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DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC

DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC (Utah) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,307,433 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($1,274,088). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$488k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$79k
2/8 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Dpac - Discovering Potential Through Arts Creativity Inc does

Mission

DPAC - Discovering Potential through Arts Creativity is dedicated to introducing children and youth to the incomparable magic of the performing arts, with a commitment to develop in each child a keen sense of citizenship alongside their artistic achievements

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Various Weekly Performing Arts Classes and periodic Productions

    $164,175 spent$234,116 earned by the program
    69% of program spending
  2. Film development featuring neuro-divergent actors

    $17,811 spent$2,607 earned by the program
    7% of program spending
  3. Summer Performing Arts Camp

    $51,268 spent$52,020 earned by the program
    22% of program spending
  4. Relationship Development between Donors and DPAC programs

    $4,758 spent$9,792 earned by the program
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $238,012.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($299k) Expenses 100 ($280k) Net assets 100 ($48k)2022 Revenue 131 ($390k) Expenses 130 ($364k) Net assets 163 ($78k)2023 Revenue 115 ($344k) Expenses 120 ($335k) Net assets 154 ($74k)2024 Revenue 163 ($488k) Expenses 174 ($487k) Net assets 165 ($79k)
2021202220232024
Revenue (163)Expenses (174)Net assets (165)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 2021 to 2022, from $48k to $101k (+111%).

$48k
$101k
$87k
$79k
2021202220232024
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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

12% of DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 6,387 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$19k
’21
$26k
’22
$9k
’23
$2k
’24
1.7
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.

2021202220232024
Listed1111
Joined····
No longer listed····
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $1.3M → $10k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY 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

DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

98% 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 DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC.

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 99% · 2023 96% — 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

98% of DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY 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 $25k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from Utah funders.

NY
PA
UT
TX

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

’22
’23
Utah out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M 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

DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC has grown faster than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin0% · below the median
Months of reserve1.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

50% of spending goes to programs.

Program 50%Management 50%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

UT

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY 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 DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC?
DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC (Utah) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,307,433 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($1,274,088). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,307,433 in grants to DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC?
PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $1,274,088 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DPAC - DISCOVERING POTENTIAL THROUGH ARTS CREATIVITY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 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