Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC
THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,002 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($129,250). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $655k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $428k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What The Austin Area Commission for the Arts Inc does
Mission
Austin area arts applauds and advances all arts by welcoming diverse, creative individuals to share their unique talents to inspire our community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Artworks center - provide a venue for artists to create, display and sell their art. Provide art education for all ages. Provide an intimate live music venue. 106 retail artists generated $43,000+ gross retail sales. Hosted 2 live music, 5 gallery exhibits, 8 open music jams, 22 adult art classes, 48 kids art classes, 21 private youth lessons, 4 private adult classes = 95 total events. Served 814 children / 1185 adults = 1,999 total plus 201 artists.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 $2.5M to $3.3M (+30%).
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 14% · 2018 14% · 2019 24% · 2020 14% · 2021 70% · 2022 41% · 2023 39% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $26k → $29k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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: $17k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Austin Area Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 10 of 12 funders by total. 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 AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
76% 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 THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 45% · 2019 38% · 2020 71% · 2021 33% · 2022 35% · 2023 53% — 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
33% of THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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 AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140k 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.
Against its field
THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS 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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
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 THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC?
- THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,002 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($129,250). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $428,002 in grants to THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $129,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AUSTIN AREA COMMISSION FOR THE ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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