Ohio · Nonprofit
RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $970,450 to it, the largest being RICHLAND COUNTY FOUNDATION ($421,194). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $970k
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Richland Academy of the Arts does
Mission
Our mission is to foster, through artistic expression, the creative potential that exists in everyone to enrich the lives of our neighbors, our community, and the world at large.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Richland Academy of the Arts (raa) exists to provide quality programming in arts education and offers instruction in dance, music, visual arts, theatre, and martial arts. Students and customers include individuals of all ages, from infants to 60+. Our targeted clientele is school-aged students, with unique programming and educational opportunities available for adults and seniors. Registration data indicates our customers reside in thirteen counties with 89% living in richland county.the raa was founded in 1991 as a non-profit community multi-arts education center. Located at 75 north walnut street in the downtown carrousel district of mansfield, the raa has developed a diverse and valued curriculum where its academic calendar includes year-round classes. During the 2021-2022 year, 1,396 students registered for and attended a total of 8,243 weekly classes and a total of 8,661 people attended performances and events on and off campus. The raa received donated services in the amount of $77,965 for use in education, programs, and performances. This amount is not reflected on the 990 form per irs instructions.
$693,909 spent$522,179 earned by the program76% of program spendingIn 2006, the Richland Academy of the Arts (raa) implemented what has become one of the most meaningful collaborations between the raa and the ohio department of eduction (ode) to become a sponsor of community schools. Community schools are innovative free public schools designed by educators, parents, or civic leaders that are open by choice and accountable to the state of ohio for results. Charter schools (called community schools in ohio) are independent and innovative public schools, that foster partnership between parents, teachers, and students. The national association of public charter schools has reported that for the past 20 years, the public charter school movement has been a leader in innovation and education reform. Raa has earned an "effective" sponsor rating each year since 2017 based on a comprehensive assessment conducted by the ode. During the 2023-2024 academic year, the raa sponsored seven community schools including: case preparatory academy in akron, cesar chavez college preparatory schools in columbus, columbus bilingual academy north, lorain bilingual preparatory academy, bridges preparatory acdemy in tiffin, springfield sport academy in springfield, and…
$216,667 spent$533,287 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $910,576.
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. 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 $2.3M to $4.0M (+70%).
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: 2017 5% · 2018 7% · 2019 4% · 2020 10% · 2021 16% · 2022 5% · 2023 7% · 2024 4% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $45k → $14k.
5 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% 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 RICHLAND ACADEMY OF 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
RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 59% · 2020 59% · 2021 38% · 2022 43% · 2023 70% — 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 RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
62% of RICHLAND ACADEMY OF 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 $369k that is directly attributable, 58% of it comes from funders outside Ohio, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $601k 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
RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like RICHLAND ACADEMY OF 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
76%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
- RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS (Ohio) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $970,450 to it, the largest being RICHLAND COUNTY FOUNDATION ($421,194). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $970,450 in grants to RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
- RICHLAND COUNTY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $421,194 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RICHLAND ACADEMY OF THE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 14 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