Florida · Nonprofit
SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC
SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being HOBSONLUCAS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $771k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $1k
- Net assets
- $-179665
What Society of Voice Arts and Sciences Inc does
Mission
The mission of society of voice arts and sciences(sovas) is to connect job seekers to the consummate sources of training, education, mentoring and employment opportunities required to create and sustain a successful career in the voiceover industry.our mission is accomplished through the ongoing development and administration of programs featuring educational events, financial scholarships, job placement, meaningful networking opportunities and awards recognition through the voice arts awards program.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sovas produces an annual conference and awards gala ("thats voiceover! Career expo and the "voice arts awards") that have galvanized the voiceover ecosystem both nationally and internationally. Through these tentpole events and a variety of year-round initiatives, sovas facilitates job creation, real-word auditions, professional networking, training, scholarships, award acknowledgment on a global level, even establishing a committee of international ambassadors.
$435,665 spent$489,697 earned by the program75% of program spendingVoice arts awards: this program is similar to the oscars, emmys, tonys and other award franchises. The voice arts awards is an open competition voted upon by experts within the various fields that constitute the entry category. Two votes: one to determine the initial nominees and a second to determine the nominee to be designated the winner in each entry category. Several special awards (lifetime achievement etc.) may also be awarded. The awards gala has its own unique time, place and venue with separate ticket sales. The purpose of the voice arts awards is to provide an international acknowledgement of the extraordinary skill and artistry that goes into voiceover industry acting, and to hold up an evolving best-in-class standard of achievement to which the voiceover industry can continually aspire. Similar to the oscars, emmys, tonys and other major programs. The voice arts awards is an open competition voted upon by experts within the various fields that contribute to the entry categories.
$116,178 spent20% of program spendingProvided educational services to those who are disadvantaged by financial hardship that hinders or eliminates serious possibilities for career success and life fulfillment. The program insures that education, training, mentoring, career guidance are made available in meaningful ways, and requiring follow-up review to measure the results achieved by scholarship winners.
$29,044 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $580,887.
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 2017 to 2018, from $26k to $95k (+269%).
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: 2020 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
4% of SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Rudolph Gaskins
Chairman & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES 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.
Where its funders are
SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC 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 SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES 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 SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC?
- SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,000 to it, the largest being HOBSONLUCAS FAMILY FOUNDATION ($1,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,000 in grants to SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC.
- Who is the largest funder of SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC?
- HOBSONLUCAS FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOCIETY OF VOICE ARTS AND SCIENCES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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