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REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC

REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,751,255 to it, the largest being RALPH C SHELDON FOUNDATION INC ($2,173,946). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.3M
Funders on record
17
Grants received
$6.8M
Net assets
$7.1M
9/17 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Reg Lenna Center for the Arts Inc does

Mission

Reg lenna center for the arts is at the heart of the arts and cultural district in jamestown, ny. The reg showcases a wide variety of events including live concerts, movies, ballet, orchestras, gallery shows, workshops and more. The center includes a 1,155 seat historic theater, a multi-media arts studio, pre-function event space, bill's place - home of the 1878 buffalo bill billboard, and wrfa-lp 107.9 fm, a low power community radio station.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Building - includes rentals of apartments and retail space to individuals and businesses. Program also includes the overall operation and maintenance of the theater and portions of buildings used by other programs of the center.

    $641,092 spent$102,320 earned by the program
    58% of program spending
  2. Wrfa - a community-programmed fm radio station, that offers a 24-7 diverse mix of news, politics, and human interest stories.

    $177,313 spent$41,000 earned by the program
    16% of program spending
  3. Performing - artistic and cultural performances for the general public.

    $226,340 spent$182,253 earned by the program
    20% of program spending
  4. Other programs: movies - one or two time showings of current feature films and older films. Total admissions/fees, 22,275; total expenses, 28,229 videoworks: a learner-centered, inquiry-based, multi-disciplinary curriculum for jamestown high school students that integrates english language arts (ela) and technology. Total fees/contracts, 71,902; total expenses, 39,768. Administrative fee revenue 22,000 for rlca, llc to run the concessions.

    $67,997 spent$116,177 earned by the program
    6% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,112,742.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.4M) Expenses 100 ($1.1M) Net assets 100 ($6.1M)2018 Revenue 180 ($2.5M) Expenses 105 ($1.2M) Net assets 121 ($7.4M)2019 Revenue 122 ($1.7M) Expenses 131 ($1.5M) Net assets 125 ($7.7M)2020 Revenue 54 ($747k) Expenses 91 ($1.0M) Net assets 116 ($7.1M)2021 Revenue 111 ($1.5M) Expenses 114 ($1.3M) Net assets 119 ($7.3M)2022 Revenue 102 ($1.4M) Expenses 140 ($1.6M) Net assets 117 ($7.2M)2023 Revenue 136 ($1.9M) Expenses 145 ($1.6M) Net assets 121 ($7.4M)2024 Revenue 106 ($1.5M) Expenses 132 ($1.5M) Net assets 121 ($7.4M)2025 Revenue 95 ($1.3M) Expenses 141 ($1.6M) Net assets 116 ($7.1M)
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Revenue (95)Expenses (141)Net assets (116)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $6.2M to $8.3M (+33%).

$6.2M
$8.3M
$8.0M
$7.3M
$7.6M
$7.4M
$7.6M
$7.5M
$7.3M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 56% · 2019 14% · 2021 26% · 2022 19% · 2023 21% · 2024 8% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$260k
’17
$1.3M
’18
$214k
’19
−$285k
’20
$250k
’21
−$166k
’22
$249k
’23
−$21k
’24
−$276k
’25
7.6
months of
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.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Listed181715151418182119
Joined·+2+2+6+2+5+2+6+3
No longer listed·34631235
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $1.6M → $703k.

4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE 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

REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

25% 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 REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC.

32%
largest funder
72%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 49% · 2019 48% · 2020 38% · 2021 36% · 2022 26% · 2023 40% — broadly stable.

“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

83% of REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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 REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
PA
DE
NC
DC
FL

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $812k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

70% of spending goes to programs.

Program 70%Management 30%Fundraising 0%

Governance

16
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

57%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Rlca LLC · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC?
REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,751,255 to it, the largest being RALPH C SHELDON FOUNDATION INC ($2,173,946). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC have?
IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $6,751,255 in grants to REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC?
RALPH C SHELDON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,173,946 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like REG LENNA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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