Kansas · Nonprofit
BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST
BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,565,403 to it, the largest being SLEEPER TRUST ($1,296,250). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $904k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $3.0M
What Bowlus Fine Arts & Cultural Center Trust does
Mission
"making available to the citizens of the area cultural facilities, programs, and entertainment perhaps not otherwise available."
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural attraction series - the bowlus fine arts and cultural center hosts concerts, plays, etc. Approximately 20 events held.
$212,522 spent$111,211 earned by the program59% of program spendingCommunity & area cultural events & meetings - the bowlus fine arts and cultural center supports culture in the community by hosting numerous meetings, seminars, etc. Approximately 15 events held.
$121,082 spent$7,017 earned by the program33% of program spendingUsd 257 theater & music classes/events - the bowlus fine arts and cultural center works to support usd 257 theater and music by holding numerous classes, events, meeting, and rehearsals. Approximately 20 held.
$28,775 spent$43,950 earned by the program8% of program spendingMary l martin gallery exhibit - hosts art exhibits.
$250 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $362,629.
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 $2.5M to $3.1M (+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: 2017 21% · 2018 21% · 2019 25% · 2020 28% · 2021 27% · 2022 27% · 2023 36% · 2024 22% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST’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. 4 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $221k → $175k.
From the IRS filings of BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST’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
BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 2017 59% · 2018 67% · 2019 57% · 2020 89% · 2021 92% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
100% of BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST's grant income comes from Kansas 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
BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
39% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Friends of the Bowlus Inc · exempt
- Usd 257 · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST: 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 BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST?
- BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,565,403 to it, the largest being SLEEPER TRUST ($1,296,250). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,565,403 in grants to BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST?
- SLEEPER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,296,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BOWLUS FINE ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER TRUST find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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 6 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