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BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION

BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,400 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($24,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$22k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$24k
Net assets
$20k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 22%
01What it does

What Burien Arts Association does

Mission

To enrich the lives of all members of the Burien and Highline communities through the arts.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Annual art gala with local artists exhibiting original artwork for highline communities.

    $7,072 spent$844 earned by the program
    69% of program spending
  2. Burien art market in the garden features the work of local artists and artisans along with local musical performers.

    $1,635 spentof which $35 as grants$180 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Art classes for all ages. Includes painting, drawing, mulitmedia, and sculpture techniques.

  4. Annual theatrical performance of state actors performing shakespeare plays.

    $1,500 spent$400 earned by the program
    15% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,207.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($42k) Expenses 100 ($42k) Net assets 100 ($11k)2018 Revenue 82 ($34k) Expenses 75 ($31k) Net assets 127 ($14k)2019 Revenue 70 ($29k) Expenses 52 ($22k) Net assets 194 ($21k)2021 Revenue 64 ($27k) Expenses 56 ($23k) Net assets 331 ($37k)2022 Revenue 103 ($43k) Expenses 100 ($42k) Net assets 342 ($38k)2023 Revenue 66 ($27k) Expenses 109 ($46k) Net assets 177 ($20k)2024 Revenue 52 ($22k) Expenses 50 ($21k) Net assets 185 ($20k)
2017201820192021202220232024
Revenue (52)Expenses (50)Net assets (185)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $38k to $20k (−48%).

$11k
$14k
$21k
$37k
$38k
$20k
$23k
2017201820192021202220232024
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
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 10% · 2019 3% · 2022 37% · 2023 28% · 2024 94%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9
’17
$3k
’18
$7k
’19
$3k
’21
$1k
’22
−$18k
’23
$845
’24
13
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.

2017201820192021202220232024
Listed7555667
Joined·+0+3·+2+1+4
No longer listed·23·113
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $6k.

Funder
'21
'23
'24*
total
Artsfundunclassified
$24k
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION’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.

Where its funders are

100% of BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.

WA

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

’21
’23
Washington 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

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

WA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION: 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 BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION?
BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION (Washington) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $24,400 to it, the largest being ARTSFUND ($24,400). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $24,400 in grants to BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION?
ARTSFUND is the largest funder on record, with $24,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BURIEN ARTS ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 1 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