North Carolina · Nonprofit
OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC
OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,250 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($13,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $217k
What Outer Banks Forum for the Lively Arts Inc does
Mission
The mission of the outer banks forum for the lively arts, inc., is to promote the appreciation of and involvement in the performing arts on the outer banks and in nearby areas through the presentation of an annual affordable series of concerts by diverse artists, integrated with activities of other community organizations. The forum strongly supports racial and cultural inclusion, provides opportunities for youth to participate in the arts, and encourages arts education in the community. The forum complies with ada accessibility requirements and considers other special needs of its audience to the extent possible within the physical constraints of its venue.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In 1991 the forum's orientation was shifted to musical and theatrical entertainment. Performers were initially selected from local residents and admission was free. The old auditorium in kitty hawk elementary school hosted teh lectures, and later, musical performances. The organizations current home is in the beautiful performing arts space at first flight high school. Audience size has grown to fill 600 seat auditorium and talent now comes from around the world. What started as a volunteer initiative is still 100% managed by our volunteer board and local residents who contribute their time and energy.
$129,983 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $129,983.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $135k to $291k (+116%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS 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
OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 98% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 95% — 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.
Where its funders are
OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside North Carolina, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Organizations like OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
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 OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS 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 OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC?
- OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,250 to it, the largest being DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ($13,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $13,250 in grants to OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC?
- DOMINION ENERGY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $13,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OUTER BANKS FORUM FOR THE LIVELY ARTS INC 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 2 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