Louisiana · Nonprofit
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,691,337 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($5,191,291). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $19M
- Net assets
- $7.6M
What National Performance Network Inc does
Mission
National performance network contributes to a more just and equitable world by building artist' power; advancing racial and cultural justice in the arts; fostering relationship-building and reciprocity between individuals, institutions and communities; and working towards systems change in arts and philanthropy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
National programs - the creation & development program supports creation, development and touring of new artistic projects throughout the us by partnering with regional organizations.the program allows for relationships among diverse artists, presenters and community members to develop over time.
$1,745,001 spentof which $1,271,034 as grants$207,511 earned by the program53% of program spendingNational performance network provides sponsorship to artists, collectives and ensembles, and small organizations creating generative and new original work that aligns with our mission and values. Npn receives donations and grants on behalf of your project, manages the funds, and distributes them according to your project's budget and needs. Depending on your agreement, npn may also offer additional financial and administrative services.
$598,479 spent$235,000 earned by the program18% of program spendingNational performance network is committed to sharing its resources particularly with its region, particularly smaller arts organizations and individual artists through its southern programs. Direct support is available through fiscal sponsorship and three granting programs: southern artists for social change, the take notice fund and get ready grants.
$498,894 spentof which $235,000 as grants$1,500 earned by the program15% of program spendingOther programs
$443,696 spentof which $20,915 as grants14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,286,070.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $3.3M to $7.0M (+112%).
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: 2017 3% · 2018 8% · 2019 1% · 2020 3% · 2021 7% · 2022 2% · 2023 1% · 2024 0% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Caitlin Strokosch
President and CEO
Board chair
Joan K Osato
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $2.2M → $4.0M.
9 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 92% · 2018 31% · 2019 53% · 2020 45% · 2021 26% · 2022 44% · 2023 30% — 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
38% of NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Louisiana, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC's funding base is broadening — from 12 funders to 17 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $585k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$585k
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 NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK 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 Louisiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC?
- NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC (Louisiana) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,691,337 to it, the largest being DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($5,191,291). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $18,691,337 in grants to NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC?
- DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $5,191,291 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Louisiana. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 54 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