Michigan · Nonprofit
YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER
YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,360 to it, the largest being WEIKART FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $321k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $58k
- Net assets
- $342k
What Young Peoples Theater does
Mission
Educate and train children in theater in drama
As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.
Programs
Ypt classes and experiential opportunities: this year focused on building the experiential learning program centered around teaching young people everything they need to know to work behind the scenes in show design, costuming, hair and makeup, props, sets and scenic, lighting and sound. The tech program about each production from the main stages to the summer productions was expanded to provide hands-on experience for young people. In the sound arena, ypt raised money to replace the over-20-year old mics with new, state of the art microphones to enhance the ability of audience members to hear their young people on stage in crystal clear clarity
$405,500 spent$302,553 earned by the program100% of program spendingYpt productions: 2024 - ypt produced two mainstage productions. In may, ypt performed the little mermaid in a 1300-seat university of michigan theater (power center for the performing arts) to close to sold-out audiences all four performances. In december, ypt returned to the power center for the performing arts with seussical. Ypt flexed to adapt to a change in the um academic calendar making the usual spot in november unavailable in the theater performed in for the last 20 years (one with 640 seats). The show was great and we learned that two weeks before christmas is a challenging time to attract large audiences in a theater as large as the power center (1300 seats) it was a great season of shows with over 75 cast members in each show and 12- 20 tech team members (young people ages 6th-12th grade) running the show in all the jobs behind the curtain backstage.
Ypt summer programs and camps: ypt again enjoyed a summer bursting at the seams with filled summer sessions - 10 summer camps total programs included: one week camps: sewing 101 (grades 6-12), storytelling through puppets (grades 6-12), build on your sewing skills - adventures in patterning (grades 6-12), makeup and special effects (grades 6-12), and click, clack, moo - cows that type (grades 1-3 with a production the last day of camp). Two week camps - each with a full production the last day of camp (two shows for each camp): aristocats (60 grades 1-6), aristocats tech (20 grades 6-12), legally blonde (48 grades 6-12), willy wonka (60 grades 1-6) and willy wonka tech (18 grades 6-12).
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $405,500.
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 $448k to $342k (−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.
6% of YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER’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. 3 of the last 7 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 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $1k → $41.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER’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
YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% 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
48% 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 YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 100% · 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
98% of YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $28k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER's revenue fell 15% between 2018 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER?
- YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER (Michigan) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $58,360 to it, the largest being WEIKART FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $58,360 in grants to YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER?
- WEIKART FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like YOUNG PEOPLES THEATER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 6 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