Virginia · Nonprofit
ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER
ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,137,685 to it, the largest being THE ZEIDERS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($11,900,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $12M
- Net assets
- $8.6M
What Zeiders American Dream Theater does
Mission
To provide a forum for artistic presentation to the community and to support creativity with a focus on the development of artists, composers, and creative writers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
ZADT conducted a wide range of events including: plays, musicals, cabarets, concerts, comedy children's theater, and community events such as open mics for spoken word or music. Many events were done in cooperation with other arts and community organizations. Concessions are sold a most events.
$1,535,503 spentof which $190,047 as grants$185,965 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther arts and community organizations use the theater for programming. Events include City of Virginia Beach, youth programs, church, and others.
$0 spent$165,229 earned by the program0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,535,503.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $9.4M to $9.0M (−4%).
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: 2021 48% · 2022 19% · 2023 18% · 2024 8% · 2025 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Michael Zeiders
Chairman/Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 8 funders, grant income fell $7.0M → $327k.
2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM 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
ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 96% · 2019 99% · 2020 97% · 2021 94% · 2022 92% · 2023 92% — 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.
How long its funders stay
63% of ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
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
99% of ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER's grant income comes from Virginia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k 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.
Against its field
ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
81%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER: 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 ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER?
- ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER (Virginia) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,137,685 to it, the largest being THE ZEIDERS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($11,900,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $12,137,685 in grants to ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER?
- THE ZEIDERS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ZEIDERS AMERICAN DREAM THEATER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 13 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