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CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC

CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,777 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($210,460). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$494k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$267k
Net assets
$801k
2/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Cape Cod Art Association Inc does

Mission

It is our mission to be the premiere organization for training, exhibiting, and promoting the arts on cape cod.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Training of approximately 6,000 of the next generation of artists with excellent, affordable offerings of art classes and workshops. Approximately 15 annual exhibits held at the association gallery displaying the work of about 1,300 artists. Provide leadership, the latest technology, and innovative outreach programs to bring the arts to new audiences and advance the arts on cape cod.

    $375,533 spent$347,961 earned by the program
    96% of program spending
  2. Award and scholarship programs for graduating high school seniors to further their art training and education.

    $15,430 spentof which $15,430 as grants
    4% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $390,963.

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 ($363k) Expenses 100 ($354k) Net assets 100 ($159k)2018 Revenue 100 ($364k) Expenses 106 ($375k) Net assets 92 ($147k)2019 Revenue 116 ($421k) Expenses 117 ($413k) Net assets 103 ($164k)2020 Revenue 81 ($293k) Expenses 57 ($200k) Net assets 162 ($258k)2021 Revenue 208 ($754k) Expenses 100 ($353k) Net assets 415 ($660k)2022 Revenue 130 ($473k) Expenses 126 ($446k) Net assets 432 ($688k)2023 Revenue 181 ($655k) Expenses 142 ($503k) Net assets 528 ($840k)2024 Revenue 136 ($494k) Expenses 151 ($533k) Net assets 503 ($801k)
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Revenue (136)Expenses (151)Net assets (503)

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 $261k to $664k (+155%).

$162k
$153k
$169k
$261k
$664k
$688k
$842k
$837k
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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

Government-grant reliance: 2021 2%. 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 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’17
−$11k
’18
$8k
’19
$93k
’20
$401k
’21
$27k
’22
$153k
’23
−$39k
’24
1.2
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.

Chief executive

Roberta Miller

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1616151512111212
Joined·+3+2+5+0+6+3+2
No longer listed·3353722
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $7k → $40k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 COD ART ASSOCIATION 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

CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

86% 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 COD ART ASSOCIATION INC.

79%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 71% · 2020 96% · 2021 53% · 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.

How long its funders stay

20% of CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 25% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

86% of CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION 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 $37k that is directly attributable, 86% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.

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

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $230k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $79k on record.

State$79k
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Top programs
  • (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$79k

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 COD ART ASSOCIATION INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 15%Fundraising 7%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

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Questions and answers

Who funds CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC?
CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $266,777 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($210,460). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $266,777 in grants to CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $210,460 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CAPE COD ART ASSOCIATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 8 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