Arkansas · Nonprofit
FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC
FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $497,420 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($361,937). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $236k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $497k
- Net assets
- $23k
What Folk School of Fayetteville Inc does
Mission
Build community through education and concerts/festivals that promote the perpetuation of traditional american and world music, culinary arts, and folk life.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Build community through education and concerts/festivals that promote the perpetuation of traditional american and world music, culinary arts, and folk life.
$161,110 spent59% of program spendingA 501(c)3 organization with a mission to connect and build community through music and food. We produce the fayetteville roots festival, operate a historic music venue, the roots hq, on the downtown fayetteville square, and lead year-round music and food education and community programming in northwest arkansas.
$113,785 spent$159,822 earned by the program41% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $274,895.
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 2019 to 2020, from $116k to $621k (+435%).
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: 2020 18% · 2021 21% · 2022 1% · 2023 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $365k → $36k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE 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
FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 76% · 2022 100% · 2023 82% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE 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. $16k 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
FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC's revenue fell 22% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE 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 FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC?
- FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $497,420 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($361,937). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $497,420 in grants to FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE INC?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $361,937 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FOLK SCHOOL OF FAYETTEVILLE 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 6 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