Massachusetts · Nonprofit
CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC
CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,678,065 to it, the largest being Cape Cod Foundation Inc ($1,627,427). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.3M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $2.7M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Cape Arts & Entertainment Inc does
Mission
To enrich and further the cultural, educational and economic interests of our region through music and the arts by encouraging lifelong involvement with superior music and arts education to all residents of and visitors to cape cod.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Cape symphony presents: the organization runs the cape symphony presents concerts which is an eclectic showcase of world-class music that transcends genres, shares stories, and brings people together at venues across the cape and islands.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Symphony concert production:the cape symphony creates and maintains a fully professional symphony orchestra which:-presents music of the highest quality possible and through the talent and versatility of our music director and musicians, provides a broad range of classical and popular music entertainment using ensembles of varying size and complement;-broadens our audience through education and outreach and by continually re-evaluating and improving our products and services;-implements a plan designed to provide opportunities for music education and music appreciation in our community;-creates partnerships with the cultural, educational, civic and business communities that further the interests of the symphony and the community.
$2,693,006 spentof which $97,463 as grants$1,564,985 earned by the program62% of program spendingConservatory programs:the cape conservatory provides instruction and promotion of music, dance and arts for its members and the local community. Musical presentations and education are primarily accomplished and performed in the counties of barnstable, dukes and nantucket, massachusetts. The conservatory has properties and conducts instruction from two locations: barnstable and falmouth.
$1,606,206 spent$762,736 earned by the program37% of program spendingCape symphony presents:the organization runs the cape symphony presents concerts which is an eclectic showcase of world-class music that transcends genres, shares stories, and brings people together at venues across the cape and islands.
$58,118 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,357,330.
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 $8.8M to $10M (+15%).
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 3% · 2018 0% · 2022 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Dr Michael Albaugh
Executive director
Board chair
Anthony Panebianco
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $60k → $322k.
7 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 27 of 28 funders by total. 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
CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 61% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 41% · 2018 56% · 2019 71% · 2020 64% · 2021 62% · 2022 70% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
38% of CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $801k that is directly attributable, 76% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states 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
CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $165k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$165k
- (JJ) OPERATIONAL SERVICES$724
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC
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 Massachusetts
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Oceanside Performing Arts Center · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 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 CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC?
- CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,678,065 to it, the largest being Cape Cod Foundation Inc ($1,627,427). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $2,678,065 in grants to CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC?
- Cape Cod Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,627,427 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAPE ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 28 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