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,603 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($100,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$469k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$229k
Net assets
$-57003
4/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Wild Project Productions Inc does

Mission

Wild project productions, inc, is a nonprofit producer and theater venue supporting the diverse independent theater and performing arts community of new york city. Located on e. 3rd street in manhattan, the organization produces a mainstage production and curates resident companies at our 89-seat theater whose amenities are highly valued by the cultural sector and the neighborhood it supports. We proudly devote specific initiatives toward female, lgbtqia+ and bipoc projects and the work of local east village artists, to ensure nonprofit theater sustains its roots in the community. The organization places the utmost importance on engendering a climate that supports emerging artists and cultivates artistic excellence, enriching the community and promoting social equity. Our staff takes pride in nurturing new and exciting work with a personal and intimate approach to theater.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $455,647 spentof which $517 as grants$233,985 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $455,647.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($194k) Expenses 100 ($202k) Net assets -113 ($-4660)2018 Revenue 114 ($221k) Expenses 105 ($213k) Net assets 100 ($4k)2019 Revenue 116 ($225k) Expenses 110 ($223k) Net assets 128 ($5k)2020 Revenue 60 ($116k) Expenses 88 ($178k) Net assets -1391 ($-57584)2021 Revenue 246 ($477k) Expenses 176 ($355k) Net assets 1823 ($75k)2022 Revenue 228 ($441k) Expenses 250 ($506k) Net assets 252 ($10k)2023 Revenue 268 ($519k) Expenses 308 ($624k) Net assets -2280 ($-94387)2024 Revenue 242 ($469k) Expenses 214 ($432k) Net assets -1377 ($-57003)
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Revenue (242)Expenses (214)Net assets (-1377)Peer revenue range

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 $554k to $61k (−89%).

$340
$8k
$9k
$63k
$206k
$250k
$554k
$61k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 4% · 2020 2% · 2021 46% · 2022 16% · 2023 24% · 2024 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

60% of WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’17
$9k
’18
$1k
’19
−$63k
’20
$122k
’21
−$65k
’22
−$105k
’23
$37k
’24
0.8
months of
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.

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Listed34445565
Joined·+1+0+0+1+0+1+0
No longer listed·0000001
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $20k.

2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS 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

WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

44%
largest funder
90%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 43% · 2022 78% · 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.

How long its funders stay

33% of WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 44% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

53% of WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
PA
CA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve0.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)13% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.0M on record.

Federal$1.0M
grants $1.0Mcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$1.0M
  • National Endowment for the Arts$15k

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 WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS 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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

72% of spending goes to programs.

Program 72%Management 28%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

70%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC?
WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $228,603 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($100,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $228,603 in grants to WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS INC?
THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WILD PROJECT PRODUCTIONS 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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