South Carolina · Nonprofit
CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL
CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,717 to it, the largest being CAROL FRANC BUCK FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $259k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $143k
- Net assets
- $256k
What Carlisle Floyd Centennial does
Mission
The Organization principally exists to a build a broad network of educational opportunities for acknowledging the contributions of American music b assist in funding the production of various recordings and books to further public education on operas and c promotion of arts generally. Additionally the Organization exists to solicit and receive funds for the accomplishment of the above purposes; and pursue any other purpose permitted to be pursued by a charity or by a private foundation should this organization ever become a private foundation as that term is defined in 26 USC 501a and c3 and associated regulations as each may from time to time be amended.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community and Learning - Through our community and learning initiatives the Carlisle Floyd Centennial aims to engage individuals of all ages and backgrounds in the beauty and depth of Floyds operatic storytelling. We have created and distributed in-school curricula for students comissioned new scholarly articles and new surtitles in English and Spanish translations these programs will provide opportunities for people everywhere to immerse themselves in the world of Carlisle Floyds music
$18,672 spent55% of program spendingCarnegie Hall Celebration - A landmark Centennial Concert at Carnegie Hall on June 20 2026. This unforgettable evening featured world-renowned artists orchestral musicians and the choirs of the University of Houston and Florida State University performing beloved favorites like Aint It A Pretty Night alongside rarely heard works and selections from Willie Stark and Cold Sassy Tree.
$11,585 spent34% of program spendingPublic Awareness - The Carlisle Floyd Centennial seeks to bring awareness of the great composers life and works to the broader public. Through the publication of a new companion to the official biography exhibits and integrated media outreach we are dedicated to preserving and promoting his remarkable legacy ensuring his impact on American opera is recognized and celebrated leading up to the anniversary year and beyond.
$3,555 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,812.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $73k to $256k (+250%).
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.
100% of CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Christopher Ray
Executive Director
Board chair
Jane Floyd Matheny
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL’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
CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 70% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 4 states in all.
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
CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL
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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL: 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 CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL?
- CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $142,717 to it, the largest being CAROL FRANC BUCK FOUNDATION ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $142,717 in grants to CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL?
- CAROL FRANC BUCK FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARLISLE FLOYD CENTENNIAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 4 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