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Contemporary Dayton Inc

Contemporary Dayton Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,490,368 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($479,858). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$397k
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$147k
12/17 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 36%
01What it does

What Contemporary Dayton Inc does

Mission

To provide art for the community and a community for artists.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Present quality exhibitions and programs that promote regional visual artists and contribute to revitalization of downtown Dayton, Ohio.

    $375,190 spent$62,064 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $375,190.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($316k) Expenses 100 ($351k) Net assets 100 ($376k)2018 Revenue 96 ($303k) Expenses 110 ($388k) Net assets 78 ($293k)2021 Revenue 284 ($898k) Expenses 104 ($364k) Net assets 204 ($766k)2022 Revenue 141 ($446k) Expenses 181 ($636k) Net assets 151 ($569k)2023 Revenue 181 ($574k) Expenses 228 ($800k) Net assets 92 ($346k)2024 Revenue 205 ($646k) Expenses 220 ($773k) Net assets 58 ($218k)2025 Revenue 126 ($397k) Expenses 175 ($614k) Net assets 39 ($147k)
2017201820212022202320242025
Revenue (126)Expenses (175)Net assets (39)Peer revenue range

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 $954k to $315k (−67%).

$389k
$307k
$988k
$772k
$548k
$954k
$315k
2017201820212022202320242025
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
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 10% · 2018 12% · 2021 9% · 2022 22% · 2023 9% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

78% of Contemporary Dayton Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$35k
’17
−$85k
’18
$534k
’21
−$191k
’22
−$227k
’23
−$127k
’24
−$217k
’25
1.8
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

Eva Buttacavoli

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2017201820212022202320242025
Listed20192321111012
Joined·+2·+0+1+0+3
No longer listed·3·21111
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $67k → $198k.

4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 Contemporary Dayton 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

Contemporary Dayton Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

76% 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 Contemporary Dayton Inc.

32%
largest funder
67%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 83% · 2019 65% · 2020 29% · 2021 42% · 2022 47% · 2023 20% — 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

50% of Contemporary Dayton Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 71% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

64% of Contemporary Dayton 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 $537k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from Ohio funders.

IL
NY
OH
PA
CT

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

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $953k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

Against its field

Contemporary Dayton Inc's revenue grew 26% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin−55% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve1.8mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding Contemporary Dayton Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $36k on record.

Federal$36k
grants $36kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$36k

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.

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In Ohio

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

61% of spending goes to programs.

Program 61%Management 15%Fundraising 24%

Governance

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

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds Contemporary Dayton Inc?
Contemporary Dayton Inc (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,490,368 to it, the largest being THE DAYTON FOUNDATION ($479,858). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Contemporary Dayton Inc have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,490,368 in grants to Contemporary Dayton Inc, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Contemporary Dayton Inc?
THE DAYTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $479,858 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Contemporary Dayton Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 17 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