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FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER
FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,487 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,375). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $356k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $12k
- Net assets
- $450k
What Friends of the Cultural Center Inc Dba Southampton Cultural Center does
Mission
Consistant with the vision of the village of southampton where cultural arts and humanities are a defining characteristic of the community, southampton cultural center's mission is to provide venues for quality education, exhibition and performance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Other programs
$98,795 spent$168,203 earned by the program41% of program spendingThe center provides a venue for seasoned actors and emerging stars. Classes in advanced scene study and monologue acting classes for all ages are offered.we are rejuvenating the local theatrical landscape and helping to advance the southampton village's new art district.
$27,913 spent$43,470 earned by the program12% of program spendingThe center facilitates music instruction by providing class space for all levels and all ages. Piano, violin, viola and cello music lessons are available.
$24,822 spent$22,471 earned by the program10% of program spendingThe center hosts a rising stars piano recital series during the fall, winter and spring.
$24,289 spent$23,011 earned by the program10% of program spendingDance classes
$22,071 spent$23,759 earned by the program9% of program spendingConcerts in the park
$15,051 spent$44,633 earned by the program6% of program spendingSeptemberfest
$14,091 spent$33,122 earned by the program6% of program spendingArt classes
$11,475 spent$15,165 earned by the program5% of program spendingSpecial events
$3,680 spent$3,377 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 9 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $242,187.
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 2021 to 2022, from $115k to $333k (+189%).
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 8% · 2018 2% · 2019 3% · 2020 4% · 2022 48% · 2023 8% · 2024 16% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Andrew Pilaro
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $21.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER’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
FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12k 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
FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER?
- FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $12,487 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($12,375). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $12,487 in grants to FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $12,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF THE CULTURAL CENTER INC DBA SOUTHAMPTON CULTURAL CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2 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