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BRAGG JAM INC

BRAGG JAM INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,500 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$109k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$87k
Net assets
$192k
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What Bragg Jam Inc does

Mission

The organization's purpose is to bring macon residents together to celebrate and learn about musical and art heritage.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Bragg jam, inc. Produces several middle georgia community events, including the annual concert crawl and bragg fam (kid friendly event with activities and music) with the purpose of funding free live music events for middle georgia throughout the year in the second sunday concert series which runs six months out of the year. With over 6,000 people in our audience, bragg jam strives to bring the best community and entertainment events to middle georgia, while supporting local causes, music, arts, and entertainment. Our sponsors and supporters enable us to keep costs for these events free or low, allowing diverse segments of our population, as well as visitors from out of town, to participate and enjoy everything we work so hard to create.

    $111,875 spentof which $300 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $111,875.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($265k) Expenses 100 ($225k) Net assets 100 ($154k)2018 Revenue 98 ($259k) Expenses 106 ($238k) Net assets 109 ($168k)2019 Revenue 97 ($256k) Expenses 104 ($234k) Net assets 127 ($196k)2020 Revenue 2 ($5k) Expenses 30 ($67k) Net assets 89 ($137k)2021 Revenue 9 ($25k) Expenses 10 ($23k) Net assets 97 ($149k)2022 Revenue 53 ($140k) Expenses 41 ($92k) Net assets 120 ($184k)2023 Revenue 47 ($125k) Expenses 54 ($120k) Net assets 127 ($195k)2024 Revenue 41 ($109k) Expenses 52 ($116k) Net assets 125 ($192k)
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Revenue (41)Expenses (52)Net assets (125)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $197k to $138k (−30%).

$160k
$172k
$197k
$138k
$151k
$184k
$195k
$193k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

49% of BRAGG JAM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$40k
’17
$21k
’18
$22k
’19
−$62k
’20
$2k
’21
$48k
’22
$4k
’23
−$7k
’24
36
months of
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.

20172018201920202021
Listed1416131212
Joined·+3+4+3+7
No longer listed·1747
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2020: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $30k → $2k.

From the IRS filings of BRAGG JAM 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

BRAGG JAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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

87%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 91% · 2019 93% · 2020 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

BRAGG JAM INC draws 87% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 2 states in all.

GA
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Georgia out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BRAGG JAM INC's revenue fell 59% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−7% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−12% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

78%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds BRAGG JAM INC?
BRAGG JAM INC (Georgia) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $86,500 to it, the largest being JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION ($75,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BRAGG JAM INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $86,500 in grants to BRAGG JAM INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BRAGG JAM INC?
JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BRAGG JAM 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.

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