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GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL

GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,375 to it, the largest being DONALD C BRACE FOUNDATION ($35,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$195k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$76k
Net assets
$27k
3/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Gold Canyon Arts Council does

Mission

To present arts and arts entertainment to area residents and k-12 schools.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Canyon sounds - present 6 concerts to gold canyonand surrouding areas giving studetns the opportunitiesto study art and have a close up experience with artists.

    $129,162 spent
    85% of program spending
  2. Canyon festival - annual festival serving goldcanyon and surrounding areas at no cost.

    $23,644 spent
    15% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $152,806.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($39k) Expenses 100 ($55k) Net assets 100 ($44k)2022 Revenue 291 ($113k) Expenses 195 ($108k) Net assets 110 ($49k)2023 Revenue 389 ($150k) Expenses 270 ($150k) Net assets 111 ($49k)2024 Revenue 413 ($160k) Expenses 319 ($177k) Net assets 73 ($32k)2025 Revenue 504 ($195k) Expenses 361 ($200k) Net assets 61 ($27k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (504)Expenses (361)Net assets (61)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $49k to $32k (−34%).

$44k
$49k
$49k
$32k
$27k
20212022202320242025
Total assets

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$17k
’21
$4k
’22
$534
’23
−$17k
’24
−$6k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $19k.

Funder
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'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
Creative Westunclassified
$18k
funders
1
1
1
1
2
3
1

From the IRS filings of GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL’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

GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

46%
largest funder
83%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 53% — 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

GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Arizona, across 5 states in all.

MN
NJ
CT
CO
AZ

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

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

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−3% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)50% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

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

AZ

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Questions and answers

Who funds GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL?
GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL (Arizona) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,375 to it, the largest being DONALD C BRACE FOUNDATION ($35,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $76,375 in grants to GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL?
DONALD C BRACE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $35,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GOLD CANYON ARTS COUNCIL 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.

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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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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