Arkansas · Nonprofit
RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC
RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $753,088 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($447,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $346k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $753k
- Net assets
- $190k
What Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation Inc does
Mission
Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation Inc is a non-profit 501C3 organization based in the Northwest Arkansas region and founded in 2018. The mission of Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation Inc is to bring Indian Performing Arts with an emphasis on the classical genre to the forefront of the Northwest Arkansas Area. The organization seeks to achieve this by educating and inspiring people to learn teach and sustain Indian Performing Arts in NWA.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Master Concert Series - The Master Concert Series is a flagship program of Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation showcasing top-tier Indian classical and contemporary performances in Northwest Arkansas. Showcasing acclaimed artists worldwide the series enhances the areas cultural landscape and promotes the diverse heritage of Indian performing arts. Beyond entertaining local audiences the series inspires and educates aspiring young artists in the community. By providing exposure engagement and mentorship the program supports emerging talent and enriches the regions cultural fabric.
$43,125 spent$21,111 earned by the program30% of program spendingProfessional Series - Ra-Ve Cultural Foundations Professional Series highlights the achievements of Indian performing artists residing in the U.S. It promotes collaboration with local talent offering the community top-tier cultural experiences. Moreover it enables local artists particularly youth and emerging talents to receive training and perform alongside seasoned professionals. This joint initiative bolsters the local arts scene and nurtures the professional development of all participating artists.
$55,420 spent$6,841 earned by the program38% of program spendingCommunity Engagement & Outreach Programs - Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation engages the Northwest Arkansas community through various intimate educational and interactive programs. Workshops offer hands-on learning with master artists while house concerts create close-knit cultural experiences in informal settings. Sapthaswara and Natyam provide platforms for local vocalists instrumentalists and dancers to perform and grow. Chai Time fosters community dialogue and cultural exchange through informal gatherings. School outreach programs bring Indian arts into classrooms promoting cultural awareness and appreciation among young students. These initiatives nurture local talent and build deeper connections between artists and audiences.
$46,257 spent$14,365 earned by the program32% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $144,802.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $83k to $194k (+133%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 8% · 2023 3% · 2024 1% · 2025 17%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION 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. 1 of the last 6 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
Srividya Venkatasubramanya
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $25 → $96k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION 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
RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
28% 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 RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 83% · 2022 69% · 2023 36% — 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
75% of RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% 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
89% of RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION 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. $107k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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 RA-VE CULTURAL 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 Arkansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
48%
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 RA-VE CULTURAL 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 RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC?
- RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $753,088 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($447,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $753,088 in grants to RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION INC?
- Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $447,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RA-VE CULTURAL FOUNDATION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 8 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