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FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC

FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC (Arizona) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $436,619 to it, the largest being Babbitt Brothers Foundation ($124,725). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.3M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$437k
Net assets
$75k
6/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What Flagstaff Arts Council Inc does

Mission

The flagstaff arts council promotes, strengthens and advocates for the arts in our community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Services of the arts council for the city of flagstaff contract. Providing grants to 38 arts and science organizations.

    $777,715 spentof which $499,119 as grants$499,119 earned by the program
    68% of program spending
  2. Exhibitions of arts and sciences.

    $293,146 spent
    26% of program spending
  3. Various smaller shows/events/concerts of artistic or scientific nature.

    $74,201 spent
    6% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,145,062.

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 ($824k) Expenses 100 ($833k) Net assets 100 ($423k)2020 Revenue 97 ($799k) Expenses 96 ($799k) Net assets 57 ($239k)2021 Revenue 106 ($874k) Expenses 96 ($801k) Net assets 31 ($132k)2022 Revenue 141 ($1.2M) Expenses 114 ($949k) Net assets 252 ($1.1M)2023 Revenue 138 ($1.1M) Expenses 179 ($1.5M) Net assets 149 ($629k)2024 Revenue 174 ($1.4M) Expenses 218 ($1.8M) Net assets 58 ($246k)2025 Revenue 159 ($1.3M) Expenses 159 ($1.3M) Net assets 18 ($75k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (159)Expenses (159)Net assets (18)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 2021 to 2022, from $450k to $1.5M (+241%).

$442k
$365k
$450k
$1.5M
$1.2M
$886k
$590k
2019202020212022202320242025
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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 61% · 2020 75% · 2021 84% · 2022 80% · 2023 76% · 2024 77% · 2025 69%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

80% of FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL 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. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$9k
’19
$127
’20
$73k
’21
$215k
’22
−$350k
’23
−$383k
’24
−$17k
’25
3.0
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.

Chief executive

Julie Comnick

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.

2019202020212022202320242025
Listed2520151582119
Joined·+3+4+1+1+16+0
No longer listed·891832
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $15k → $46k.

3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 28% 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 FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL 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

FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

42% 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 FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC.

29%
largest funder
72%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 50% · 2020 59% · 2021 74% · 2022 44% · 2023 78% — 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

40% of FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 46% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

68% of FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC's grant income comes from Arizona funders.

AZ
TX

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Arizona out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $123k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC has grown faster than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve3.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $215k on record.

Federal$215k
grants $215kcontracts $0
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20
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24
25
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$215k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 11%Fundraising 2%

Governance

18
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

85%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC?
FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC (Arizona) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $436,619 to it, the largest being Babbitt Brothers Foundation ($124,725). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $436,619 in grants to FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC?
Babbitt Brothers Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $124,725 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FLAGSTAFF ARTS COUNCIL INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 13 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