Colorado · Nonprofit
COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC
COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,557 to it, the largest being BONFILS-STANTON FOUNDATION ($127,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $625k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $661k
- Net assets
- $539k
What Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc does
Mission
Cpac is dedicated to fostering the understanding and appreciation of excellent photography in all forms and concepts through education, exhibitions, and outreach.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education-cpacs program of classes, workshops and lectures, including photovox, is geared toward creative development for artists seeking to further their skills and careers and developing programs that engage audiences in dialogue and exploration of contemporary photography. In addition, cpac provides resources to emerging artists, darkroom and digital labs open to the public, and portfolio reviews. In the summer, teen programming is offered. The veterans workshop series started in 2017 is a rigorous, free education program that gives local military veterans an accessible pathway to the professional photography world. Over six months, students learn to develop a formal portfolio through in-depth workshops and mentoring sessions. The program culminates in a public exhibition at cpac and a published catalog. In addition, the program offers veterans a safe, accessible, positive way to channel emotions, express creativity, gain confidence, integrate with society, and build community.
$236,844 spent$82,927 earned by the program48% of program spendingMop-month of photography denver (mop), founded in 2004, is a biennial festival that celebrates the photographic medium through exhibits, events and programs at more than 80 venues throughout the denver metro region. The next mop festival will take place in march 2027 and will present dynamic programming designed to inspire and invigorate the photography community, as well as offer a comprehensive resource of photographic exhibitions and events to the public. Mop 2025 will include two days of portfolio reviews, a public portfolio walk, exhibitions, artist talks, panel discussions, tours, receptions, and other events.
$107,476 spent$71,073 earned by the program22% of program spendingExhibitions-cpac presents an extensive program of exhibitions with a strong emphasis on contemporary ideas and approaches to the medium. Exhibitions continue to present nationally recognized artists from both colorado and out-of-state, and regional artists who are developing careers and refining concepts. Each calendar year averages seven exhibition slots for a total of 7-10 separate shows. Exhibitions range from solo to group shows and represent between 1 and 30+ artists in each. A more cohesive focus to its programming.
$152,450 spent$17,216 earned by the program31% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $496,770.
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.
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 $680k to $1.2M (+75%).
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: 2018 10% · 2019 13% · 2020 27% · 2021 17% · 2022 23% · 2023 16% · 2024 11% · 2025 9%. 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 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
Samantha Johnston
Executive director and curator
Board chair
Matthew Hill
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $60k → $80k.
7 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER 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
COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
47% 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 COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 71% · 2019 50% · 2020 33% · 2021 39% · 2022 45% · 2023 38% — diversifying over time.
“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
64% of COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
78% of COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC's grant income comes from Colorado funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $220k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC 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$35k
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 COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER 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 Colorado
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER 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 COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC?
- COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC (Colorado) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $660,557 to it, the largest being BONFILS-STANTON FOUNDATION ($127,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $660,557 in grants to COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC?
- BONFILS-STANTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $127,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Colorado. 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 21 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing