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NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION
NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,265,196 to it, the largest being GREATER CHARLOTTE CULTURAL TRUST ($4,166,637). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $48M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $6.3M
- Net assets
- $45M
What North Carolina Performing Arts Center at Charlotte Foundation does
Mission
To present the best in the performing arts and, in partnership with others, share and employ the arts as a major catalyst to strengthen education, build community cohesiveness, and advance economic growth.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Blumenthal Arts made a profound impact in 2025, enriching the community, supporting artists, and driving economic growth across the Carolinas. As the region's premier arts destination and one of the nation's leading not-for-profit arts organizations, Blumenthal continued to expand access to the arts, welcome new audiences, and deliver meaningful cultural and economic value. In 2025, Blumenthal infused $96 million into the local economy, paid more than $650,000 directly to artists, and employed 795 people in support of world-class entertainment, immersive experiences, festivals, and educational programming. A major highlight of 2025 was the continued growth of Blume Studios, Blumenthal's immersive arts and experience hub. Life-Sized Monopoly enjoyed an extraordinary eight-month run, welcoming more than 41,000 ticketholders. Alongside it, The Magicians Table, an immersive theatrical magic experience, drew new audiences and expanded Blumenthal's reach beyond traditional performance formats. Together, these innovative offerings strengthened Blumenthal's role as a leader in experiential entertainment while generating significant local economic activity. Blumenthal's Broadway series…
$48,343,622 spentof which $70,000 as grants$39,871,957 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $48,343,622.
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 2020 to 2021, from $47M to $73M (+55%).
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 2% · 2019 2% · 2020 4% · 2021 25% · 2022 5% · 2023 3% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (58% 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.
Board chair
David Head
Chair of the Board of Trustees
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $24k → $1.1M.
13 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.4M from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Foundation for the Carolinas). These are real filings, and they are not money NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION’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
NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
94% 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 NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 82% · 2019 42% · 2020 51% · 2021 87% · 2022 31% · 2023 74% — broadly stable.
“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 NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
99% of NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M 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
NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION
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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION?
- NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION (North Carolina) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,265,196 to it, the largest being GREATER CHARLOTTE CULTURAL TRUST ($4,166,637). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $6,265,196 in grants to NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION?
- GREATER CHARLOTTE CULTURAL TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $4,166,637 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTH CAROLINA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AT CHARLOTTE FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 27 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