Georgia · Nonprofit
OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC
OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,302,192 to it, the largest being THE PEYTON ANDERSON FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $6.8M
What Otis Redding Foundation Inc does
Mission
To to empower, enrich, and motivate all young people through programs involving music, writing, and instrumentation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
For over 15 years, the otis redding foundation has had the privilege of serving over 5,000+ students ages 5-18 while upholding its mission to empower, enrich, and motivate all young people through programs involving music, writing, and instrumentation. We have provided both in-person and virtual learning opportunities to students across counties across the state of georgia and beyond. From new programs like, beyond the notes and our music makers workshop to our staple programs like, otis music camp and camp dream" we have successfully established creativity, built confidence and promoted the art of self-expression within our students. With the construction of the new otis redding center for the arts scheduled to open in the winter of 2025,we will serve more students and facilitate their needs in a state of the art space that is safe and welcoming to all youth regardless of race, religion, socio-economic status, ability or gender. The new otis redding center for the arts facility will be complete with arts-related creative spaces, a music production lab, multiple practice spaces, a full recording studio, and an incredible amphitheatre that allows for both indoor and outdoor…
$432,549 spentof which $990 as grants$33,585 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $432,549.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.8M to $9.6M (+100%).
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 6% · 2021 4% · 2023 1% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
102% of OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $30k → $1.9M.
9 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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: $379k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest South Arts Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 84% · 2018 85% · 2019 52% · 2020 71% · 2021 93% · 2022 29% · 2023 52% — 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
58% of OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
59% of OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $322k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION 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 Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
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 OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION 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 OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC?
- OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC (Georgia) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,302,192 to it, the largest being THE PEYTON ANDERSON FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $3,302,192 in grants to OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC?
- THE PEYTON ANDERSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OTIS REDDING FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing