Colorado · Nonprofit
AUGUSTANA ARTS INC
AUGUSTANA ARTS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,674 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($86,706). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $247k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $279k
- Net assets
- $73k
What Augustana Arts Inc does
Mission
We bridge the gap between audience and artist so that all feel welcome and are able to experience the arts in a deeper, more meaningful way.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Music Encounters was formed in 2002 to offer violin and cello instruction to economically disadvantaged children in six schools and community sites in the Denver metro area. The program provided musical instruction to 85 at-risk children as well as enhancing skills in self-discipline and confidence. While enrollment is back to pre-pandemic levels, the number of schools offering the program is reduced from pre-pandemic levels. However, new schools are being added as the year progresses.
$68,171 spentof which $56,592 as grants$62,973 earned by the program50% of program spendingAugustana Arts supports musical performance opportunities through the Stratus Chamber Orchestra which engages 40 community musicians who share a vision of performing the finest musical experiences in innovative settings. Stratus provided five live concerts for a total audience of 651 during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
$65,616 spentof which $385 as grants$11,091 earned by the program48% of program spendingThe Augustana Arts concert series presents locally and nationally acclaimed musicians in a wide variety of concerts presented at Augustana Lutheran Church as well as managing independent concerts at the church. Four live concerts were presented to a total of 558 audience members during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
$3,089 spent$5,841 earned by the program2% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $136,876.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $135k to $99k (−27%).
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: 2021 45% · 2022 53% · 2023 42% · 2024 41% · 2025 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of AUGUSTANA ARTS 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. 3 of the last 5 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 Richardson
Board Chair and President
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $16k → $22k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 AUGUSTANA ARTS 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
AUGUSTANA ARTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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
62% 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 AUGUSTANA ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 43% · 2019 41% · 2020 26% · 2021 50% · 2022 48% · 2023 48% — broadly stable.
“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
27% of AUGUSTANA ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
60% of AUGUSTANA ARTS 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 $110k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $169k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
AUGUSTANA ARTS INC receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $279k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding AUGUSTANA ARTS 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 AUGUSTANA ARTS 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AUGUSTANA ARTS 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 AUGUSTANA ARTS INC?
- AUGUSTANA ARTS INC (Colorado) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $278,674 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($86,706). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AUGUSTANA ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $278,674 in grants to AUGUSTANA ARTS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AUGUSTANA ARTS INC?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $86,706 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AUGUSTANA ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 15 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