Georgia · Nonprofit
THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC
THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,310 to it, the largest being THE CONSTANCE AND BROOKS ROBINSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($136,992). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $193k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What The Lafayette Society for Performing Arts Inc does
Mission
To promote, cultivate, nurture and enhance the performing arts experiences for all troup county residents. Lafayette society for performing arts, inc (lspa) accomplishes this through managerial, promotional and financial support to numerous local performing arts companies, in order to provide artistic training and performing opportunities for area talent. Additionally, through its artistic companies, lspa delivers a wide variety of high quality performance based presentations for the enjoyment of the community at large, as well as promoting and fostering a higher appreciation for the performing arts in west central georgia.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lafayette center for dance (lcd) and lafayette ballet company (lbc) was established to provide dance instruction in a variety of dance forms, create a ballet company, and provide high quality ballet productions for the community at large. The academy utilizes local and regional dancers and instructors as well as locally trained dancers. The academy uses local designers, set builders, directors, wardrobe, and publicity. The audiences range from 1,400 - 2,000 for all showings.
$320,415 spent48% of program spendingYoung singers of west georgia was established to provide vocal instruction to youth and to provide high quality choral performances for the community at large.
$136,116 spent21% of program spendingThe goal of the lafayette theatre academy (lta) is to provide a safe and supportive environment for students, of all ages, to express their individuality and creativity, while gaining the knowledge and developing the skills necessary to succeed in all areas of the theatrical arts. The lafayette theatre academy will continuously develop ways for its students to use their training, through academy productions and coordination with the performing arts organizations, under the umbrella of lspa. The education received through the lafayette theatre academy will extend beyond the stage, benefitting students socially, academically, and professionally.
$72,823 spent11% of program spendingAzalea storytelling festival: 68,112 lafayette theater company: 64,421
$132,533 spent20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $661,887.
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 2022 to 2023, from $939k to $1.2M (+24%).
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.
50% of THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $8k → $13k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS 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 LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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 42% · 2020 52% · 2021 88% · 2022 47% · 2023 46% — 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
87% of THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC's grant income comes from Georgia funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $24k 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
THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC
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In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
62%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC?
- THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $193,310 to it, the largest being THE CONSTANCE AND BROOKS ROBINSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC ($136,992). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $193,310 in grants to THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC?
- THE CONSTANCE AND BROOKS ROBINSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $136,992 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LAFAYETTE SOCIETY FOR PERFORMING ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing