Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC
AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,300 to it, the largest being DRANOFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($268,300). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $478k
- Net assets
- $166k
What Avenue of the Arts Inc does
Mission
Our primary mission is advocacy for the interests of the avenue of the arts stakeholders on issues ranging from strategic planning to marketing and place making in support of the economic and cultural vitality of this great street.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Advocacy and planning - see attached note
$742,643 spent63% of program spendingStreetscape enhancement & maintenance - see attached note
$273,105 spent23% of program spendingMarketing and special events - see attached note
$158,991 spent14% of program spendingFriends of the avenue and other events - see attached note
$720 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,175,459.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.7M to $912k (−47%).
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 82% · 2018 54% · 2019 59% · 2020 54% · 2021 88% · 2022 72% · 2023 71% · 2024 86%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Diane Semingson
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $9k → $93k.
From the IRS filings of AVENUE OF THE 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
AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 83%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 71% · 2020 60% · 2021 100% · 2022 62% · 2023 80% — 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 AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
100% of AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC is better cushioned than half 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
Organizations like AVENUE OF THE 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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% 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 AVENUE OF THE 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 AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC?
- AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $478,300 to it, the largest being DRANOFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($268,300). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $478,300 in grants to AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC?
- DRANOFF FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $268,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AVENUE OF THE ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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