South Carolina · Nonprofit
BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL
BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,221 to it, the largest being THE ALLEN TATE FOUNDATION ($2,969). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $68k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $222k
What Blue Ridge Arts Council does
Mission
To bring art to the people and people to the arts
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Blue Ridge Arts Council (BRAC) offered in excess of 30 unique art classes this year, many of which were offered at multiple times over the course of the year. These ranged from beginner to advanced classes in the areas of clay, drawing, painting, photography and mixed media. Some classes were single session workshops, while others spanned multiple days or weeks. Total enrollment in these classes exceeded 500 participants for the year. Eight artist groups met on a weekly or monthly basis throughout the year to explore specific areas of interest with fellow artists in an informal, collaborative atmosphere. At total of 134 sessions were held during the year with an average of 6 participants per session. BRAC also presented 23 art shows during six show cycles this year. These shows offer local artists of all skill levels the opportunity to display their artwork in a public forum. Artwork from an average of 80 artists is shown each show cycle. The community is invited to engage in the arts through public receptions, events and gallery hours, attracting an average of 135 visitors per month.
$45,396 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $45,396.
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 2021 to 2022, from $156k to $176k (+12%).
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.
40% of BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $2k → $26.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL’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
BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% 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: 2019 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 95% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $51 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.
Against its field
BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL: 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 BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL?
- BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL (South Carolina) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,221 to it, the largest being THE ALLEN TATE FOUNDATION ($2,969). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $3,221 in grants to BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL?
- THE ALLEN TATE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,969 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLUE RIDGE ARTS COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 3 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