Illinois · Nonprofit
Young Peoples Theater of Chicago
Young Peoples Theater of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being ROBERT G WEISS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $189k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $100
- Net assets
- $39k
What Young Peoples Theater of Chicago does
Mission
Mission Statement: To cultivate a lifelong passion for the stage by offering diverse and extraordinary theatrical experiences for children of all ages and backgrounds. Vision Statement: Young Peoples Theater of Chicago aspires to be a local regional and national leader in the production of theater for young audiences. YPT will develop its board and operations with a focus on fiscal viability community engagement and production quality. YPT will develop the capacity to own and manage the Greenhouse Theater Center within the next decade.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Young Peoples Theater of Chicago launched its inaugural season as a non-profit with standout productions Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Bob Marleys Three Little Birds, and Charlottes Web. These experiences introduced over 5,000 students to theatre through weekday school matinees as well as engaged over 7,500 Chicago residents during weekend public performances.
$150,101 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $150,101.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $19k to $39k (+109%).
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.
16% of Young Peoples Theater of Chicago’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 2 reported years ran a deficit.
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 Young Peoples Theater of Chicago’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.
Where its funders are
100% of Young Peoples Theater of Chicago's grant income comes from Illinois 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
Young Peoples Theater of Chicago runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 Young Peoples Theater of Chicago
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Young Peoples Theater of Chicago: 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 Young Peoples Theater of Chicago?
- Young Peoples Theater of Chicago (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100 to it, the largest being ROBERT G WEISS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Young Peoples Theater of Chicago have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100 in grants to Young Peoples Theater of Chicago.
- Who is the largest funder of Young Peoples Theater of Chicago?
- ROBERT G WEISS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Young Peoples Theater of Chicago 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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