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Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.4Mrevenue
FY2025 · +3% in 3 yrs4staff
7 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin4.7%
Months of reserve1.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+25.4%
Middle half of peersMedianNorth Carolina Folk Festival
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.3M spent
Programs$919k71%Management and general$345k27%Fundraising$28k2%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$177k in FY2023 and −$16k in FY2024. Cash covers 1.3 months, under the peer median of 3.8.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor3
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 25% a year since FY2020, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
7 of the 8 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsA history of government grants
Government grants on 6 of its 6 returns, 7% of revenue in FY2025. $359k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending20funders
$73ka year, last 3 years
30%from its largest funder
Funder’18’19’20’21’22’23Weaver Foundation IncSince FY2020$15k$10k$10k$45kThe Joseph M Bryan FoundationSince FY2020$10k$10k$10k$20kLincoln Financial Foundation IncSince FY2020$11k$11k$11k$12kTannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation IncOn and off$10k$10k$10kThe Anonymous FundOn and off$15k$10kBell FoundationOn and off$3k$8kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$1k$10k$30$11k$12k5 other fundersUp to $6k a year each$500$3k$2k$7k$2k$11k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund