Florida · Nonprofit
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,702,511 to it, the largest being DR PHILLIPS INC ($1,444,945). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $19M
- Funders on record
- 74
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What United Arts of Central Florida Inc does
Mission
The mission of united arts of central florida is to inspire and enrich communities by strengthening arts, science, history, and culture through strategic collaborations and investments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fundraising: united arts raised over $18.8 million in fy25 through private contributions $10.9 million, government support $4.3 million, and earned income $3.3 million. A significant portion of this funding was generated through the collaborative campaign for the arts, the largest regional fundraising effort supporting arts and culture in central florida. Participating in arts and cultural organizations work together to raise unrestricted operating support, and donors may designate gifts to any participating organization or write in another qualifying nonprofit. Designated campaign gifts made between december 1st through april 30th are matched by united arts up to 15%. In fy25, the campaign exceeded its goal, raising nearly $9.0 million and securing a $500,000 challenge grant from orange county for the fifth consecutive year. These funds strengthened the operating capacity of arts and cultural organizations across the region.
$10,502,104 spentof which $10,031,750 as grants$71,770 earned by the program61% of program spendingInvesting in the community: united arts invests in the regional arts, science, and history sector through grantmaking, collaborative fundraising, united arts advances its vision that all people in central florida have access to arts, science, and history by investing directly in the region through grantmaking, collaborative fundraising, marketing support, audience development, and contract service opportunities. In fy25, united arts invested nearly $5 million into the arts and cultural community, including almost $3 million awarded through multiple grant programs. Operating support grants provided $2,350,000 to 50 organizations offering full seasons of programming. Project grants, awarding up to $5,000 each, supported exhibitions, fairs, festivals, performances, and other arts, science, or history activities that enhance cultural participation and public engagement; in fy25, $100,000 was awarded to 21 nonprofit organizations. Venue subsidy grants, funded by orange county, supported more than $500,000 in performance venue rental assistance for 19 organizations. Emerging organizations grants provided $100,000 to 12 developing arts organizations to strengthen their operational…
$5,036,759 spentof which $3,320,689 as grants$1,562,006 earned by the program29% of program spendingUnited arts operates programs that promote arts and culture, expand audience access, and provide earned income opportunities for regional arts organizations. Artistry magazine, a publication serving as a donor premium, reaches approximately 15,000 readers per issue through 155 distribution partners and digital channels. The magazine is printed 5 times a year. The online arts & culture calendar provides a comprehensive listing of arts, science, and history events across a seven-county area. The united arts card, a donor premium for contributions of $100 or more, offers admission and class discounts at more than 20+ participating organizations, with more than 2,000 cards distributed annually. United arts also administers grants for other agencies, managing nearly $5 million in cultural tourism grants for orange county arts & cultural affairs in fy25. Additional capacity-building programs provide training and workshops addressing operational, financial, and governance needs within the arts and cultural sector.
$810,238 spent$1,090,691 earned by the program5% of program spendingArts education programming: united arts delivers curriculum-based k12 arts education services through contracts with school districts, partner organizations, and teaching artists. These programs introduce students to music, theater, dance, film, and museum experiences related to art, history, and science. The organization's largest education contract is with orange county public schools, providing $596,322 in curriculum-aligned arts programming for grades k12, serving 76,845 students in fy25 (42% of which attend title I schools). Additional sponsored funding of $55,000 expanded arts education opportunities for 6,973 students in lake, osceola, and seminole counties (58% of which attended title I schools). In total, 50 schools, 29 of which were title I schools, participated in arts education programming. These experiences contribute to student learning, engagement, and academic success by expanding access to high-quality arts education throughout central florida. Research shows that students who participate in arts education demonstrate improved academic performance, higher levels of engagement in the learning process, and stronger critical-thinking skills. Arts involvement is also…
$757,236 spentof which $663,435 as grants$623,322 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,106,337.
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 2024 to 2025, from $14M to $20M (+44%).
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 32% · 2018 38% · 2019 36% · 2020 39% · 2021 32% · 2022 33% · 2023 39% · 2024 32% · 2025 23%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
82% of UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Jennifer Evins
President & CEO
Board chair
Linda Ferrone
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 14 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $328k → $1.7M.
20 of 74 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.
Left out of every figure on this page: $554k from 5 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Central Florida Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 74 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
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
49% 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 UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 61% · 2018 54% · 2019 24% · 2020 23% · 2021 19% · 2022 16% · 2023 15% — 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
70% of UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 70% 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
82% of UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $655k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$655k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA 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 UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC?
- UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 74 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,702,511 to it, the largest being DR PHILLIPS INC ($1,444,945). 52 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC have?
- IRS filings report 74 organizations giving $10,702,511 in grants to UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC, 52 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC?
- DR PHILLIPS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,444,945 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 74 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing