Wisconsin · Nonprofit
ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS
ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS (Wisconsin) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,243,568 to it, the largest being ASHLEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD ($2,908,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $19k
What Ashley for the Arts does
Mission
To encourage community participation in the arts and to broaden cultural horizons by focusing community horizons on a diversity of local, national, and international artists.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Ashley for the Arts is a three-day annual music and arts festival that promotes creativity, cultural enrichment, and community engagement through interactive exhibits, live performances, and family-friendly entertainment. In 2024, the festival supported over 70 participating schools and nonprofit organizations, contributing to local education and charitable initiatives while welcoming thousands of attendees.
$3,671,249 spentof which $10,000 as grants$1,462,437 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,671,249.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $72k to $580k (+705%).
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.
56% of ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $452k → $1.2M.
6 of 13 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.
From the IRS filings of ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS’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
ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 88% · 2022 94% · 2023 92% — 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
75% of ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 69% 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
98% of ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $180k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS has grown faster than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS
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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS: 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 ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS?
- ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS (Wisconsin) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,243,568 to it, the largest being ASHLEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD ($2,908,750). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $3,243,568 in grants to ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS?
- ASHLEY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD is the largest funder on record, with $2,908,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ASHLEY FOR THE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2018–2024), 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