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ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA
ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $545,030 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($116,550). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 24
- Grants received
- $545k
- Net assets
- $710k
What Arts Council of the Morris Area does
Mission
To build community through the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Arts in Education: Through our Arts in Education program, we serve a diverse range of schools and other populations connecting them to assembles, workshops and customized artist-in-residency programs in the visual arts, dance, music, poetry, theatre, creative writing, storytelling, filmmaking, and environmental arts. In the 2024-2025 school year, Morris Arts served 4,300 students through 39 residencies at schools in Morris County, as well as in Essex, Somerset, Union, Passaic, Hunterdon and Mercer counties. Most of these programs are made possible through the school districts funding but Morris Arts was able to provide 4 of these residencies free of charge to provide access to the arts for under resourced populations. Another of our longest running and successful Arts in Education programs is our Young Artist Mentoring Program. This after-school program at Morristown High School works with students in need of guidance and additional instruction in refining their artistic skills, developing their own style and assembling a strong art portfolio. In 2025, the program ran for 17 sessions from October to March, 2025. The program ended with an exhibition of student artwork. Morris Arts…
$376,792 spent32% of program spendingArts in Health: Arts in Health programming brings the healing power of the arts to residents of Morris County. In FY 2025, Morris Arts expanded its signature program, Her Words, to the Dover Middle School where the program was enthusiastically received. We also embarked on a pilot program with CASA of Morris and Sussex counties for children in grades 6-12 in the foster care system in Morristown. Through a Horizon grant, Morris Arts partnered with Life Center Stage to present Making Art in Public Spaces. This program empowers individuals affected by opioid use disorder and related challenges through a series of drop-in programs in Morris County.
$261,765 spentof which $58,491 as grants22% of program spendingGreat Conversations is Morris Arts' renowned special event.Great Conversations is about rediscovering the vanishing art of live conversation. Great Conversations connects our guests with prominent individuals from all walks of life who facilitate a thoughtful exchange of ideas around the dining table-in other words, a great conversation.Morris Arts Annual Fundraiser, Great Conversations, was held at the Birchwood Manor in April, 2025. This unique event, celebrating the art of conversation, brings interesting people (authors, chefs, entrepreneurs, climatologists, actors, authors, et.) for a lively evening of cocktails, dinner and discussion.
$181,558 spent$143,819 earned by the program15% of program spendingLocal Arts :In the spirit of building community through the arts, Morris Arts regranted $120,000 to local organizations throughout Morris County in FY 2025. This level of support was made possible by a funding from the NJSCA.
$146,597 spentof which $340,200 as grants12% of program spendingArts Participation and AdvocacyArts Participation and Advocacy initiatives create and present innovative cultural events that introduce the arts to large and diverse audiences in non-traditional venues and settings. Annual events like Pumpkin Illumination, Morris Arts scholarships, Creative Placemaking and art exhibits at the Atrium Gallery in the Morris County Administration building are included in this category. For the last two years, Morris Arts has also joined with other community organizations for a weekend of events celebrating and commemorating Juneteenth.As advocates for the arts, Morris Arts continued to communicate and inform its constituents of local arts events and the importance of the arts. Morris Arts is an active member of Art Pride NJ, the chief arts advocacy organization in New Jersey and Americans for the Arts, a national arts advocacy organization.
$117,130 spent10% of program spendingPublic Information supports the arts in Morris County by serving as a Central Artsresource for regional arts events and activities through a website, on-line calendar, newsletter and the use of social media.
$94,403 spent8% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,178,245.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.0M to $1.3M (+28%).
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: 2017 16% · 2018 12% · 2019 13% · 2020 19% · 2021 27% · 2022 37% · 2023 34% · 2024 29% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $71k → $60k.
7 of 24 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 52% 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 ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 23 of 24 funders by total. 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
ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
73% 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 ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 32% · 2019 66% · 2020 28% · 2021 70% · 2022 41% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.
“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
31% of ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
52% of ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA'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 $260k that is directly attributable, 71% of it comes from New Jersey funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $285k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA
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 New Jersey
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA?
- ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA (New Jersey) receives grants from 24 organizations whose IRS filings report $545,030 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY ($116,550). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 52% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA have?
- IRS filings report 24 organizations giving $545,030 in grants to ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY is the largest funder on record, with $116,550 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTS COUNCIL OF THE MORRIS AREA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 24 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing