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TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL

TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,053 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ($34,565). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$228k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$143k
Net assets
$187k
6/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Tioga County Council on the Arts Inc Tioga Arts Council does

Mission

The tioga arts council enriches the cultural lives of residents and visitors by initiating and facilitating creative opportunities and collaborations. Through exhibitions, preformances, education and cultural experiences, the tioga arts council provides a central platform for a creative community.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Artist grant navigation: tac is the fiscal sponsor for artist grant navigation, a free program that educates artists about the grant ecosystem, connecting them to grant opportunities in new york state. This program has supported artist grants that resulted in over $71,413, 23 workshops on grant specifics, two networking events, and 7,860 minutes of free one-on-one office hours to-date.concerts in the park: each year tcaa hosts its annual, free six-part summer concert series. These concerts are held in hickories park. The event supports over 60 musicians and serves over 1,500 visitors in person, and over 1,000 more virtually.art a la cart: each summer, tac curates and delivers five free weekly arts-enrichment activities for approximately 120 youth who attend summer meal sites, libraries, and community centers throughout tioga county.creative symposium series: the creative symposium series is a free, six part series in which creatives of all disciplines and at every stage of their career can engage in artistic dialogue, explore ways to grow in their craft, support professional growth, and cultivate a sense of community and camaraderie. This year we paid 7 artists to offer free…

    $108,932 spentof which $23,000 as grants$22,298 earned by the program
    55% of program spending
  2. Everyday Life, Every Day Art (ELEDA): A Juried Regional Art ShowIn 2025, ELEDA was a tremendous success in its goal to serve the arts and serve through the arts. It experienced a nearly 50% increase in the number of participating artists (127) and artwork submissions (304). Over the course the exhibition, ELEDA organizers sold $16,972 worth of artwork, counted 836 visitors which has an estimated tourism impact of $33,440 over September in Owego paid $3,600 in awards, and raised $3,400 to support TACs Beyond the Gallery programming.

    $34,535 spent$18,508 earned by the program
    17% of program spending
  3. Do Rad Things with Artist in ResidenceTAC received a grant to bring international Artist in Residence, Mark Rivard, and his program Do Rad Things, to Owego Free Academy (OFA) in March 2025.. Rivard led seminars on Monday, March 3, through Thursday, March 6, with content that included a motivational speech that reached over 1,000 students, discussions of art as entrepreneurship, design sessions using the skateboard as canvas, and one-on-one instruction. The week culminated with a public exhibition featuring 150 students skateboard art in downtown Owego. Approximately 300 students, parents, and educators visited on the opening night, and 150 more visitors enjoyed student work throughout the month-long exhibition. According to educators, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and allowed students, many of whom do not participate in traditional afterschool activities, to be a part of this special event.

    $30,043 spent
    15% of program spending
  4. TAC Gallery SpaceLocated in Historic Downtown Owego, TACs Main and Youth Galleries is the primary program that connects TAC with its artists and its community. In 2025, TAC hosted 647 artists of all disciplines. Jan. 5 Senior Artists (Main), 0 (Youth) Feb. 1 (Main), 5 (Youth) Mar. 150 (Main & Youth)April 120 (Main), 22 (Youth) May 80 (Main & Youth) June 9 (Main), 2 (Youth)July 1 (Main), 14 (Youth) Aug. 2 (Main), 6 (Youth) Sept. 200 (represented), 2 (Youth)Oct. 39 (Main & Youth) Nov. 1 (Main), 9 (Youth) Dec. 1 (Main), 0 (Youth)

    $24,122 spent$14,544 earned by the program
    12% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $197,632.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($117k) Expenses 100 ($94k) Net assets 100 ($138k)2022 Revenue 76 ($89k) Expenses 117 ($110k) Net assets 85 ($117k)2023 Revenue 82 ($96k) Expenses 112 ($106k) Net assets 77 ($107k)2024 Revenue 238 ($277k) Expenses 205 ($194k) Net assets 137 ($190k)2025 Revenue 196 ($228k) Expenses 245 ($231k) Net assets 135 ($187k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (196)Expenses (245)Net assets (135)Peer revenue range

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 $108k to $191k (+77%).

$138k
$118k
$108k
$191k
$187k
20212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2024 30% · 2025 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

76% of TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$22k
’21
−$21k
’22
−$10k
’23
$83k
’24
−$3k
’25
7.6
months of
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.

20242025
Listed1112
Joined·+2
No longer listed·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $7k → $31k.

3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL’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

TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

46% 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 TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL.

24%
largest funder
50%
top three
~7
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 27% · 2022 91% · 2023 51% — 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 TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

71% of TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL's grant income comes from New York funders.

AK
IL
NY

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

’17
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k 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

Against its field

TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve7.6mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)18% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

85% of spending goes to programs.

Program 85%Management 12%Fundraising 2%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL?
TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $143,053 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK INC ($34,565). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $143,053 in grants to TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL?
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $34,565 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TIOGA COUNTY COUNCIL ON THE ARTS INC TIOGA ARTS COUNCIL 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.

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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 2021–2025), 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