Florida · Nonprofit
LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC
LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC (Florida) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,842,390 to it, the largest being CORNELIA T BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,860,660). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 59
- Grants received
- $5.8M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Lighthouse Artcenter Inc does
Mission
Lighthouse artcenter gallery and school of art (lac) is a for impact art center focused on community. Our vision is to inspire, engage, and connect all walks of life through the universal language of art. To achieve our mission, we offer art classes in media that vary from traditional to niche, display unique and captivating exhibitions, host social and educational events, and provide community-based art outreach programs to those in need.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The school of art at lighthouse artcenter provides inclusive, year-round arts education for individuals of all ages, from toddlers as young as 1 to adults aged 100 and beyond. Programs include classes, workshops, and a summer artcamp. Instruction spans a wide range of disciplines, including ceramics, glass, drawing, painting, jewelry, textiles and other 2d and 3d media. Whether developing new skills or refining existing ones, participants benefit from a welcoming, supportive environment that encourages lifelong learning and creative growth. Need-based scholarships are offered to ensure access for those experiencing financial barriers.
$957,950 spent$860,600 earned by the program64% of program spendingLighthouse artcenter curates and presents a year-round schedule of 6 to 10 exhibitions annually, reflecting a wide range of artistic disciplines and perspectives. Exhibiting artists include internationally recognized figures, regional professionals, and emerging local talent, including member and student artists. The exhibition program supports public engagement with the arts and provides professional opportunities for artists at all stages of their careers. Through community partnerships, targeted outreach, and related educational programming, lighthouse artcenter continues to expand access and reach increasingly diverse audiences.
$529,863 spent$371,229 earned by the program36% of program spendingLighthouse artcenter offers outreach and community art programs that increase access to the arts for individuals of all ages and backgrounds. These inclusive, hands-on experiences promote self-expression, connection, and well-being. Studies have shown that creative engagement can reduce stress, support mental health, and build resilience.to ensure accessibility and promote equity in the arts, lighthouse artcenter provides need-based scholarships and partners with local schools and organizations to deliver programs both onsite and in the community. Several offerings are tailored to meet the unique needs of specific populations, including individuals with special needs and veterans. Each week, more than 400 children receive free art education through these partnerships. Many of these students would not otherwise have access to arts programming.year-round fundraising supports these outreach initiatives and scholarships, helping remove barriers to participation and expand access to meaningful creative experiences.
$603,100 earned by the program
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,487,813.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $3.8M to $5.2M (+36%).
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: 2020 8% · 2021 3% · 2022 2% · 2023 10% · 2024 13% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
57% of LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% 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.
Chief executive
Jeni Licata
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 28 funders, grant income rose $120k → $907k.
12 of 59 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 59 funders by total. 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
LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
30% 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 LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 64% · 2019 51% · 2020 75% · 2021 70% · 2022 61% · 2023 33% — 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
42% of LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
69% of LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5k on record.
- TRAINING SERVICES - GENERAL $4k
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $340
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 LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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 LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC: 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 LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC?
- LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC (Florida) receives grants from 59 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,842,390 to it, the largest being CORNELIA T BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST ($1,860,660). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 59 organizations giving $5,842,390 in grants to LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC?
- CORNELIA T BAILEY CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,860,660 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIGHTHOUSE ARTCENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 59 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