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GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS (Georgia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,671 to it, the largest being THE PRIMERICA FOUNDATION INC ($140,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2021
$782k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$401k
Net assets
$2.1M
5/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 12%
01What it does

What Gwinnett Council for the Arts Inc Dba Hudgens Center for the Arts does

Mission

The center was created to provide and foster an understanding of and participation in the arts.

As stated on its FY2021 Form 990.

Program

To provide art education to children and adults alike.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

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 ($947k) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 100 ($2.5M)2018 Revenue 91 ($859k) Expenses 100 ($1.0M) Net assets 94 ($2.3M)2019 Revenue 94 ($890k) Expenses 114 ($1.2M) Net assets 83 ($2.1M)2020 Revenue 74 ($704k) Expenses 68 ($690k) Net assets 84 ($2.1M)2021 Revenue 83 ($782k) Expenses 79 ($802k) Net assets 84 ($2.1M)
20172018201920202021
Revenue (83)Expenses (79)Net assets (84)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 2018 to 2019, from $2.3M to $2.2M (−8%).

$2.5M
$2.3M
$2.2M
$2.1M
$2.1M
20172018201920202021
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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

59% of GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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. 4 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

−$64k
’17
−$148k
’18
−$261k
’19
$14k
’20
−$20k
’21
3.6
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.

20172018201920202021
Listed1916141014
Joined·+0+2+4+9
No longer listed·3485
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $1k → $15k.

4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS’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

GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

40% 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 GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

35%
largest funder
81%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 96% · 2019 67% · 2020 63% · 2021 53% · 2022 78% · 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.

How long its funders stay

75% of GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

100% of GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS's grant income comes from Georgia funders.

IL
GA

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k 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

GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−3% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.6mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−5% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,558 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2021

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 22%Fundraising 3%

Governance

14
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

GA

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Questions and answers

Who funds GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS?
GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS (Georgia) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $400,671 to it, the largest being THE PRIMERICA FOUNDATION INC ($140,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $400,671 in grants to GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS?
THE PRIMERICA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $140,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GWINNETT COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS INC DBA HUDGENS CENTER FOR THE ARTS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 FY2021 (financials across 2017–2021), and the filings of 9 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