Indiana · Nonprofit
UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC
UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,083,990 to it, the largest being ENGLISH-BONTER-MITCHELL FDN ($850,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $794k
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $736k
What Unity Performing Arts Foundation Inc does
Mission
Our mission is to unite and empower our members with artistic excellence by promoting training, discipline, professionalism and teamwork in a positive environment that allows every person the opportunity to grow and express their natural artistic abilities as they follow and fulfill their dreams.
As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.
Program
Unity performing arts foundation, inc. Is a multi-faceted performing arts organization with a focus on developing young people in the areas of character, artistry, and leadership and promoting soulful arts education, training, and performances in the areas of choral music, dance, drama, creative writing, oratory, and instrumental music. We use the arts as a vehicle to empower and develop young people into adult leaders and professionals. The organization is entering a new era of growth and optimism with the "rising with purpose" rebuilding initiative. After celebrating over 20 years of impact, this strategic effort aims to rebuild, strengthen, and expand programs, ensuring the organization continues to empower the next generation of leaders and serve as a beacon of excellence for the community. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, the organization's passion and committment remain undiminished as we shape a brighter and more resilient future together. The rise up tour - the voices of unity youth choir is proud to have brought home a gold medal and the title of world champions from the 13th world choir games in auckland, new zealand, in july 2024. This opportunity was a…
$944,383 spent$32,294 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $944,383.
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 $431k to $1.4M (+217%).
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: 2021 17% · 2022 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Marshall White
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 8 funders, grant income rose $376k → $403k.
4 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION 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
UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 40% · 2018 55% · 2019 43% · 2020 50% · 2021 35% · 2022 63% · 2023 62% — growing more concentrated.
“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
40% of UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
65% of UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION 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 UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
- UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC (Indiana) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,083,990 to it, the largest being ENGLISH-BONTER-MITCHELL FDN ($850,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,083,990 in grants to UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC?
- ENGLISH-BONTER-MITCHELL FDN is the largest funder on record, with $850,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNITY PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 25 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