Nevada · Nonprofit
Carson Valley Arts Council
Carson Valley Arts Council (Nevada) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,500 to it, the largest being FRANCES C AND WILLIAM P SMALLWOOD FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $165k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Carson Valley Arts Council does
Mission
The mission of the Carson Valley Arts Council is to create a climate for the arts through the presentation and promotion of cultural and educational events for the Carson Valley youth and community and the greater Western Nevada/Lake Tahoe Region.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
All other program service achievments. Art incubator program provides space and support for local cultural and art activities. Support for other program activities included in expenses.
$66,577 spentof which $1,000 as grants$66,577 earned by the program60% of program spendingDouglas County line item in annual budget for operating support
$15,000 spent$15,000 earned by the program14% of program spendingNevada Arts Council Partners in Excellence Grant. Purpose of grant was operating support. Program Matching grant with CVAC. Two year grant. First half was received in prior fiscal year. Second half which amounted to $11,000 was received on 9/4/2024.
$11,000 spent$11,000 earned by the program10% of program spendingGrant from Smallwood Foundation for general operating support.
$7,000 spent$7,000 earned by the program6% of program spendingWESTAF Grant. Purpose was to fund 2024-2025 Concerts. This is a matching grant.
$4,000 spent$4,000 earned by the program4% of program spendingNevada Arts Council Arts Learning Component Grant. Purpose of grant was to bring Missoula Childrens Theatre to three Douglas County Schools. This is a matching grant.
$3,885 spent$3,885 earned by the program4% of program spendingMinden Rotary Grant. Purpose of grant was for Youth Arts Education.
$2,000 spent$2,000 earned by the program2% of program spendingAmerican Centurey Championship 2024 Communit Grant. Purporse of grant was for Youth Arts Education at Lake Tahoe schools.
$1,500 spent$1,500 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $110,962.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.9M to $1.9M (+3%).
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 11% · 2018 16% · 2019 2% · 2020 15% · 2021 49% · 2022 14% · 2023 11% · 2024 42% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
40% of Carson Valley Arts Council’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% 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
Sharon Schlegel
Treasurer and Exec Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of Carson Valley Arts Council’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
Carson Valley Arts Council leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Carson Valley Arts Council draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Nevada, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Carson Valley Arts Council holds deeper cash reserves 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
Government funding Carson Valley Arts Council receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $35k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$20k
- Department of Agriculture$15k
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 Carson Valley Arts Council
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 Nevada
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Carson Valley Arts Council: 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 Carson Valley Arts Council?
- Carson Valley Arts Council (Nevada) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,500 to it, the largest being FRANCES C AND WILLIAM P SMALLWOOD FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Carson Valley Arts Council have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $32,500 in grants to Carson Valley Arts Council, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Carson Valley Arts Council?
- FRANCES C AND WILLIAM P SMALLWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Carson Valley Arts Council find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nevada. 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 3 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