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EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC

EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,152,000 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.6M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$4.2M
Net assets
$5.6M
1/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 93%
01What it does

What Edison Arts Foundation Inc does

Mission

The edison arts foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fine arts organization, established for the educational and charitable purpose of producing and developing cultural and performing arts programs for children, adults, and families throughout the community.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The edison arts foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fine arts organization, established for the educational and charitable purpose of producing and developing cultural and performing arts programs for children, adults, and families throughout the community.

    $726,242 spentof which $259 as grants$252,058 earned by the program
    100% of program spending
  2. The edison arts foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit fine arts organization, established for the educational and charitable purpose of producing and developing cultural and performing arts programs for children, adults, and families throughout the community.

    $2,000 spent
    0% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $728,242.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($274k) Expenses 100 ($67k) Net assets 100 ($208k)2020 Revenue 30 ($81k) Expenses 68 ($45k) Net assets 213 ($444k)2021 Revenue 481 ($1.3M) Expenses 661 ($443k) Net assets 633 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 1375 ($3.8M) Expenses 996 ($667k) Net assets 2119 ($4.4M)2023 Revenue 351 ($961k) Expenses 946 ($634k) Net assets 2276 ($4.7M)2024 Revenue 593 ($1.6M) Expenses 1120 ($750k) Net assets 2695 ($5.6M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (593)Expenses (1120)Net assets (2695)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 2019 to 2020, from $208k to $5.8M (+2671%).

$208k
$5.8M
$6.6M
$9.7M
$10M
$14M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

82% of EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$207k
’19
$36k
’20
$873k
’21
$3.1M
’22
$327k
’23
$872k
’24
8.1
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.

201920202021202220232024
Listed3333312
Joined·+0+0+1+0+9
No longer listed·00100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $662k.

Funder
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
$25k
Evolve Houstonunclassified
$12k
funders
3
2
2
1
1

From the IRS filings of EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION 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

EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

48%
largest funder
96%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 57% · 2022 70% · 2023 98% — growing more concentrated.

“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

100% of EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.

NE
TX

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

’21
’22
’23
Texas 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

EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin54% · top quartile
Months of reserve8.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)43% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record.

Federal$3.0M
grants $3.0Mcontracts $0
23
26
Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.0M
  • National Endowment for the Arts$35k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

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

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Eaf Edison Gp LLC · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Texas) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,152,000 to it, the largest being THE GEORGE FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $4,152,000 in grants to EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
THE GEORGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like EDISON ARTS FOUNDATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 7 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