Oregon · Nonprofit
ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC
ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $119,156 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $426k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $119k
- Net assets
- $201k
What Artichoke Community Music does
Mission
Artichoke Music's goal is to create an environment for learning and enjoying folk music by making it accessible to everyone. ACM teaches and celebrates music and cultural expressions rooted in the traditions of diverse American and global communities. Our goals include expanding our music and education programs for school-aged children, seniors and other under-served communities. In order to preserve and celebrate the folk music tradition, we also must support new aspiring musicians and introduce the community to professional musicians who make their living through music. In this way, we also support musicians who struggle to keep this art alive.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Live Music Series: Artichoke Music provides Artichoke afternoons, geared to the older population and limited income. Open mics, jams and song circles encourage those just starting out to gain confidence and grow which included queer open mic for the queer community and allies plus HipHop open mic for all ages. Also Artichoke began a new collaboration with a Gen Z council curating showcases featuring up and coming singer-songwriters plus collaborations with other music related not for profits. We also added a monthly Song Circle welcoming back legendary songwriters from the Artichoke community. Finally, included in 2024 was Taborgrass, a day long education opportunity and live music event.
$102,392 spent$169,917 earned by the program31% of program spendingCommunity Outreach and School: One of the strengths of the organization is the opportunity to learn by volunteering. We welcome all ages, races and abilities with many positions that help train for jobs, or build confidence including programs in sound and video productions, customer service as he door greeter, in bar service or in public speaking as a show host. The curriculum was reenergized, with added teachers and marketing efforts. There were workshops with noted national and international performers.
$22,835 spent$30,710 earned by the program7% of program spendingInstrument Store: ACH specializes in stringed acoustic instruments and often have unique and hard to find merchandise. Much of our inventory is either donated or brought to us on consignment and represents cultures from around the world as well as from different areas of the country. During 2024 there were increased market efforts including an effort to increase sales on the website.
$54,873 spent$81,324 earned by the program17% of program spendingArtichoke Community Music had shared program expenses throughout 2024.
$147,852 spent45% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $327,952.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $373k to $193k (−48%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 35% · 2022 18% · 2023 8% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
34% of ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Dr Bob Lynn
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $5k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 87% · 2019 100% · 2020 55% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
56% of ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $53k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $67k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $186k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$134k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$52k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC?
- ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $119,156 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($45,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $119,156 in grants to ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTICHOKE COMMUNITY MUSIC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 10 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing