A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 90-0716569Arts and culture

Who funds Motus Theater?

11 private foundations gave Motus Theater in Boulder, CO $361,497 across 23 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

23 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Neuman Family FoundationBoulder, CO 2025

    Arts

    $5,000
  2. Philanthropiece FoundationLongmont, CO 2025

    Program specific

    $3,000
  3. The Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO 2024

    Community solutions

    $50,000
  4. Unlikely Collaborators FoundationWichita, KS 2024

    Motus Theater uses autobiographical storytelling to explore identity and personal transformation. The UC grant supports TRANSformative Stories, a touring production that invites audiences to expand their Perception Box through powerful, perspective-shifting monologues.

    $25,000
  5. The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  6. Public Welfare Foundation IncWashington, DC 2023

    Support for JustUs: Stories from the Frontlines of the Juvenile Justice System

    $50,000
  7. Unlikely Collaborators FoundationWichita, KS 2023

    Support the TRANSformative Stories Project, where participants create autobiographical monologues about their experiences with gender oppression and liberation, helping them replace false narratives with affirming ones that highlight their powerful humanity.

    $25,000
  8. The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $21,500
  9. Emsa Fund IncNew York, NY 2023

    Cultural activities

    $11,500
  10. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $107
  11. The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  12. Emsa Fund IncNew York, NY 2022

    Cultural activities

    $10,000
  13. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $25
  14. The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  15. The Mary Norris Preyer FundGreensboro, NC 2021

    To assist organization in carrying out its exempt purpose.

    $5,000
  16. Bonfils-Stanton FoundationDenver, CO 2021

    to support UNDOCUAMERICA: 10 Years of DACA Through Story and Song

    $4,000
  17. The Colorado Health FoundationDenver, CO 2021

    General donation to support organization or program

    $300
  18. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $65
  19. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support for a social justice theater project entitled 'JustUS', where formerly incarcerated people of color from impoverished communities tell stories about their experience with the criminal justice system

    $50,000
  20. The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  21. The Mary Norris Preyer FundGreensboro, NC 2020

    To assist organization in carrying out its exempt purpose.

    $5,000
  22. The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  23. The Marvin Naiman and Margery Goldman Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    General fund and for development training

    $11,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Boulder, CO and are not among Motus Theater’s funders above.

  1. Louis P Singer Fund IncPortsmouth, NH 20 grants Preselected only $355,500 to similar organizations
  2. L & N Andreas FoundationMankato, MN 26 grants Preselected only $478,700 to similar organizations
  3. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 9 grants Preselected only $6,564 to similar organizations
  4. IBM International FoundationArmonk, NY 5 grants Preselected only $6,205 to similar organizations
  5. Messing Family Charitable FoundationWilmington, DE 24 grants Preselected only $213,500 to similar organizations
  6. The William H Donner Foundation IncTarrytown, NY 12 grants Preselected only $171,500 to similar organizations
  7. Pajwell FoundationSaratoga Springs, NY 19 grants Preselected only $92,500 to similar organizations
  8. AEC TrustWilmington, DE 11 grants Preselected only $80,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 90-0716569 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.