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The Arts Council of Fayetteville Cumberland County Inc

The arts council connects our communities, embraces diversity, promotes individual creativity, advances economic development, and fosters lifelong learning through the arts.

$1.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$314k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$4.9MRecreation & Sports$15kEducation$11kPublic Benefit$8kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $1,182,608, the rows itemized in this filing. The $1,214,328 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $31,720 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $31k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $172k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $666k
  • $250k+1 grant · $314k
$16,200
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE$314,441
VARIOUS$207,310
FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$135,000
COOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT$133,000
CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDENS$106,287
SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE$84,000
GILBERT THEATER$42,000
CULTURAL AND HERITAGE ALLIANCE$20,000
CUMBERLAND CHORAL ARTS$17,570
CROSSROADS OUTREACH ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM MINISTRIES$16,200
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL FOUNDATION$16,000
MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HITORICAL COMPLEX$15,000
FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY$14,000
GROUNDSWELL PICTURES$10,800
COMMUNITY CONCERTS$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 18%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 18%COMMUNITY CONCERTS: $37k → 16%COMMUNITY CONCERTS: $23k → 16%COMMUNITY CONCERTS: $20k → 16%COMMUNITY CONCERTS: $20k → 16%MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HITORICAL COMPLEX: $16k → 16%MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HITORICAL COMPLEX: $15k → 16%COMMUNITY CONCERTS: $10k → 16%FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $179k → 16%COOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT: $150k → 16%CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL: $147k → 16%FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $135k → 16%FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $135k → 16%FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $135k → 16%FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $135k → 16%COOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT: $133k → 16%CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDENS: $106k → 16%CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDENS: $100k → 16%CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL: $100k → 16%CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDENS: $100k → 16%COOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT: $57k → 16%GILBERT THEATER: $42k → 16%GILBERT THEATER: $36k → 16%ELLINGTON WHITE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP: $36k → 16%GILBERT THEATER: $33k → 16%GILBERT THEATER: $30k → 16%CAPE FEAR STUDIOS: $21k → 16%GILBERT THEATER: $20k → 16%FAYETTEVILLE DOGWOOD FESTIVAL: $17k → 16%CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $16k → 16%FAYCC PARKS AND RECREATION: $15k → 16%ELLINGTON WHITE COMMUNITY DEV CORP: $13k → 16%CAPE FEAR STUDIOS: $12k → 16%CAPE FEAR STUDIOS: $12k → 16%GROUNDSWELL PICTURES: $12k → 16%CAPE FEAR STUDIOS: $12k → 16%CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $11k → 16%GROUNDSWELL PICTURES: $11k → 16%CAPE FEAR STUDIOS: $10k → 16%SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE: $84k → 16%SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE: $36k → 16%SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE: $32k → 16%SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE: $27k → 16%METHODIST UNIVERSITY: $11k → 16%CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE: $314k → 16%CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE: $300k → 16%CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE: $282k → 16%CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE: $277k → 16%CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE: $250k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 15 repeat orgs$158k to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
8

Total granted

$4.8M
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+180%

Still filing today

73%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentYouth DevelopmentEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CF
    CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE AT FAYETTEVILLE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $1.4M · revenue +524%
  • FS
    FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $719k · revenue +13% · 30% of their budget
  • CF
    CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDEN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $553k · revenue +35%

Funded once

  • DF
    DOGWOOD FESTIVAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $17k · revenue +216%
  • CO
    CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • MU
    METHODIST UNIVERSITY INC
    one grant, 2021 · $11k · revenue +15%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Wilkes Playmakers Inc

Provide cultural and artistic programs for the public of Wilkes County, NC and the surrounding area

Arts & Culture
2
Sumter County Fine Arts Council

Cultural enrichment through arts programs

Arts & Culture
3
Caswell Council for the Arts & History Inc

Our mission is to sponsor and encourage cultural education and activities in Caswell County and the surrounding areas by increasing art awareness, educating our citizenry, providing positive opportunities for exposure to the arts, and…

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4
Colleton County Arts Council

Promote cultural activities in colleton county, south carolina

Arts & Culture
5
African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh Wake County Inc

To promote, preserve and celebrate African American cultural and heritage through artistic expression and education culminating in a cultural festival held in downtown Raleigh, see schdule O for more info.

Arts & Culture
6
Carolina Civic Center

A theater for community theatrical groups, cultural, performance and other cultural or historical activities.

Community Improvement
7
Greenville Theatre Arts Center
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8
North Carolina History Theater

The North Carolina History Theater, Inc., is a qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to expressing and exploring the unique history of North Carolina through the performing arts, and celebrating the rich diversity of our…

Arts & Culture
9
Carolina Theatre of Durham Inc

The Carolina Theatre welcomes everyone. We enrich the experience of audiences through programming that drives the cultural, educational, and economic vitality of the region.

