North Dakota · Nonprofit
JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC
JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $360,937 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 1883 ($117,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $672k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $361k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Jamestown Fine Arts Association Inc does
Mission
Enrich the jamestown area community through the arts
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions: exhibitions change every 4-6 weeks in the gallery; are free and open to the public monday through friday 9am to 5pm and saturdays 10a to 2p and by appointment on sundays. Exhibits feature local, regional, national artists and range from folk and traditional artists to professionals. Staff, curator and artist guided tours educate the community and provide enrichment for school classes and their educators. Exhibiting artists provide workshops for area artists and community members.
$54,640 spent$377 earned by the program16% of program spendingPerforming arts: local, regional and national musicians present on the arts center stage. Touring theatre companies present plays on site as well as off site locations. The organization pays to bus students to see these performances. Community theatre presents two to three productions each year on the stage. High school students in drama classes, dance recitals and guitar recitals also utilize the stage for their performances. The arts center hosts monthly open mic nights for performers of all talents and skill levels. The organization hires folk, traditional, musical and visual artists to work with residents in two elder care facilities as well as give performances to confined populations in their locations.
$52,386 spent$6,210 earned by the program15% of program spendingEducation: the organization hires artists to work in the schools teaching students in grades k-5 and give in-service and direct contact workshops for educators. Artist work with educators on integrating arts curriculum with science, technology, engineering and math lessons. Professional artists and educators teach arts after school at the arts center every school day. The arts center transports 2nd through 5th grade students interested in participation. Professional artists also teach summer and weekend visual arts, drama, dance and music classes. Adult classes and workshops are held throughout the year in a variety of artistic disciplines. Special interest groups meeting regularly at the arts center include woodcarvers, photographers, writers, actors and performers. Student workshops accompany classroom tours in the gallery. Heritage festivals and special events serve to educate the public about local and regional culture, traditions and culinary arts.
$239,944 spent$26,632 earned by the program69% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $346,970.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.0M to $2.7M (+37%).
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: 2018 5% · 2019 7% · 2020 7% · 2021 10% · 2022 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Melynda Schmitz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $17k → $101k.
5 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION 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
JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
88% 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 JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 59% · 2020 51% · 2021 52% · 2022 58% · 2023 67% — 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
60% of JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% 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
83% of JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from North Dakota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k 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.
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In North Dakota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC?
- JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC (North Dakota) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $360,937 to it, the largest being KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 1883 ($117,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $360,937 in grants to JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC?
- KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 1883 is the largest funder on record, with $117,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JAMESTOWN FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Dakota. 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 13 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