American Theatre Guild: $45.4M Revenue, $43.3M Expenses

American Theatre Guild grades a B on the NonprofitTruth efficiency rubric. 79/100 on the composite — above the national median, with strong performance on some factors balanced by middling performance on others.

American Theatre Guild reported $45.4M in 2023 revenue — a mid-sized nonprofit by U.S. standards. Organizations in this bracket typically operate with a small permanent staff, project-based program structures, and modest reserves. On the reserves factor, American Theatre Guild scores well — assets relative to annual spending sit in the range nonprofit-finance experts consider healthy (roughly three months to two years of operating expenses).

Revenue has grown meaningfully across the five-year filing history — a sign of expanding donor base, new grants, or scaling programs. American Theatre Guild reported $45.4M in 2023, up notably from the start of the window. Officer compensation is modest relative to organizational size: American Theatre Guild reports $311,137 in total compensation for current officers and key employees (Form 990 Part IX, line 5) against $45.4M in revenue. The ratio is well within the bands third-party charity raters consider reasonable at this scale. American Theatre Guild sits in the cultural-nonprofit sector (Arts, Culture & Humanities). Museum, performing-arts, and cultural organizations carry distinctive financial patterns — earned revenue from ticket sales and admissions, plus a heavy reliance on endowment income and major donor cycles.