Alabama · Nonprofit
GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC
GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,983 to it, the largest being THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $92k
- Net assets
- $5.2M
What Gadsden Cultural Arts Foundation Inc does
Mission
Promotion of artistic activities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth symphony orchestra - local school students participate in this group which has 408 members and performs regularly, both in gadsden and out of state.
$267,986 spent$165,128 earned by the program32% of program spendingImagination place - a children's museum, designed primarily for children ages 2 through 10, where children can come play, explore, create, and learn.
$164,029 spent$271,599 earned by the program20% of program spendingClasses - classes designed to offer instruction such as art, dance, and music to approximately 1,208 people in the community.
$367,854 spent$407,299 earned by the program44% of program spendingVarious other programs - exhibits, gadsden symphony orchestra, project income
$38,672 spent$20,360 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $838,541.
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 2024 to 2025, from $3.7M to $5.2M (+43%).
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 15% · 2018 22% · 2019 24% · 2020 42% · 2021 41% · 2022 31% · 2023 29% · 2024 29% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
59% of GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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
Catherine Martin
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $9k → $17k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION 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
GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 86%; 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: 2017 94% · 2018 93% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 91% · 2022 98% · 2023 88% — 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
90% of GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Alabama funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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
GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION 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 Alabama
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
- GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Alabama) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,983 to it, the largest being THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA ($60,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $91,983 in grants to GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
- THE DANIEL FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GADSDEN CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Alabama. 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 7 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