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THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,435,168 to it, the largest being CORNING INCORPORATED FOUNDATION ($1,143,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $578k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What The Arts Council of the Southern Finger Lakes Inc does
Mission
The mission of the arts council of the southern finger lakes, inc. Is to enhance the cultural arts in the communities served by acting as an advocate and catalyst to increase participation, advance collaboration and optimize resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
State community regrant (scr) funds from the new york state council on the arts (nysca), a state agency, are administered locally by the arts council of the southern finger lakes (the arts council). They are distributed in three different grants: 1) community arts grants support arts and cultural activities of artists and organizations in service to residents in cattaraugus, chemung, schuyler, steuben, and tioga counties. These activities increase the value of the arts as an integral part of the community and make the arts accessible to all. Grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 are available to artists and nonprofit organizations. 2) teaching artist grants support sequential, arts education projects that take place in-school, after school, or in community centers in cattaraugus, chemung, schuyler, steuben, and tioga counties. Projects can only support k-12 aged students. Project must provide at least 3 sequential, teaching sessions between the same teaching artist(s) and the same group of students.grants ranging from $500 to $5,000 are available to artists and nonprofit organizations. 3) individual artist grants support the creation of new work by individual artists residing in…
$552,547 spentof which $419,110 as grants59% of program spendingFolk arts - the folk arts program serves the public, artists, arts/cultural organizations and schools throughout the southern tier of new york state. Partially funded by the new york state council on the arts, its primary purpose is to support regional folk art traditions, as well as folk art traditions of other parts of the world.
$94,400 spent10% of program spendingFiscal sponsorship for artists selected for support for artists grants funded by the new york state council on the arts (nysca). Each artist received grant funds to assist in the creation of new work that will be made publicly accessible to the greater community.
$47,500 spentof which $47,500 as grants5% of program spendingArtist development grants support professional opportunities as well as help to alleviate economic disparity and insecurity of artists from chemung, schuyler, and steuben counties. The arts council of the southern finger lakes administers artist development grants with funding from the community foundation of elmira-corning and the finger lakes.
$12,177 spentof which $12,177 as grants1% of program spendingVarious other programs provided in accordance with the organization's mission in order to enhance the cultural arts in the communities served by acting as an advocate and catalyst to increase participation, advance collaboration and optimize resources.
$226,318 spentof which $26,031 as grants$23,841 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $932,942.
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 2023 to 2024, from $2.2M to $2.8M (+32%).
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 52% · 2018 47% · 2020 40% · 2021 51% · 2022 51% · 2023 60% · 2024 71% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
80% of THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES 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. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $125k → $290k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $475k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Finger Lakes Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES 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
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 80% · 2020 95% · 2021 90% · 2022 32% · 2023 60% — 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 THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC's funders are still giving 3 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
100% of THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $196k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC is better cushioned 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 THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $60k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$60k
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 THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC?
- THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,435,168 to it, the largest being CORNING INCORPORATED FOUNDATION ($1,143,400). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,435,168 in grants to THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC?
- CORNING INCORPORATED FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,143,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARTS COUNCIL OF THE SOUTHERN FINGER LAKES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 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