Missouri · Nonprofit
SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $753,165 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($503,927). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $753k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Springfield Regional Arts Council does
Mission
To transform lives and enrich our community through the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The fresh gallery program was discontinued during the fiscal year beginning 7/1/24 and ending 6/30/25
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The Springfield Regional Arts Council facilitates and plans arts educational programming for underserved communities, as well as serves as an advocate for the arts across the region and at the state level.
$742,824 spentof which $228,695 as grants$410,828 earned by the program89% of program spendingArtsfest on historic walnut street is an annual arts festival that features over 140 artists from across the country, as well as performances, food and hands-on art activities.
$64,950 spent$108,428 earned by the program8% of program spendingFresh gallery was home to 20 springfield area artists who were juried in as members of the collective gallery which they all shared in operating. These artists were from a wide variety of specialty backgrounds including jewelry, watercolors, fibers, oils, sculptures, wearable art, mixed media and photography. Fresh gallery closed operations under srac in fy25.
$26,846 spent$13,810 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $834,620.
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.
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 $905k to $1.1M (+21%).
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 3% · 2018 4% · 2019 7% · 2020 10% · 2021 9% · 2022 9% · 2023 22% · 2024 19% · 2025 21%. 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 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 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $86k → $140k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 67% 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 SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL 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
SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
69% 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 SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 89% · 2018 65% · 2019 65% · 2020 84% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
67% of SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL'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 $249k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Missouri funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $504k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Organizations like SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL
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 Missouri
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL?
- SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL (Missouri) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $753,165 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC ($503,927). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 67% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $753,165 in grants to SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE OZARKS INC is the largest funder on record, with $503,927 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPRINGFIELD REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing