Massachusetts · Nonprofit
ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC
ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $900,814 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($267,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $808k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $901k
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Arts Empowering Life Inc does
Mission
To study, advocate, perform, and promote excellence in the performing and visual arts and provide inspiration and education of others.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Musical and theatrical ensembles of arts empowering life-gaudete baroque ensemble, chara percussion ensemble, ael wind ensemble, elements theatre company-are comprised of performing and visual artists who have toured to twenty-six countries and throughout the united states performing at the highest levels, leading workshops, and fostering cultural exchanges. They have performed in venues ranging from regional high school football fields in downtown chicago, to cultural exchanges at inkamana abbey in south africa, to performing at the parliament house in sydney, australia. Ael has a rich history of reaching out to america's youth through the arts in the form of workshops, camps, and the youth performers outreach program, which offers free tickets to all events for children and students. Besides offering concerts and performances throughout the year, each ensemble runs a summer camp for kids in the arts at the performing arts center in brewster, ma.
$575,529 spentof which $80,000 as grants$164,517 earned by the program80% of program spendingThe mount tabor centre for art and spirituality is an international organization facilitating ecumenical dialogue through educational symposia, visual and performing arts, spiritual retreats and exhibitions of contemporary sacred art. Bridging cultural, ecclesial and national boundaries, the mount tabor centre provides opportunities for reflection and discussion about faith and creativity, contemplation and communion, liturgy and beauty. As the spirit inspires the contemporary voices of today's christian artists, musicians and authors, mount tabor provides venues for encouragement and fellowship.
$4,171 spent1% of program spendingGlori dei cantores (singers to the glory of god) holds a passionate dedication to illuminate truth and beauty through choral artistry, celebrating a rich tradition of sacred choral music from gregorian chant through the twenty-first century. Founded in 1988, glori dei cantores, has touched the hearts of audiences in twenty-three countries in europe, russia, and north america, receiving extensive critical acclaim for its artistic elegance, performance authenticity, and compelling spirituality. The choir's catalog of more than 50 recordings showcases their extensive repertoire, encompassing both masterpieces and rarely performed musical treasures. Glori dei cantores makes its home at the church of the transfiguration (orleans, ma) where the choir sings weekly worship services, seasonal concerts, and records throughout the year.
$8,224 spent1% of program spendingRecordings
$129,175 spent$23,316 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $717,099.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $2.4M to $1.6M (−34%).
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.
77% of ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 7 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 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $51k → $133k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 71% 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 EMPOWERING LIFE INC’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
ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 EMPOWERING LIFE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 57% · 2019 59% · 2020 59% · 2021 47% · 2022 65% · 2023 75% — 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
50% of ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
71% of ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC'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 $262k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from funders outside Massachusetts, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $639k 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
ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC's revenue fell 43% between 2019 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $190k on record — $115k federal, $75k state.
- Department of Agriculture$115k
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$75k
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 EMPOWERING LIFE INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Arts Empowering Life Trust · exempt
- Performing Arts Building Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC: 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 ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC?
- ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $900,814 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($267,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 71% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $900,814 in grants to ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $267,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTS EMPOWERING LIFE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 13 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