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DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC

DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,410 to it, the largest being DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($13,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$57k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$13k
Net assets
$49k
2/2 repeat funders
01What it does

What Dr Martin Luther King Jr Celebration Steering Committee Inc does

Mission

To promote a unified community that focus on uplifting all people and culture awareness

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Festivals - to promote commuity unity by bringing all people in the sanford area together

    $7,332 spent$6,880 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $22,168 spent$35,555 earned by the program
    55% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $1,869 spent$1,302 earned by the program
    5% of program spending
  4. Parade and student events

    $9,196 spent$13,475 earned by the program
    23% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $40,565.

02The organization over time

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

Melvin Philpot

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $56 → $2k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE 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

DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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

99%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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.

Where its funders are

DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 2 states in all.

NY
NC

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

’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · above the median
Months of reserve13.0mo · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

95% of spending goes to programs.

Program 95%Management 4%Fundraising 1%

Governance

5
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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC?
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC (Florida) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,410 to it, the largest being DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION ($13,300). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,410 in grants to DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC?
DUKE ENERGY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR CELEBRATION STEERING COMMITTEE INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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