Arkansas · Nonprofit
EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC
EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,313,195 to it, the largest being THE MURPHY FOUNDATION ($1,068,927). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $45M
What El Dorado Festivals & Events Inc does
Mission
The organization's vision is to create "the festival city of the south" harboring the spirit of southern arts, culture and themes by creating a festival calendar of events to share in the amazing talents of those who call the south their home. Through a greater engagement with the arts, we will increase the quality of life through enhancement of aesthetic beauty, cultural social offerings and increased openness with the citizens of our great city.society is measured by the merit of its culture, and here in the south our cup runneth over. We are celebrating who we are, where we have been and where we are going through a broad and diverse spectrum of events and festivals that will educate our young, inspire our community and foster economic growth and development.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The organization's mission is to create and sustain an arts and entertainment destination that acts as a catalyst for cultural and educational change for the region. This mission will be accomplished through constructing an arts and entertainment district in downtown el dorado, arkansas and programming this district with an annual calendar of events. The organization completed phase 1 of the construction and started conducting arts and entertainment events in september 2017.
$2,415,637 spent$1,361,697 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,415,637.
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 2021 to 2022, from $56M to $45M (−19%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2021 39% · 2023 5% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 3 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.
Chief executive
Pamela K Griffin
President/CEO/treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $100k → $52k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS 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
EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 65% · 2020 93% · 2021 80% · 2022 98% · 2023 81% — 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
20% of EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% give in more than one year at all.
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
63% of EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $265k 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.
Against its field
EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC is better cushioned than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS 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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
53% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Atypical Properties LLC · disregarded
- El Dorado Hospitality Services LLC · partnership
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS 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 EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC?
- EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,313,195 to it, the largest being THE MURPHY FOUNDATION ($1,068,927). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,313,195 in grants to EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC?
- THE MURPHY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,068,927 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EL DORADO FESTIVALS & EVENTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 2017–2024), 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