North Carolina · Nonprofit
SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC
SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,652 to it, the largest being RUBY AND ERNEST MCSWAIN WORTHY LANDS ($72,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $46k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $73k
- Net assets
- $172k
What Sanford Brush and Palette Club Inc does
Mission
Advancing arts to the community
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The annual art shows are a major activity for the organization. Approximately 1,000 visitors
$17,410 spent88% of program spendingThe organization conducts art workshops the participants receive valuable training in multiple art media. 150 participants
$1,706 spent9% of program spending6 membership meeting are held annually. The purpose is to facilitate needs, program planning, and general interest
$636 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $19,752.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2022 to 2023, from $132k to $160k (+22%).
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.
79% of SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $30k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB 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
SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC's grant income comes from North Carolina funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $652 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB 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 North Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC?
- SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $72,652 to it, the largest being RUBY AND ERNEST MCSWAIN WORTHY LANDS ($72,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $72,652 in grants to SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC?
- RUBY AND ERNEST MCSWAIN WORTHY LANDS is the largest funder on record, with $72,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SANFORD BRUSH AND PALETTE CLUB INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in North Carolina. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 2 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