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DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC

DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,421 to it, the largest being LULUMA CHARITABLE TRUST XXXXX8009 ($70,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$522k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$110k
Net assets
$184k
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Decatur Arts Alliance Inc does

Mission

Decatur arts alliance connects residents, businesses, tourists, and artists to increase arts access and engagement.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Decatur arts alliance primarily fulfills its mission by producing arts events that are free and open to the public. The largest of these events is the decatur arts festival, attracting 60k attendees annually. Decatur arts alliance funds musical, literary, theatrical, dance, and comedy performances as well as a juried fine arts exhibition. Revenue is raised from the 130 artists who rent booth space for the artists' market, artist application fees, souvenir and beverage sales, and event sponsors.

    $227,189 spent$273,044 earned by the program
    54% of program spending
  2. The decatur wine festival is metro atlanta's largest outdoor wine festival. As the nonprofit's only dedicated fundraiser, revenue is generated primarily through ticket sales with additional revenue from souvenir sales and sponsorships. Attendees can sample 400+ varieties of wine, purchase food from acclaimed local restaurants, and dance to a live dj.

    $36,870 spent$44,790 earned by the program
    9% of program spending
  3. An annual grassroots musical event, oakhurst porchfest coordinates 200+ neighborhood porches and musical acts for a day of community celebration. Free and open to the public, revenue comes from souvenir sales and sponsorships. Decatur arts alliance provides security and sanitation to ensure public safety.

    $160,331 spent$217,752 earned by the program
    38% of program spending
  4. Pt vi, line 11b: draft of return is sent to treasurer for review prior to filing. Pt ix, line 24e:

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $424,390.

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 ($350k) Expenses 100 ($341k) Net assets 100 ($178k)2018 Revenue 94 ($330k) Expenses 97 ($332k) Net assets 99 ($175k)2019 Revenue 99 ($346k) Expenses 105 ($360k) Net assets 91 ($162k)2020 Revenue 31 ($110k) Expenses 41 ($140k) Net assets 74 ($131k)2021 Revenue 74 ($258k) Expenses 62 ($212k) Net assets 100 ($178k)2022 Revenue 99 ($346k) Expenses 107 ($364k) Net assets 90 ($159k)2023 Revenue 117 ($408k) Expenses 132 ($451k) Net assets 65 ($116k)2024 Revenue 149 ($522k) Expenses 133 ($454k) Net assets 103 ($184k)
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Revenue (149)Expenses (133)Net assets (103)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 2023 to 2024, from $118k to $189k (+60%).

$182k
$180k
$167k
$152k
$179k
$170k
$118k
$189k
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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
2019
2020
2021
2022
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2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 26% · 2022 8% · 2023 7% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

8% of DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (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. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$9k
’17
−$3k
’18
−$13k
’19
−$31k
’20
$46k
’21
−$18k
’22
−$43k
’23
$67k
’24
4.8
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.

Board chair

Alan Dishman

Board chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Joined·+1+2+0+0+4+0+2
No longer listed·0000701
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $21k.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE 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

DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

63%
largest funder
86%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 94% · 2020 98% · 2021 58% · 2022 37% · 2023 95% — 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.

How long its funders stay

50% of DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y

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

DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 5 states in all.

IL
NY
MO
DE
GA

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

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Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $15k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin13% · above the median
Months of reserve4.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

93% of spending goes to programs.

Program 93%Management 7%Fundraising 0%

Governance

13
board members
92%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC?
DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC (Georgia) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $110,421 to it, the largest being LULUMA CHARITABLE TRUST XXXXX8009 ($70,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $110,421 in grants to DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC?
LULUMA CHARITABLE TRUST XXXXX8009 is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DECATUR ARTS ALLIANCE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 8 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