Arts & Culture
10
Carolina Theatre of Greensboro Inc

Presenting arts - preserving history - promoting community. our purpose: the carolina theatre provides a cutting-edge performance, film, and rental venue, housed within a century-old vaudeville theater. we work tirelessly to preserve our…

Arts & Culture
11
Greer Cultural Arts Council Inc

Production of arts performances

Arts & Culture
12
Greensboro Opera Company

Greensboro opera is a community-based company dedicated to fostering the growth of opera and to presenting professional productions of the highest artistic caliber for the enjoyment, education, and enrichment of the triad region of north…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cape Fear Regional Theatre At Fayetteville Inc; the most unlike its peers is Culture and Heritage Alliance. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

9
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE AT FAYETTEVILLE INC: $1,423,000 · Arts & CultureCAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE AT FAYETTEVILLE INCFAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $718,517 · Arts & CultureFAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INCCOOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT INC: $340,017 · Arts & CultureCOOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT INCSWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE INC: $184,841 · Arts & CultureSWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE INCTHE GILBERT THEATER INC: $161,603 · Arts & CultureTHE GILBERT THEATER INC+4 more: $148,830 · Arts & CultureVARIOUS: $784,959 · OtherVARIOUSCITY OF FAYETTEVILLE: $151,960 · OtherCITY OF FAYETTEVILLEIndividual grant recipient: $119,733 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMMUNITY CONCERTS OF FAYETTEVILLE INCORPORATED: $109,743 · OtherCOMMUNITY CONCERTS OF FAYETTEVI…CAPE FEAR STUDIOS INCORPORATED: $66,679 · Other+12 more: $139,679 · Other+12 moreCAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDEN: $553,304 · EnvironmentCAPE FEAR BO…Ellington White Community Developme: $55,561 · Youth DevelopmentMETHODIST UNIVERSITY INC: $10,560 · Education
Arts & Culture$2,976,808Other$1,372,753Environment$553,304Youth Development$55,561Education$10,560

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE AT FAYETTEVILLE INC: $1,423,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetFAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC: $718,517 over 5y, 30% of budgetCAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDEN: $553,304 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetCOOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT INC: $340,017 over 3y, 34% of budgetSWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE INC: $184,841 over 5y, 49% of budgetTHE GILBERT THEATER INC: $161,603 over 5y, 30% of budgetCOMMUNITY CONCERTS OF FAYETTEVILLE INCORPORATED: $109,743 over 5y, 35% of budgetCAPE FEAR STUDIOS INCORPORATED: $66,679 over 5y, 30% of budgetEllington White Community Developme: $55,561 over 3y, 24% of budgetCUMBERLAND CHORAL ARTS: $51,990 over 4y, 26% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX FOUNDATION INC: $50,120 over 4y, 33% of budgetGROUNDSWELL PICTURES INC: $38,720 over 4y, 31% of budgetDOGWOOD FESTIVAL INC: $17,106 over 1y, 16% of budgetMETHODIST UNIVERSITY INC: $10,560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION: $7,703 over 1y, 3.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CAPE FEAR REGIONAL THEATRE AT FAYETTEVILLE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAYETTEVILLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR BOTANICAL GARDEN ↗
  • Who funds COOL SPRING DOWNTOWN DISTRICT INC ↗
  • Who funds SWEET TEA SHAKESPEARE INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GILBERT THEATER INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CONCERTS OF FAYETTEVILLE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds CAPE FEAR STUDIOS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Ellington White Community Developme ↗
  • Who funds CUMBERLAND CHORAL ARTS ↗
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE CAPE FEAR HISTORICAL COMPLEX FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GROUNDSWELL PICTURES INC ↗
  • Who funds DOGWOOD FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds METHODIST UNIVERSITY INC ↗
  • Who funds CULTURE AND HERITAGE ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE PARKS FOUNDATION ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Cumberland Community …Youth Growth Stock Tr…Thomas R & Elizabeth …The Golden Leaf IncRiddle Family Foundat…Cumberland County Hos…Florence Rogers Chari…Amazonsmile Foundation
Cumberland Community Foundation IncNC34.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Cumberland Community Foundation Inc · Youth Growth Stock Trust · Thomas R & Elizabeth E McLean Foundation Inc · The Golden Leaf Inc · Riddle Family Foundation · Cumberland County Hospital System Inc · Florence Rogers Charitable Trust · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Arts Council of Fayetteville Cumberland County Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Arts Council of Fayetteville Cumberland County Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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