Ohio · Nonprofit
SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL
SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,100 to it, the largest being The Martin Family Foundation ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $122k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $89k
- Net assets
- $633k
What Southern Hills Arts Council does
Mission
Southern Hills Arts Council is working to enhance the quality of life in the region by encouraging and stimulating the practice and appreciation of the arts. We promote an appreciation for the arts, promote the arts, and provide opportunities for artists in southern Ohio.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Foothills Art Festival provides an environment to encourage promotion of and sale of works by professional and amateur artists. Promoting local and regional artists and their works to the local community and the region, including field trips by school arts and non-art groups. The festival encourages participation beyond artists by involving volunteers from set-up through tear-down.
$9,271 spent$8,052 earned by the program21% of program spendingEvening with the Arts is a community event designed to promote the arts - visual, music, drama and more - to the public through a themed evening event. Guests can participate in a variety of levels of fundraising from chance auctions to live auction of donated artwork.
$0 spent0% of program spendingArt Classes provide a means of expanding student knowledge of techniques and styles. Various instructors provide instruction at a variety of levels to meet the needs of students and interests.
$877 spent$1,200 earned by the program2% of program spendingPerformance Events provide a means for a variety of performers from within and beyond the region to showcase their talents to the Southern Ohio audience. The Southern Hills Arts Council seeks to book artists with a wide range of cultural and cross-genre talents to serve a wide range of audiences.
$30,430 spentof which $5,800 as grants$59,032 earned by the program70% of program spending"Movies at the Markay" & "Movies at Manpower" provide community events centered around films. The movies provide a platform to bring community members together for an afternoon or evening of celebration. Movies at the Markay are held in-house and the Movies at Manpower are outdoors at the community park. Coordinating with the local "First Thursday" Sidewalk Market and other events to support the event theme with added value of a movie.
$1,539 spent$6,510 earned by the program4% of program spendingGallery Events provide a means for visual artists from within and beyond the region to showcase their talents to a Southern Ohio audience with professional displays. Southern Hills Arts Council strives to book visual artists with a wide range of techniques, media, and means of expression to serve a wide range of audiences.
$1,131 spent$1,203 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $43,248.
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 2020 to 2021, from $618k to $706k (+14%).
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 14% · 2021 38% · 2022 9% · 2023 6% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
33% of SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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 2 funders, grant income fell $11k → $10k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL’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
SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
33% 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 SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 50% · 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 SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $100 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
SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
35% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL: 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 SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL?
- SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL (Ohio) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $89,100 to it, the largest being The Martin Family Foundation ($60,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $89,100 in grants to SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL?
- The Martin Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $60,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOUTHERN HILLS ARTS COUNCIL 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 4 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