Maine · Nonprofit
CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE
CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE (Maine) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $312,589 to it, the largest being THE ROBBINS-DE BEAUMONT FOUNDATION ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $238k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $313k
- Net assets
- $85k
What Continuum Arts Collective does
Mission
The organization serves pre-k through grade 12 student artists and musicians in maine and new hampshire by providing musical instruments, art supplies, and creative instruction and experiences to flourish as creators.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Along with serving individual students, cac also helps school districts and teachers support their students by providing materials and experiential opportunities. In january, cac provided 24 students at the maple stone schookl in acton, me with art kits and ukuleles. Maple stone is a special purpose school approved by the department of education and serves as an alternative placement for students with significant learning and emotional disabilities. Maple stone teacher spencer hodge provided ukulele lessons for this students. In february, cac sponsored an experiential music program at marshwood schools, supporting a week-long residency for larry & joe, a duo comprising grammy-nominated bluegrass musician (joe troop), and south american legend (larry bellorin). Larry & joe hosted hands-on workshops at each of the rsu35 schools, and performed a community.both men are versatile multi-instrumentalists on a mission to show that music has no borders. Also in february, cac delivered 95 art kits to the portland public schools "make it happen!" program to support an art contest featuring 6-8 grade multi-lingual students. "make it happen!" helps students create a pathway to academic success…
$164,386 spentof which $140,777 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $164,386.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $43k to $83k (+93%).
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: 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than 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 4 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
Martin England
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $7k → $66k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 16 of 17 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
CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 52% · 2022 35% · 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
40% of CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 35% 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
51% of CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE's grant income comes from Maine funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k 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.
Against its field
CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE
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 Maine
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% 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 CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE: 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 CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE?
- CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE (Maine) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $312,589 to it, the largest being THE ROBBINS-DE BEAUMONT FOUNDATION ($75,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $312,589 in grants to CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE?
- THE ROBBINS-DE BEAUMONT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONTINUUM ARTS COLLECTIVE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maine. 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 2021–2024), 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