Vermont · Nonprofit
PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS (Vermont) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $486,523 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($145,505). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $677k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $487k
- Net assets
- $409k
What Pentangle Council on the Arts does
Mission
Dedicated to providing high quality, affordable arts programming, including movies, theater, youth enrichment and concerts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In just six months, pentangle delivered an impressive range of eventsfrom new initiatives to beloved traditions. Highlights include: the premiere performance of tango tonight six music by the river concerts, drawing record weekly audiences of nearly 400 attendees a first-ever costume parade and raffle during the wicked movie celebration performances by local favorites the drop offs and the freeze brothers a record turnout for the vermont symphony orchestra at saskadena six vermont chamber music concerts at the unitarian universalist church a new wassail weekend tradition: a candlelit community walk at dusk with cider on the green the annual messiah at our lady of the snows catholic churcha cherished community ritualadditional programs included concerts by troy ramey and houston bernard; a fundraiser featuring the american all-star vinyl band for the lucy mackenzie humane society; renewed collaboration with bookstock featuring authors lisa genova and melonie winawer; and the return of local performer olivia zerphy with her international troupe voloz in the man who thought he knew too much. Our performing arts camp with sharon groblicki continued to thrive, and we celebrated…
$314,069 spent91% of program spendingOver the past year, pentangle arts has made significant strides in revitalizing the historic woodstock town hall theatre while expanding arts programming that enriches our entire community. After 40 years, the lobby and theatre received long-awaited updates, including fresh paint, restored architectural features, and the reopening of the original theatre window for the first time in more than six decades. We also introduced a more welcoming gathering space by offering wine, beer, and locally sourced fare at events and film screenings. We extend our sincere thanks to plymouth cheese, blake hill preserves, farmhouse pottery, and simon pearce for their generous contributions.these improvements support our vision of town hall as a true community huba place to gather, connect, and celebrate the arts. Our lobby now opens one hour before shows, giving patrons an opportunity to socialize and enjoy refreshments before performances.this past season, pentangle launched vermont after-hours, a new series designed to bring more vibrant evening programming to downtown woodstock while still getting people home before midnight. The series debuted on february 14 with a special performance by myra…
$16,597 spent5% of program spendingAt a time when arts funding is declining statewide, pentangle remains committed to serving young people. We hosted a professional performance of hero: the boy from troy, introducing students to the life and legacy of john lewis. We brought internationally celebrated artists tuck & patti to reading middle school and woodstock union middle & high school for a masterclass, and we welcomed 200 students for a live performance of peter & the wolf by the vermont symphony orchestrapaired with a public evening concert. Improvements to our theatre will further support future afternoon programming specifically designed for students.
$16,350 spent5% of program spendingIn 2020 Pentangle Council on the Arts partnered with the town of woodstock, vermont to begin raising funds for the woodstock town hall rejuvenation project (the campaign to save town hall) , as the town hall includes both the theater and town offices. Both pentangle and the town were collecting donations for the campaign to save town hall. Donations to pentangle, directed to the campaign to save town hall, were deposited in pentangle's designated campaign account, then transferred to the town of woodstock's dedicated campaign account. In november 2021 the leadership team directing the campaign to save town hall was disbanded at the request of the town select board and all fundraising was suspended. In december 2021 the campaign was abandoned and a new committee was formed by the town to review work completed up to that point.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $347,016.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $278k to $511k (+84%).
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: 2019 23% · 2020 21% · 2021 4% · 2022 18% · 2023 16% · 2024 18% · 2025 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
79% of PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS’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.
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.
Chief executive
Deborah Greene
Executive director
Board chair
Stuart Matthews
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $20k → $19k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS’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
PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
93% 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 PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 40% · 2019 87% · 2020 48% · 2021 38% · 2022 47% · 2023 57% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
82% of PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $87k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from Vermont funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $399k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
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 Vermont
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS?
- PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS (Vermont) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $486,523 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($145,505). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $486,523 in grants to PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $145,505 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PENTANGLE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Vermont. 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 18 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