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Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington

Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington (Texas) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $506,243 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($319,208). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$1.4M
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$506k
Net assets
$-195550
5/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington does

Mission

The Friends of the Levitt Pavilion Arlingtons mission is to provide free culturally diverse music that can be enjoyed by everyone while building community through music. We will achieve this through our music programs partnerships and outreach. We give our community an accessible gathering place for free music open to everyone all ages all ethnicities all neighborhoods and all income levels. Levitt Pavilion Arlington brings music and the performing arts to Arlington in a way thousands are responding to available to everyone to enjoy under the stars. We also support other nonprofit organizations through special events and support the music industry ecosystem.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. In 2024 44 concerts were held with more than 60,000 people attending concerts in person. We livestreamed 76 free performances by headliners openers and dance performers which had 507,774 viewers. Bringing community music and special events to Arlington involves production and event costs such as artist fees stage lighting equipment and safety and security. Were proud to have hosted 100,000+ attendees at special events and activities at the Levitt Pavilion Arlington.

    $1,225,141 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  3. Not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,225,141.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($989k) Expenses 100 ($868k) Net assets 100 ($1.4M)2018 Revenue 306 ($3.0M) Expenses 105 ($908k) Net assets 252 ($3.5M)2019 Revenue 124 ($1.2M) Expenses 88 ($767k) Net assets 284 ($4.0M)2020 Revenue 104 ($1.0M) Expenses 96 ($831k) Net assets 290 ($4.1M)2021 Revenue 118 ($1.2M) Expenses 155 ($1.3M) Net assets 277 ($3.9M)2022 Revenue 82 ($810k) Expenses 137 ($1.2M) Net assets 250 ($3.5M)2023 Revenue 125 ($1.2M) Expenses 146 ($1.3M) Net assets -12 ($-167730)2024 Revenue 141 ($1.4M) Expenses 164 ($1.4M) Net assets -14 ($-195550)
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Revenue (141)Expenses (164)Net assets (-14)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 2022 to 2023, from $4.0M to $87k (−98%).

$1.4M
$3.5M
$4.0M
$4.9M
$4.6M
$4.0M
$87k
$81k
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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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 4% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

69% of Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,893 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$121k
’17
$2.1M
’18
$458k
’19
$200k
’20
−$174k
’21
−$379k
’22
−$34k
’23
−$28k
’24
0.7
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

Letatia Teykl

Executive director

Board chair

Jim Palmer

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2827282929282122
Joined·+0+3+2+1+0+4+6
No longer listed·12111115
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $27k → $111k.

4 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

Left out of every figure on this page: $2.2M from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Arlington Convention and Visitors Bureau Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington raised.

From the IRS filings of Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 funders by total. 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 Levitt Pavilion - Arlington leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

78% 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 Levitt Pavilion - Arlington.

63%
largest funder
91%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 50% · 2019 53% · 2020 65% · 2021 67% · 2022 85% · 2023 86% — growing more concentrated.

“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

38% of Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

65% of Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington'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. Of the $176k that is directly attributable, 80% of it comes from Texas funders.

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

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Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $330k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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

Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington's revenue grew 41% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−2% · below the median
Months of reserve0.7mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,728 recreation & sports nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.

Federal$80k
grants $80kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$80k

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 7%Fundraising 6%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

64%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington?
Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington (Texas) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $506,243 to it, the largest being NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC ($319,208). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $506,243 in grants to Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington?
NATL CHRISTIAN CHARITABLE FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $319,208 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Friends of the Levitt Pavilion - Arlington find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 12 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