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LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB

LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,225 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($5,010). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$312k
Funders on record
6
Grants received
$11k
Net assets
$183k
2/6 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 2%
01What it does

What Lake Highlands Area Band Club Dba Lake Highlands Area Band Club does

Mission

A. To promote the band program in the school and community, and to encourage enthusiasm and pride in band membership.b. To provide assistance to the band directors in support of the band program by: 1) providing funds for expenses that are not funded by risd; such as, but not limited to, trips, social activities, equipment, auxiliary staff, clinicians, and other educational opportunities.2) providing accountability for budgets, revenues, and expenditures. Assisting with activities to permit the band directors to have more time to administer the schools' band programs. Such activities include, but are not limited to, fundraising activities, collecting funds, and chaperoning.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Competitions and performances: lake highlands area band club provided support for the high school band to attend an out-of-town competition and local competition events. Support was provided for the 2 junior high schools and their elementary school feeder schools to attend local competition events. Support was provided for the winterguard to attend competition events and for the percussion group to attend competition events.

    $95,249 spent$95,836 earned by the program
    39% of program spending
  2. Club support and encouragement activities: promoted the bands through their website, spirit wear, advertising in various school publications and local posters, and photographs documenting the band's activities for teh year. The band members and directors were provided encouragement through various hospitality events and spirit boosting activities. The end of year banquet was planned and organized by club volunteers.

    $115,410 spent$32,156 earned by the program
    48% of program spending
  3. Musical instruction: students were provided lessons by the band club. Underprivileged students received scholarships for private lessons during the year. Band directors received additional musical training at music conferences to enhance their teaching skills.

    $31,879 spentof which $31,879 as grants
    13% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $242,538.

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 ($311k) Expenses 100 ($293k) Net assets 100 ($120k)2018 Revenue 101 ($313k) Expenses 101 ($296k) Net assets 114 ($137k)2019 Revenue 111 ($346k) Expenses 128 ($376k) Net assets 89 ($107k)2020 Revenue 87 ($272k) Expenses 94 ($274k) Net assets 86 ($104k)2021 Revenue 31 ($97k) Expenses 44 ($130k) Net assets 59 ($71k)2022 Revenue 58 ($181k) Expenses 64 ($186k) Net assets 55 ($66k)2023 Revenue 65 ($204k) Expenses 67 ($198k) Net assets 60 ($72k)2024 Revenue 87 ($271k) Expenses 86 ($252k) Net assets 75 ($90k)2025 Revenue 100 ($312k) Expenses 75 ($220k) Net assets 152 ($183k)
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Revenue (100)Expenses (75)Net assets (152)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 2024 to 2025, from $90k to $183k (+103%).

$123k
$137k
$107k
$104k
$71k
$66k
$72k
$90k
$183k
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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
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

56% of LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB’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 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$18k
’17
$17k
’18
−$30k
’19
−$3k
’20
−$33k
’21
−$5k
’22
$6k
’23
$18k
’24
$93k
’25
10
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.

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Listed577654384
Joined·+7+0+3+1+2+3+8+2
No longer listed·50423436
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $250 → $340.

2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 50% 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 LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB’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

LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

50% 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 LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB.

45%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 57% · 2022 100% · 2023 70% — 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

50% of LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB'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 $6k that is directly attributable, 94% of it comes from funders outside Texas, across 3 states.

MA
NC
TX

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

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’21
’23
Texas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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

LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin30% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom 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.

Where the money goes

98% of spending goes to programs.

Program 98%Management 2%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
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.

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Questions and answers

Who funds LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB?
LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB (Texas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,225 to it, the largest being COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC ($5,010). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 50% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB have?
IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $11,225 in grants to LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB?
COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,010 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB DBA LAKE HIGHLANDS AREA BAND CLUB find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 6 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