Arkansas · Nonprofit
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,000 to it, the largest being CREATIVE ARKANSAS COMMUNITY HUB & EXCHAN ($105,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $125k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $136k
- Net assets
- $207k
What Northwest Arkansas Jazz Society Inc does
Mission
Present promote & preserve jazz-american art
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The summer jazz concert series is our flagship program which presents a series of concerts in venues all over nw arkansas. World class jazz artists are featured in public concerts with opportunities for education clinics and workshops with the artists as well as meet and greet sessions with audience members.
$0 spentAs the recognized leader in jazz presentation and education, najs has become a go-to resource for regional arts presenters, educational institutes, museums and performance venues as a collaborative partner. In this role najs has a well established relationship with crystal bridges museum of american art, curating their van cliburn piano series, north forest concert series and special events like the 10 year anniversary weekend. Working with museum staff, najs has served as a collaborative partner in bringing world class artists to perform for these events.
$0 spentJazz all star program is an educational outreach program which offers high school students throughout northwest arkansas a unique opportunity to join a musical community of passionate young musicians at a pivotal point in their personal development.students are selected by audition and have an opportunity to apply techniques they learn in rehearsals to concert performances and professional recordings. As part of the program they: receive one-on-one training from professional jazz musicians participate in a professional studio recording session with bandmates perform with the all-stars in concert at walton arts center and other venues in our region.
$0 spentJazz in bloom is an annual members appreciation event held at the botantical garden of the ozarks that serves the dual purpose of having an annual members meeting as well as a concert that celebrates music, nature and supporters of the jazz society.
$0 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
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 2018 to 2019, from $144k to $196k (+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.
72% of NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC’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 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $55k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC’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
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 63% · 2022 94% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY 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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC?
- NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $136,000 to it, the largest being CREATIVE ARKANSAS COMMUNITY HUB & EXCHAN ($105,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $136,000 in grants to NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC?
- CREATIVE ARKANSAS COMMUNITY HUB & EXCHAN is the largest funder on record, with $105,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NORTHWEST ARKANSAS JAZZ SOCIETY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2018–2024), and the filings of 4 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