Utah · Nonprofit
HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS (Utah) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $739,685 to it, the largest being Fritz B Burns Foundation a Nevada nonprofit corporation ($650,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $679k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $740k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Harrington Center for the Arts does
Mission
To promote a culture of creativity and learning by supporting the arts in education, performance, and opportunities that uplift individuals, families, and our community and inspire meaningful human connections.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Fork fest is the premiere annual showcase of utah bands. Fork fest 2023 featured original music from 32 bands/acts across 3 stages-two large concert stages and one intimate, acoustic stage. Attendance was 3176 persons.the festival features numerous attractions with food trucks, art installations, a hammock hangout, bounce houses, and a vendor village with booths highlighting local artisans and craftsman.
$306,612 spent$104,103 earned by the program41% of program spendingThe historic harrington school, completed in 1903 and considered the birthplace of public education west of the mississippi, is being restored and expanded into a regional center for the arts. The Harrington Center for the Arts will unite utahns through music, theater, and visual arts by providing a premier performance venue and arts education facility for northern utah county. In 2023, the organization received conditional site plan approval from american fork city, completed approximately 50% of the design development documents with our architectural team, and continued fundraising efforts through the active capital campaign. These milestones represent significant progress toward the 62,000 sq. Ft. Combined facilitys realization.
$253,546 spent34% of program spendingOn monday evenings in june and july 2023, Harrington Center for the Arts continued the beloved american fork concerts in the park series, bringing free or low cost, genre-spanning musical performances to the scenic amphitheater at quail cove for families and music lovers to enjoy. In 2023 we had a total of 6,600 attendees attend the 5 concerts.
$52,973 spent$9,844 earned by the program7% of program spendingAdditionally, Harrington Center for the Arts produces the following programming: chalk it up is a free, three-day chalk art festival in which local amateur and professional chalk artists spend hours transforming sidewalks in lehi into a captivating, one-of-a-kind experience. Empowering women in the arts mentorship program connects young female creatives for one-on-one instruction and career training through technical instruction and providing the tools and industry contacts necessary to turn a hobby into a viable career. The walls is a biannual art exhibition that is a first of its kind in our community and provides opportunities for the public and artists alike to enjoy an "outside art museum" with murals painted by local, professional, and amateur artists. Exploration of new works connects aspiring local playwrights and writers with arts professionals to help them realize their artistic vision and stage new plays and musicals for public concert performance. Sculpture walk features a rotating outdoor exhibition of sculptures by local artists displayed on four sandstone pedestals throughout downtown american fork. The exhibit changes annually to showcase new works and encourage…
$130,368 spent$33,573 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $743,499.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $334k to $1.0M (+211%).
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 43% · 2022 35% · 2023 23% · 2024 33%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $25k → $522k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 HARRINGTON 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
HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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: 2020 80% · 2021 97% · 2022 87% · 2023 96% — 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
25% of HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 30% 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
HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $62k 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.
Against its field
HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS?
- HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS (Utah) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $739,685 to it, the largest being Fritz B Burns Foundation a Nevada nonprofit corporation ($650,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $739,685 in grants to HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS?
- Fritz B Burns Foundation a Nevada nonprofit corporation is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARRINGTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 10 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