Public Charity

The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

Based in Cincinnati, OH, The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $10.4M in revenue, $4.7M in expenses, $57.7M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 42 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $4.7M.

EIN: 316026285 Cincinnati, OH Theater NTEE: A65 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$10.4M
Total Expenses$4.7M
Total Assets$57.7M
Grant Records42
Funding Total$4.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

The mission of The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati (TCT) is to educate, entertain and engage audiences of all ages through professional theatrical productions and arts education programming. Our vision is to awaken a lifelong love of theatre in children and the young at heart. Today, The Children's Theatre brings art to life for our audiences through three key programs, TCT MainStage at the Taft Theatre, TCT Academy, and TCT On Tour (including WorkShops). Each season we strive to reach over 200,000 people in our region.

Where $100 goes at The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati

How The Children's Theatre of Cincinnati divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$76 Programs the work itself
$14 Management running the organization
$10 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $76 for programs

$59
TCT MainStage at the Taft Theatre includes daytime performances for school audiences and weekend performances for the public
78% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 103,000 families
$14
TCT Academy offers arts training to children in a variety of disciplines including twelve-week class sessions; one-week themed summer camps for introductory arts makers; our audition-based, one-month STAR…
18% of program spending
$3
TCT On Tour brings the magic of live theatre directly to those who would otherwise be unable to experience it
4% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 60,000 students
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

Chair Allison Kropp
Secretary Andrew Simon
Trustee Bethany Smith
CFO Chad Stewart
Vice Chairman Charlie Schiff
Trustee Dan Driehaus

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,659,244 35 grants
Youth Development
$545,993 1 grant
Arts & Culture
$405,892 5 grants
Unspecified
$69,998 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $10.4M $4.7M $57.7M
2024 $16.3M $4.5M $51.5M
2023 $25.8M $4.6M $38.2M
2022 $8.9M $4.2M $17.0M
2021 $2.8M $2.7M $13.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $2.8M to $10.4M (+274%), with total assets most recently reported at $57.7M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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