Texas · Nonprofit
THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC
THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,000 to it, the largest being The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation ($111,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $84k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $166k
- Net assets
- $11k
What The Marfa Studio of Arts Inc does
Mission
The Marfa Studio of Arts presents a creative studio program for the community of Marfa and the population of the surrounding area. The Studio offers classes, lectures, and a gallery open to the public as a means to expand the cultural perspective of the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Adult Art Workshops: Stained Glass Projects and Tilemaking Studio (12) Pastels from Nature (8) Hand painted and printed Table Runners, and Origami Workshop (8) Glass Mobiles (12) Adult Drawing Frenzy (10)Children's Art Classes: Studio in the School (200) Russian Folk Art (50)Kids Drawing Class (20) Exploring Japanese and Mexican Art Paper Mache Ofriendas (4) Girl Scouts and Clay (100)Teen Work and Design Program, met two days a week for after school training (8)
$75,068 spentof which $43,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $75,068.
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 $33k to $14k (−59%).
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.
63% of THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $20k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 MARFA STUDIO OF 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 MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 89%; 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 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 50% · 2023 75% — 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 MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC's grant income comes from Texas funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $33k 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 MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like THE MARFA STUDIO OF 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 Texas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
71%
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 MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC?
- THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC (Texas) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $166,000 to it, the largest being The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation ($111,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $166,000 in grants to THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC?
- The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $111,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MARFA STUDIO OF ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 5 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