Utah · Nonprofit
UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE
UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE (Utah) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,071 to it, the largest being KOHLER FOUNDATION INC ($369,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $638k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Utah Arts Alliance does
Mission
To foster the arts in all forms in order to create an aware, empowered, and connected community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural facilities & venues dreamscapes - dreamscapes is salt lake city's immersive art experience. The exhibit was built by over 100 artists using recycled materials and is open to the general public. Galleries - the urban arts gallery's and bizarre bazaar's unique programing allows the public to experience a variety of art. The galleries are an accessible platform where new and established artists alike can show their work. Art garden - the art garden is a community gathering and outdoor performance venue with an outdoor sculpture garden. Slc arts hub - as the organization's headquarters, this 35,000 square foot complex serves approximately 34,000 people annually. It provides dance, performance, and exhibition spaces as well as work space for artists and arts groups. A variety of community art events are hosted at the arts hub.
$899,913 spentof which $1,519 as grants$535,394 earned by the program49% of program spendingArt festivals and events urban arts festival - the urban arts festival is the largest free art event in the state of utah, attracting tens of thousands of individuals each year. The event is a two-day celebration of arts and culture for the community. Illuminate - illuminate is utah's light art and creative technology festival. Illuminate is a free festival in downtown salt lake city that invites the community to explore the city in entirely new ways and to see it in a whole new light. The gap between the arts and technology is bridged through large-scale projection mapping displays, light art installations, and immersive experiences.
$247,998 spent$93,869 earned by the program14% of program spendingPrograms and media shared resources - the organization provides access to its cultural facilities and other essential resources to artists and arts organizations. With the help of over sixty partners, it also offers educational and arts programming in many artistic disciplines to the salt lake community. Connect - over 500 artists participate each year in this free monthly event which gives artists opportunities to showcase their work, receive professional development training, and connect with the community. Kuaa 99.9 fm - the organization's radio station is broadcast locally and streamed online. It offers multicultural and multilingual arts and music programing. Counterpoint studios - counterpoint studios is the organization's recording facility. Its programs provide local musicians with high quality, free or affordable sound recording services and promote the music through the organization's label mrp.
$686,596 spentof which $15,000 as grants$335,083 earned by the program37% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,834,507.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.6M to $4.6M (+186%).
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 10% · 2018 12% · 2019 7% · 2020 41% · 2021 29% · 2022 21% · 2023 31% · 2024 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE’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 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.
Board chair
Mariah Mellus
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $500 → $406k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE’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
UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 76%; 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: 2018 100% · 2019 55% · 2020 31% · 2021 33% · 2022 55% · 2023 91% — 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
40% of UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Utah, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $31k 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
UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE has grown faster than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $105k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$105k
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 UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE
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 Utah
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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 UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE: 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 UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE?
- UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE (Utah) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $638,071 to it, the largest being KOHLER FOUNDATION INC ($369,250). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $638,071 in grants to UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE?
- KOHLER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $369,250 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UTAH ARTS ALLIANCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Utah. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 19 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