American Theatre Wing Inc
New York, NY · EIN 13-1893906. Reported 129 grants totalling $2,224,456 to 83 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For American Theatre Wing Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for arts & culture (NTEE A126).
- How spread out its giving is. 83 distinct organizations, with 5% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 45% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,200. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $5,100 and the largest $75,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York, NY | $104,192 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $101,060 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts | Winstonsalem, NC | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Camden Repertory Theater Community Development Group | Camden, NJ | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center Stage Associates Inc | Baltimore, MD | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Theater Company | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mixed Blood Theatre Company | Minneapolis, MN | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Theatre Squared Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $74,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Houston Independent School District | Houston, TX | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Guilford County Board of Education | High Point, NC | $63,895 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| School Board of Miami-Dade County Florida | South Miami, FL | $50,655 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Cabarrus County Schools | Kannapolis, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| County of Kay Ponca City Public Schools | Ponca City, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jackson-Madison County School System | Jackson, TN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Berklee College of Music Inc | Boston, MA | $38,530 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Benjamin Wolfe Dba Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute LLC | Hilton Head Island, SC | $38,050 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Columbia College Chicago | Chicago, IL | $35,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Liberty Avenue Middle School - Nyc Dept of Education | Brooklyn, NY | $31,828 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Federation Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pace University | Pleasantville, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Oklahoma | Norman, OK | $28,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | $26,050 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Camden City Board of Education | Camden, NJ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Diego Unified School District | San Diego, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clark County School District | Las Vegas, NV | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Depaul University | Chicago, IL | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Folsom Cordova Unified District | Rancho Cordova, CA | $20,400 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bronx Charter School for the Arts | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Coweta County School System Board of Education | Newnan, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Elon University | Elon, NC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Emerson College | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fordham University | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fund for Public Schools Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Grove Public Schools | Grove, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jefferson Parish Public School System | Kenner, LA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Lake Ridge New Tech Schools | Gary, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Shenandoah University | Winchester, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| West New York Board of Education | West New York, NJ | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Interlochen Arts Camp | Interlochen, MI | $19,233 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $18,784 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Boston Education Development Foundation Inc | Roxbury, MA | $18,484 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hopewell High School Theatre Boosters | Huntersville, NC | $17,104 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Deer Valley High School - Antioch Unified School District | Antioch, CA | $15,828 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Elizabethtown College | Elizabethtown, PA | $15,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Indiespace Inc | Astoria, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Lit Fund Inc Dba the Indie Theater Fund | Astoria, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Des Moines Independent Community School District | Des Moines, IA | $14,901 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $14,135 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stage Partners LLC | Stamford, CT | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Detroit Public Schools Community District | Detroit, MI | $13,906 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The American Friends of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art | New York, NY | $13,333 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taos Municipal Schools | Taos, NM | $12,848 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Norwalk Conservatory of the Arts | Norwalk, CT | $10,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Tank Ltd | New York, NY | $10,200 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| County of Maricopa Cartwright School District No 83 | Phoenix, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dallas Independent School District | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California at Irvine | Irvine, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| School District of Monroe County Florida | Key West, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tucson Unified School District | Tucson, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Liberty Steam Charter School | Sumter, SC | $9,900 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Downey Unified School District | Downey, CA | $8,353 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Open Jar Studios LLC | New York, NY | $7,980 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Educational Development Foundation | Roxbury, MA | $7,650 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tim Evanicki Inc | Orlando, FL | $7,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc | Winston Salem, NC | $7,586 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts Foundation Corp | New York, NY | $7,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Collegiate Prep Realty LLC - Windermere Preparatory School | Windermere, FL | $6,550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Weslaco Independent School District | Weslaco, TX | $6,160 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baldwin Wallace University | Berea, OH | $5,975 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Musical & Dramatic Academy | New York, NY | $5,965 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jo Wilson Es PTA | Washington, DC | $5,843 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southern Methodist University | Dallas, TX | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Alonzo King Lines Ballet | San Francisco, CA | $5,350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Richmond Public Schools | Richmond, VA | $5,128 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
30 of 83 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Latino Theater Company
NATIONAL THEATRE GRANT RECIPIENT - Houston Independent School District
CLASSROOM RESOURCE GRANT RECIPIENT - Regents of the University of Michigan
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS, TRAINING SCHOLARSHIP - Hispanic Federationinc
PRODUCTION OF DRAMATIC AND /OR MUSICAL THEATRE
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 37 of 83 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | $406,902 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 31 | $433,236 | $10,200 |
| 2023 | 34 | $569,502 | $13,953 |
| 2024 | 33 | $814,816 | $10,608 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
16% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,200 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from American Theatre Wing Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 20 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 13 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 58 West 40TH Street 7 Fl, New York, NY, 10018.
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