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PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST

PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $162,170 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($43,270). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$1.6M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$162k
Net assets
$0
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 3%
01What it does

What Payomet Performing Arts Charitable Trust does

Mission

To foster performing arts on outer cape cod

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

Performances in theater, music and dance presented for the benefit of the outer cape residents and visitors, summer circus classes for children

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $16k → $15k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST’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

PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

34% 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 PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST.

27%
largest funder
77%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 77% · 2019 68% · 2020 36% · 2021 67% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — 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

100% of PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST

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 Massachusetts

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 6%Fundraising 4%

Governance

7
board members
86%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST: 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 PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST?
PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST (Massachusetts) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $162,170 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($43,270). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $162,170 in grants to PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $43,270 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PAYOMET PERFORMING ARTS CHARITABLE TRUST find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 5 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