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THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC

THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $185,742 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($127,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$208k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$186k
Net assets
$67k
1/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Civic Symphony of Benton Cty Guild Inc does

Mission

Promote arts in northwest arkansas

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

Concerts including youth orchestra

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $71k → $58k.

2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD 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 CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

31% 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 CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC.

69%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 84% — 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

100% of THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC's grant income comes from Arkansas funders.

AR

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’20
’21
Arkansas out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $58k 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.

04Its place in the field

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In Arkansas

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

8
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

66%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC?
THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC (Arkansas) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $185,742 to it, the largest being WAL-MART FOUNDATION ($127,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $185,742 in grants to THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC?
WAL-MART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $127,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CIVIC SYMPHONY OF BENTON CTY GUILD INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arkansas. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2018–2018), and the filings of 3 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