Massachusetts · Nonprofit
COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC
COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,007,397 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,946,241). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.6M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $9.1M
What Community Access to the Arts Inc does
Mission
Community access to the arts (cata) nurtures and celebrates the creativity of people with disabilities through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts. Programs take place in healthcare, therapeutic, eldercare, educational, community, and cultural settings. Our programs serve youth, adults, and elders with developmental and intellectual disabilities, autism, brain injuries, and dementia, through partnerships with many different human services and educational organizations, as well as individuals living at home.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cata arts in & arts out program: in this core program, cata artists attend workshops led by cata faculty artists skilled in the visual and performing arts. Visual arts workshops include drawing, painting, collage, photography, sculpture, and set and costume design. Performing arts workshops include singing, songwriting, drumming, dancing, juggling, and acting. Other workshops include creative writing and yoga.
$1,538,078 spent$251,977 earned by the program65% of program spendingCata performances and sharings:cata artists showcase their talents in dance, acting, music, juggling, comedy, and more in performances and sharings that engage wide public audiences.
$329,985 spent$44,993 earned by the program14% of program spendingCata art exhibits: art exhibits at museums, galleries, and community spaces showcase the talents of cata artists with disabilities for the whole community to experience.
$176,592 spent$34,327 earned by the program8% of program spendingCata in the community:program partnerships, residencies, and various other programs that nurture the creativity of individuals with disabilities and share their achievements with the public.
$306,332 spent13% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,350,987.
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 2019 to 2020, from $3.0M to $5.5M (+86%).
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 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 7% · 2021 19% · 2022 3% · 2023 19% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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
Margaret Keller
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $203k → $836k.
15 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 69% 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 COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 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
COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
70% 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 COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 80% · 2019 33% · 2020 18% · 2021 22% · 2022 21% · 2023 25% — 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
39% of COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
69% of COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS 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 $3.1M that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $7.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,274 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,274 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $561k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$436k
- (MM) PURCHASED CLIENT/PROGRAM SVCS$125k
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 COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS 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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS 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 COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC?
- COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,007,397 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,946,241). 43 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 69% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $10,007,397 in grants to COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC, 43 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,946,241 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE ARTS 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 61 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