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EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC

EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $629,011 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($356,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2026
$978k
Funders on record
18
Grants received
$629k
Net assets
$1.2M
10/18 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 31%
01What it does

What Eastern Shore Art Association Inc does

Mission

The eastern shore art association offers a broad range of classes for the young and young at heart; oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolor, pottery, sculpting, mosaics, digital photography, drawing, and other artistic disciplines

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The eastern shore art association offers a broad range of classes for the young and young at heart; oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolor, pottery, sculpting, mosaics, digital photography, drawing, and other artistic disciplines

    $386,942 spent$341,980 earned by the program
    83% of program spending
  2. The association hosts around 30 exhibits during the year at its center to encourage the examination and discussion of the visual arts

    $38,544 spent$37,095 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  3. The association takes various measures to reach out to the community through outreach programs

  4. The eastern shore art association offers a broad range of classes for the young and young at heart; oils, acrylics, pastels, watercolor, pottery, sculpting, mosaics, digital photography, drawing, and other artistic disciplines

    $41,583 spent
    9% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $467,069.

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 ($603k) Expenses 100 ($464k) Net assets 100 ($996k)2018 Revenue 121 ($728k) Expenses 103 ($479k) Net assets 110 ($1.1M)2020 Revenue 73 ($443k) Expenses 111 ($517k) Net assets 123 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 101 ($610k) Expenses 112 ($519k) Net assets 132 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 101 ($608k) Expenses 148 ($686k) Net assets 124 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 112 ($676k) Expenses 163 ($755k) Net assets 116 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 114 ($687k) Expenses 159 ($740k) Net assets 111 ($1.1M)2025 Revenue 132 ($797k) Expenses 176 ($818k) Net assets 109 ($1.1M)2026 Revenue 162 ($978k) Expenses 180 ($836k) Net assets 121 ($1.2M)
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Revenue (162)Expenses (180)Net assets (121)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 2025 to 2026, from $1.2M to $1.3M (+15%).

$1.2M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.2M
$1.3M
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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.

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2018
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2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2025 7% · 2026 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

49% of EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$139k
’17
$250k
’18
−$74k
’20
$92k
’21
−$79k
’22
−$78k
’23
−$54k
’24
−$21k
’25
$141k
’26
3.0
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.

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Joined·+0·+1+5+3+7+3+3
No longer listed·0·054441
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $30k → $57k.

2 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION 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

EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.

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

90% 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 EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC.

57%
largest funder
87%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 90% · 2018 94% · 2019 93% · 2020 66% · 2021 79% · 2022 95% · 2023 72% — 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

60% of EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

57% of EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION 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 $273k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from Alabama funders.

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

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Alabama out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $356k 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

EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve3.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 36%Fundraising 8%

Governance

16
board members
100%
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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC?
EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $629,011 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($356,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC have?
IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $629,011 in grants to EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC?
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $356,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EASTERN SHORE ART ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing