Ohio · Nonprofit
EQUITY ARC
EQUITY ARC (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,425 to it, the largest being THE MEREDITH AND ROSEMARY WILLSON CHARIT (AKA THE MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION) ($135,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $215k
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Equity Arc does
Mission
Equity Arc is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of local and national organizations to align, promote, and develop equitable opportunities for aspiring classical musicians from underrepresented ethnicities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Launched the instrument fund, which provides direct funds to pathways musicians who are committed to pursuing intensive training in their collegiate study. Inaugural Equity Arc wind symphony provided a multi-day training residency for pre-college musicians to receive mentoring from professional musicians uniquely qualified to provide the highest level of wind ensemble training. Launched the development of a custom crm, which will support our virtual community through program applications, networking, and matching musicians with opportunities. The organization is no longer collecting membership dues and resources are now more broadly available.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Equity Arc produced the pathways orchestra, a multi-day pre-college orchestral training and performance program. 64 pre-college musicians participated in an in-person residency in chicago that included ensemble rehearsals, mentoring, and a public performance. The organization also hosted a concurrent convening for parents and arts administrators, with 157 participants attending plenary sessions and facilitated discussions focused on educational pathways and program support. Equity Arc also supported early-career musicians through a separate residency program serving 10 participants, conducted in partnership with a major u.s. Orchestra. Program activities included rehearsals and professional development experiences. These programs furthered the organization's exempt purpose by providing educational and professional development opportunities for emerging musicians.
$274,170 spent$24,039 earned by the program42% of program spendingEquity Arc operated the national collective for musical pathways, a national network of 19 pre-college music training programs. During the reporting year, the organization facilitated coordination among partner programs through meetings and forums focused on program design and student support and initiated development of a shared pedagogical resource. In fy25, Equity Arc launched an instrument fund to provide direct financial assistance to musicians pursuing collegiate-level music training. The organization disbursed $63,000 by year-end to support the acquisition and maintenance of musical instruments. These activities furthered the organization's exempt purpose by supporting educational pathways and reducing financial barriers to advanced musical training.
$94,078 spentof which $63,000 as grants14% of program spendingEquity Arc provided professional development services and access resources to its national membership. During fy25, the organization supported its virtual member community through development of a custom customer relationship management (crm) system designed to facilitate program applications, resource sharing, and networking. Equity Arc also hosted 11 virtual professional development events and additional in-person gatherings focused on topics relevant to emerging musicians and music educators. Collegiate access for young musicians as part of its member professional development offerings, Equity Arc operated the collegiate access for young musicians series in partnership with el sistema usa. The six-part virtual series focused on the college and conservatory application process, including auditions and admissions requirements. During the reporting year, more than 200 musicians and family members participated in the program. Common application for summer study Equity Arc operated the common application for summer study, a centralized application platform allowing musicians to apply to multiple summer music programs through a single application and audition process. In fy25, the…
$157,990 spent$245 earned by the program24% of program spendingEquity Arc operated the inaugural wind symphony, a multi-day pre-college wind ensemble training program. 22 pre-college musicians participated in an in-person residency in the washington, d.c. Area that included ensemble rehearsals, sectionals, and mentoring activities. Participants worked with 28 professional musicians formerly affiliated with u.s. Military and military academy bands and took part in a culminating ensemble performance conducted by a guest music director.these activities furthered the organization's exempt purpose by providing advanced musical training and ensemble experience for emerging musicians.
$127,269 spent19% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $653,507.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.0M to $1.8M (+75%).
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.
97% of EQUITY ARC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 0 of the last 4 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
Stanford Thompson
Executive director
Board chair
Charles Grode
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 EQUITY ARC’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
EQUITY ARC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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
EQUITY ARC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Ohio, across 6 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $21k 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.
Against its field
EQUITY ARC runs a healthier operating margin 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 EQUITY ARC
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 29 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EQUITY ARC: 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 EQUITY ARC?
- EQUITY ARC (Ohio) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $215,425 to it, the largest being THE MEREDITH AND ROSEMARY WILLSON CHARIT (AKA THE MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION) ($135,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EQUITY ARC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $215,425 in grants to EQUITY ARC.
- Who is the largest funder of EQUITY ARC?
- THE MEREDITH AND ROSEMARY WILLSON CHARIT (AKA THE MUSIC MAN FOUNDATION) is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EQUITY ARC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 10 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