Indiana · Nonprofit
ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC
ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,908,669 to it, the largest being ENGLISH-BONTER-MITCHELL FDN ($2,330,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.8M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $9.9M
- Net assets
- $51M
What Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne Inc does
Mission
Arts united mobilizes resources to develop, coordinate, and support arts and culture, enhancing the quality of life and the economic viability of northeast indiana.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural district: au activates and develops arts campus fort wayne (acfw), a state-designated cultural district, generating 40+ million in economic activity annually. -au partners with local/state government to develop and promote acfw, enabling public/private partnerships and a coordinated approach to developing this community amenity. -au is working with the city of fort wayne to include acfw on the urban trail, which will improve pedestrian connectivity and enhance visibility for arts and culture nonprofits. -au manages 4 facilities with 8 lease-holding tenant organizations. The city of fort wayne and allen county continue their annual investment of 750,000 to sustain the operation of these facilities. Au offers full- service leases at a low rate of 5-7 per sq. Ft.; comparable downtown leases are 20-25 per sq. Ft. Au operates 2 performance venues, the arts united center and parkview physicians group artslab. -au specializes in helping local arts organizations take their productions from concept-to-audition-to-rehearsal-to-curtain by providing affordable, tailored, wraparound technical theater expertise and support staff.
$1,162,898 spent$515,417 earned by the program48% of program spendingCommunity development: au coordinates partnerships that support arts advocacy, cultural planning, community events, and grant administration. Direct support is provided to partnering organizations through grant programs. -in 2024, au administered 3 grant programs, awarding 43 grants totaling 260,161 to support local artists and nonprofits. In 2025, au will continue to administer these grants to support creative initiatives. -au is the region 3 arts partner for the indiana arts commission (iac). In this capacity, au facilitates grant making for iac's arts organization support and arts project support (aps). In 2024, au facilitated 45 awards totaling 333,227. New in 2025, aps will include a 2nd fall cycle. -au provides indirect support by generating visibility and attendance for arts and culture activities. -events like taste of the arts and the arts united awards provide opportunities to feature and celebrate the artistry and accomplishments of local creatives. -the weekly arts and culture forecast email and calendar are free resources that share information about upcoming arts and culture events. -the arts campus fort wayne (acfw) season brochure is a free, annual resource…
$1,017,053 spentof which $270,161 as grants$4,355 earned by the program42% of program spendingMember services: au facilitates administrative services for member organizations, creating a connected, collaborative, and sustainable sector. -member services includes the regional arts council (rac), business services council, and audience development council, which are member-led and driven, each with a chair elected annually by members. -44 rac members benefit from networking and professional development opportunities. Planned 2025 activities include sessions on 401k offerings, planned giving strategies, idea, and emergency response for events, among other topics. -23 business services council members utilize collective purchasing power to access affordable health, dental, and life insurance, health screenings/vaccinations, an employee assistance program, worker's compensation, general liability insurance, payroll processing, and retirement planning. As a result, members can offer high-quality employee benefits that support promotion and retention. -20 artstix community box office members benefit from a centralized physical and virtual one-stop shop for ticketing with box office staff who manage ticket sales 7 days a week and travel to venues throughout the community. New this…
$247,977 spent$41,894 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,427,928.
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 2022 to 2023, from $28M to $45M (+61%).
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 15% · 2018 6% · 2019 12% · 2020 7% · 2021 5% · 2022 15% · 2023 73% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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
John Rogers
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $223k → $1.1M.
8 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $4.4M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Parkview Health System Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC raised.
From the IRS filings of ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 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 UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
27% 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 UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 84% · 2019 73% · 2020 36% · 2021 46% · 2022 26% · 2023 23% — 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
77% of ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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 ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $592k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC 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 UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Cultural Advancement Projects LLC · disregarded
- Auc Building Owner LLC · partnership
- Auc Managing Member LLC · partnership
- Auc Primary Tenant LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC?
- ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC (Indiana) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,908,669 to it, the largest being ENGLISH-BONTER-MITCHELL FDN ($2,330,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $9,908,669 in grants to ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC?
- ENGLISH-BONTER-MITCHELL FDN is the largest funder on record, with $2,330,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTS UNITED OF GREATER FORT WAYNE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 41 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