North Carolina · Nonprofit
STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC
STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,545 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($47,582). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $369k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $151k
- Net assets
- $278k
What Stecoah Valley Arts Crafts & Educational Center Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to serve the community of stecoah and graham county, north carolina.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Community service: the center services the community by providing specific programs and the use of the facility as follows: afterschool program - provided academic, social/cultural and recreational activities for approx 50 graham county students. Junior appalachian musicians (jam) program - provided approx 400 hours of musical instruction to 20 students. Shared use kitchen facility - provided certified kitchen facilities to approx 750 food entrepreneurs and community members. Meeting rooms outdoor facilities used by approx 500 community members. Office space, internet, copy/fax services provided to 2 nonprofit organizations and approximately 500 community members. Visitor services - assisted local tourism industry by providing information and services to approx 4000 visitors. Holidays and community events - provided opporunity for community sharing and bonding to approx 400 participants. The objective is to improve the overall quality of life for local youth and adults and to increase local economic opportunities.
$46,369 spent14% of program spendingMountain cultural arts : the center preserves and promotes appalachian cultural arts through the following programs: - "appalachian evening" summer concert and dinner series - authentic mountain music and food provided to an audience of approx 2300. - artisans gallery and drive about - provided economic activity and support for over 180 artists and 4900 audience members. - annual harvest festival - provided demonstrations, displays, county fair, music, dance, etc to approx 3000 attendees. - arts classes and programs - provided arts educational opporunites to approx 50 participants through 10 classes. The objective of these programs is to save the special culture of the southern appalachian mountain people and communities that is rapidly fading away. The center uses multi-faceted approach that combines entertainment, dance, festivals, art, classes and events to encourage the perpetuation of these original skills through economic incentives. Secondary objective is to enrich the lives of participants, audience members and the general public.
$134,515 spent42% of program spendingBuilding preservation: the center was formed by a group of local citizens to save their community school after it was closed. They planned to return the school to its original role as the center of the community rather than have it left vacant. The main school building was built in 1926 using rock construction methods that cannot be easily replicated today. The gymnasium was built in 1950. The property is now listed on the nc study list of historic places. Substantial renovation improvements have been made throughout the years. The objective of the building restoration project is to preserve and maintain the building/grounds for the continued use of the community. It also preserves a great example of the 1920's era architecture and construction techniques. It is estimated that over 15,000 people visit the buildings and grounds annually.
$140,828 spent44% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $321,712.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2021 to 2022, from $265k to $380k (+44%).
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: 2018 24% · 2019 41% · 2020 55% · 2021 52% · 2022 89% · 2023 36% · 2024 27% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Rick Davis
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $0.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 27% 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 STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER 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
STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
45% 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 STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 93% · 2021 100% · 2022 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 33% 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
73% of STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER 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. $41k 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.
Against its field
STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER 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
Government funding STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$100k
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.
Organizations like STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER 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.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC?
- STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC (North Carolina) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,545 to it, the largest being THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC ($47,582). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $150,545 in grants to STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER INC?
- THE CANNON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $47,582 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STECOAH VALLEY ARTS CRAFTS & EDUCATIONAL CENTER 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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