Ohio · Nonprofit
HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,875,123 to it, the largest being THE FINDLAY-HANCOCK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($958,072). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $14M
What Hancock County Performing Arts Center does
Mission
The Organization (1) fosters the development of an appreciation for the dramatic, dance and musical arts in and around the Hancock County, Ohio community; (2) fulfills the community's artistic obligations with a focus on the highest possible standards of performance; and (3) provides educational programs and opportunities for new artistic talent.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Performances - MCPA is one of the premier arts presenters in Northwest Ohio. Our Mainstage series features nationally recognized musicians, Broadway shows and fun holiday events. Our Family series includes touring productions of family favorites as well as magic shows, children's concerts and more. The popular Live@Armes series presents monthly concerts with up and coming roots musicians in an intimate, club-style setting.
$1,564,599 spent$435,764 earned by the program69% of program spendingVenue Rentals - MCPA offers various rental options for businesses, performing acts and individuals. We have 4 versatile spaces that are available for meetings, wedding receptions, birthday parties, concerts and more. The Art Gallery can be used for wedding ceremonies, small receptions and parties. Armes Hall is a large reception space with audio-visual capabilities, which can also be used for small performances. The Atrium is perfect for wedding receptions and proms but can be used for many other events, and the Lounge works well for casual gatherings or luncheons. The main auditorium is available for larger concerts that wish to self-promote. We often provide these spaces at a discount or rent free to local non-profits, community events, the University of Findlay and local schools.
$103,675 spent$219,170 earned by the program5% of program spendingArts Education - MCPA's robust education program includes: Youtheatre produces at least 2 shows each year that provide students with performing arts opportunities both on stage and behind the scenes. Hands-on experiences in performing and visual arts is provided to all ages through MCPA's workshops, summer camps, masterclasses and after-school clubs. The SPARK series of school day matinees by touring youth productions, offer an exciting extension of classroom work to schools in Findlay/Hancock County and surrounding schools. MCPA also brings arts to the schools with classroom residencies with qualified, trained teaching artists and performers.
$174,702 spent$190,186 earned by the program8% of program spendingAssistance paid to other domestic organizations (Marathon Center for the Performing Arts Foundation). Also includes grants paid to domestic individuals (less than $5,000).
$382,361 spent$382,361 earned by the program17% of program spendingOutreach Programs - MCPA offers myriad free events to the community including two summer music series in the park that highlight the talent of local and regional artists and Boogie on the Block, a summer kick off community wide-party with live music.
$53,155 spent$76,506 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,278,492.
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.
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 $16M to $16M (−3%).
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: 2021 24% · 2022 54% · 2023 25% · 2024 14% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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.
Chief executive
Heather Clow
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $95k → $227k.
12 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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: $1.2M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Hancock County Performing Arts Center Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER raised.
From the IRS filings of HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS 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
HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 51% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 41% · 2019 48% · 2020 39% · 2021 48% · 2022 71% · 2023 82% — 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
33% of HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
95% of HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS 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. Of the $85k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.
- 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.
Organizations like HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Hancock County Performing Arts Center Foundation · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER?
- HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Ohio) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,875,123 to it, the largest being THE FINDLAY-HANCOCK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($958,072). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $1,875,123 in grants to HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER?
- THE FINDLAY-HANCOCK COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $958,072 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HANCOCK COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 18 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing