South Carolina · Nonprofit
LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS
LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS (South Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $620,036 to it, the largest being ARRAS FOUNDATION ($456,341). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $418k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $620k
- Net assets
- $604k
What Lancaster County Council of the Arts does
Mission
To enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The LCCA is a leading institution in Lancaster County, dedicated to fostering a vibrant cultural landscape that enriches the community's quality of life through the arts. Established in 1977 with the vision of integrating arts and culture into the fabric of daily life, LCCA stands for artistic expression, cultural understanding, and educational excellence in the region. The LCCA's mission is to enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality. This mission reflects a deep commitment to leveraging the power of the arts as a catalyst for community engagement, educational advancement, and economic development. Through a broad array of programs, initiatives, and partnerships, the LCCA strives to make arts accessible to all, fostering an environment where creativity can flourish and where residents of all ages and backgrounds can experience the transformative power of the arts. Key to its mission, the LCCA offers a variety of programs designed to meet the diverse needs of the community. These initiatives include art therapy programs, educational workshops, exhibitions, performances,…
$278,653 spent$172,439 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $278,653.
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. 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 2022 to 2023, from $593k to $789k (+33%).
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 42% · 2019 49% · 2020 58% · 2021 48% · 2022 16% · 2023 15% · 2024 27% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Eric Grace
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $15k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF 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
LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 88%; 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: 2017 91% · 2018 98% · 2019 81% · 2020 95% · 2021 75% · 2022 91% · 2023 54% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 83% 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
96% of LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS's grant income comes from South Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $23k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS?
- LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS (South Carolina) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $620,036 to it, the largest being ARRAS FOUNDATION ($456,341). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $620,036 in grants to LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS?
- ARRAS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $456,341 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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 12 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