Texas · Nonprofit
Documentary Arts Inc
Documentary Arts Inc (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,489,247 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($3,036,247). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $4.5M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Documentary Arts Inc does
Mission
Advance of the Arts, heritage & culture
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Stompin At the Savoy: Musical production depicting the Autobiography of Lindy Hopper from Harlem Renaissance Era
$1,123,405 spentof which $1,275,000 as grants81% of program spendingCenter for Photography at Woodstock / Apeture Foundation: Joint Publishing Project
$201,981 spentof which $325,000 as grants15% of program spendingTruth in Photography: WEbsite Produced by Documentary Arts which asks the question "Where does the truth lie in photography?"
$14,706 spent1% of program spendingArchives / France: Explores the extraordinary and sometimes difficult lives of blacks in Paris from the 19th century to present day
$12,473 spentof which $100,000 as grants1% of program spendingTexas African American Photography Archive: As important to the community as it is to scholars at large because it addresses political and social movements and the cultural life in Texas
$10,640 spentof which $10,000 as grants1% of program spendingUT Dallas Exhibit focusing on documentary style exhibits that explore social issues
$7,525 spent1% of program spendingDeep Ellum Foundation, Deep Ellum Community and Documentary Arts sponser exhibits such as When you go Down in Deep Ellum, Unlikely Blues and Invisible Deep Ellum
$6,867 spentof which $8,500 as grants0% of program spendingJasper: A tribute to a group of African American volunteers in Jasper, Texas who overcame adversity through hard work, self-reliance and community engagement demonstrating a path forward against all odds
$5,436 spent0% of program spendingEveryday Culture: works of art that explore ordinary aspects of life such as daily rituals, common objects and community activities
$4,818 spentof which $50,000 as grants0% of program spendingLonesome Blues: a one man musical of the life of Blind Lemon Jefferson
$2,250 spent0% of program spendingAnne Morgan: Documentary of the life of Anne Morgan known for her work in advancing women's rights, improving conditions for immigrant workers in the US and humanitarian relief in post World War 1 France
$2,138 spentof which $50,000 as grants0% of program spending
The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,392,239.
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 2024 to 2025, from $1.9M to $3.4M (+74%).
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.
100% of Documentary Arts Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Daniel Davison Jr
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $18k → $800k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $660k from one payer (the payer's own filing calls it a related party, largest The Kaleta A Doolin Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money Documentary Arts Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of Documentary Arts 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
Documentary Arts Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 68% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 Documentary Arts Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 51% · 2021 96% · 2022 84% · 2023 98% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of Documentary 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 $153k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Documentary Arts Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Documentary 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% 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 Documentary 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 Documentary Arts Inc?
- Documentary Arts Inc (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,489,247 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($3,036,247). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Documentary Arts Inc have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $4,489,247 in grants to Documentary Arts Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Documentary Arts Inc?
- COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,036,247 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Documentary Arts Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 6 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