Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION
ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $524,684 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($209,100). 9 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 FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $525k
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Encore Creativity Corporation does
Mission
To provide an excellent and accessible artistic environment to older adults, regardless of experience or ability, who seek arts education and performance opportunities under the direction of a professional artist.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Encore chorale programs - maintained chorales serving older adult singers in the baltimore/washington/northern virginia/new york areas, including traditional chorales and rock and roll chorales. Programs include two 15-week semesters of rehearsals, followed by free community concerts open to the public. Encore offered free concerts throughout the year including high-profile venues such as the john f. Kennedy center for the performing arts and the cultural arts center. All chorales are non-auditioned and open to all singers over 55 years of age. Encore provides financial assistance to those in need of tuition support. Many program locations are offered in partnership with organizations such as the potomac arts academy of george mason university, anne arundel community college, arlington county office on aging, montgomery county office on aging, washington conservatory of music, maryland hall for the creative arts, and some continuing care retirement communities.
$701,078 spent$695,370 earned by the program39% of program spendingEncore summer camp programs - attended by older adult singers, the programs offer daily musical instruction and rehearsals, as well as evening concerts and other entertainment for the participants and area residents who were invited to attend the concerts at no charge. The camps concluded with a concert performance which was free and open to the public.
$333,830 spent$351,309 earned by the program19% of program spendingTravel tours - the program offers daily musical instruction and rehearsals, as well as evening concerts and other entertainment for the participants at various locations traveling abroad.
$683,120 spent$627,053 earned by the program38% of program spendingOther program services include revenue and expenses for encore university, performance retreats, special events and other miscellaneous activities.
$61,980 spent$132,151 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,780,008.
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 2022 to 2023, from $804k to $1.5M (+81%).
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 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 24% · 2022 15% · 2023 21% · 2024 6% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION’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. 2 of the last 9 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $9k → $112k.
8 of 14 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 ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION’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
ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
93% 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 ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 46% · 2019 68% · 2020 84% · 2021 52% · 2022 38% · 2023 38% — 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
50% of ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
57% of ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION'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 $228k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $297k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION: 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 ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION?
- ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $524,684 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($209,100). 9 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 ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $524,684 in grants to ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $209,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ENCORE CREATIVITY CORPORATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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