Massachusetts · Nonprofit
SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC
SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $148,395 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($83,793). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $207k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $148k
- Net assets
- $214k
What Special Needs Arts Programs Inc does
Mission
Provides people with disabilities opportunities that celebrate each person's unique abilities while cultivating creative expression, building peer relationships, and fostering self-esteem through life enhancing activities in the arts.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
SNAP introduced a new program called Paint Nights. This program met once per month for ninety minutes over nine months. The aim of Paint Nights is to provide a happy, engaging space where our artists could grow personally and creatively as well as socialize and make meaningful connections. Enrollment included 10 individuals with special needs.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
SNAP ran a youth chorus program called Vibrant Voices for 4 weeks in the summer and 12 weeks in the fall. The class was 60 minutes long and for youth between the ages of 13 and 22. We had 4 participants in the summer and 2 participants in the fall. The program did not continue into the current fiscal year due to low enrollment.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Sing Along Chorus has two rehearsal groups for teens and adults with special needs. Each group rehearses from September through June for approximately 32 rehearsals each, 64 rehearsals per year total. Each rehearsal is 90 minutes long. Approximately 48 singers total. Chorus Camp is our four week summer program. Each Chorus Camp rehearsal is 90 minutes long. We served 20 participants in the Chorus Camp program. Volunteers provide support to our program director as well as friendship and encouragement to our singers. SNAP performed in two of our own concerts as well as two community performances in 2025.
$42,803 spentof which $280 as grants$27,560 earned by the program64% of program spendingSpecial Artists is a visual arts class for individuals with special needs. Special Artists holds 2 classes for an 8 week fall session, 4 week winter session, 8 week spring session and 4 week summer session. There is an average of 12 participants per class. Each class is 60 minutes long. Volunteers provide support to our program director as well as friendship and encouragement to our artists. SNAP has an ongoing exhibit of Special Artists artwork at the Lexington Community Center and at Omar's Bistro in Lexington. We also installed an exhibit at a local bank and assisted living center.
$16,313 spent$12,869 earned by the program24% of program spendingSNAP introduced a new program called Paint Nights. This program met once per month for ninety minutes over nine months. The aim of Paint Nights is to provide a happy, engaging space where our artists could grow personally and creatively as well as socialize and make meaningful connections. Enrollment included 10 individuals with special needs.
$3,866 spent$3,205 earned by the program6% of program spendingSNAP introduced a new program called Art Drop-In. This program offers a relaxed, supportive space where participants of all abilities can explore their creativity at their own pace, there is no pressure to complete a project. Art Drop-In meets weekly and provides a flexible space to explore your creativity and learn new things. This program was supported by a grant and there was no fee to attend. Art Drop-In had approximately four participants with special needs each week.
$1,844 spent3% of program spendingSNAP Crafts program held 1, 4 week program, a summer and fall session. We had one class in the summer session and one class in the fall Crafts session. We had 12 individuals with special needs enrolled in summer. 12 students were enrolled in the first fall Crafts class. SNAP Ceramics program held 1, 6 week program in the winter. We had 10 individuals with special needs enrolled. Volunteers provide support to our program director as well as friendship and encouragement to our artists.
$2,213 spent$2,730 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $67,039.
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.
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 $130k to $159k (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2026 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Heidi O'Mara
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $7k → $17k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 89% 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 SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS 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
SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 94% · 2021 50% · 2022 81% · 2023 89% — 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
50% of SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 56% 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
89% of SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC'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 $17k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Massachusetts funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $132k 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.
Government funding SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $57k on record.
- (PP) STATE AID/POL SUB$57k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Massachusetts
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
98%
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 SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC?
- SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $148,395 to it, the largest being NETWORK FOR GOOD ($83,793). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 89% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $148,395 in grants to SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC?
- NETWORK FOR GOOD is the largest funder on record, with $83,793 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPECIAL NEEDS ARTS PROGRAMS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 9 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