Georgia · Nonprofit
BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC
BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE THOMAS M AND IRENE KIRBO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $135k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $5k
- Net assets
- $972k
What Bainbridge-Decatur County Council for the Arts Inc does
Mission
The bainbridge-decatur county council for the arts is committed to the enrichment of community life through the arts.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To provide art awareness to the community and to the general public.
$140,958 spent$64,160 earned by the program96% of program spendingProvide more art awareness to the community and to the general public.
$5,629 spent4% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $146,587.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $1.0M (−7%).
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: 2020 4% · 2021 18% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
41% of BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $3k → $2k.
From the IRS filings of BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR 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
BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 2 states in all.
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
BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC
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In Georgia
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
98%
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 BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR 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 BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC?
- BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,000 to it, the largest being THE THOMAS M AND IRENE KIRBO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($3,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $5,000 in grants to BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC.
- Who is the largest funder of BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC?
- THE THOMAS M AND IRENE KIRBO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAINBRIDGE-DECATUR COUNTY COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2 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