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AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC

AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $598,211 to it, the largest being MYLES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($450,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2023
$1.4M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$598k
Net assets
$935k
1/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Augusta Heritage Center Inc does

Mission

Augusta heritage center in elkins, west virginia, united states, is a non- profit organization which fosters the scholarly study and practice of traditional arts in music, dance, craft, and folklore.

As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Completion of separation from d&e and reorganizing into an indpendent 501 (c)(3) organization.

    $5,754 spent
    1% of program spending
  2. Purchase of a brick and mortar operations center for Augusta Heritage Center Inc. That assists in providing arts and culture to the community. The wilt buiding was purchased without financing for 452,698 to be used as an arts center and community hub.

    $1,935 spent$517,000 earned by the program
    0% of program spending
  3. Completed fundraising efforts in the amount of 30,000 to allow operational staff expansion with no significant budget impact or expenses.

    $30,000 earned by the program
  4. To provide program services rich in scholarly study and practice of traditional arts in music, dance, craft, and folklore.

    $447,781 spent
    98% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $455,470.

02The organization over time

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.

Chief executive

Seth Young

CEO

As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER 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

AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

75%
largest funder
93%
top three
~2
effective funders

“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.

Where its funders are

81% of AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC's grant income comes from West Virginia funders.

MA
PA
WV
MD

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 4,778 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin67% · top quartile
Months of reserve12.5mo · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,778 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023

Government funding AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $810k on record.

Federal$810k
grants $810kcontracts $0
24
25
Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$750k
  • National Endowment for the Arts$60k

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 AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC

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In West Virginia

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WV

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC?
AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC (West Virginia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $598,211 to it, the largest being MYLES FAMILY FOUNDATION ($450,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $598,211 in grants to AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC?
MYLES FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $450,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AUGUSTA HERITAGE CENTER INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2023–2023), and the filings of 7 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