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Screen a listFirstworks
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.5Mrevenue
FY2025 · −23% in 3 yrs8staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−5.6%
Months of reserve1.7mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+2.0%
Middle half of peersMedianFirstworks
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.6M spent
Programs$1.2M71%Management and general$293k18%Fundraising$180k11%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$65k in FY2024 and −$87k in FY2025. Cash covers 1.7 months, under the peer median of 3.8.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
A history of government grants
Government grants on 5 of its 6 returns, 36% of revenue in FY2025. $350k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending45funders
$328ka year, last 3 years
34%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23New England Foundation for the Arts IncorporatedEvery year since FY2017$14k$33k$17k$32k$68k$34k$33kThe Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncSince FY2018$10k$25k$10k$30k$20k$15kNational Grid FoundationStopped after FY2022$20k$20k$20k$20k$20k–June Rockwell Levy Foundation IncorporatedSince FY2020$20k$20k$20k$20kTextron Charitable Trust Dtd 122353Since FY2020$15k$15k$15k$15kDelta Dental of Rhode IslandOn and off$11k$21k$13k$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$23k$10k$143k$38k$129k$136k$131k28 other fundersUp to $20k a year each$32k$6k$43k$98k$69k$61k$90k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped