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WEBSTER ARTS

WEBSTER ARTS (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,199 to it, the largest being THE FINERTY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($80,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$412k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$259k
Net assets
$291k
9/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 52%
01What it does

What Webster Arts does

Mission

We enrich communities by bringing art to life

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The 2023 Webster Arts fair was held on june 2, 3, & 4. This juried fine arts fair featured 98 artists showing in 11 categories, 45 local musicians and bands, 7 local food venders, and hands-on activities for children and adults, including a community art project that was installed on the front of our gallery. The fair continues to be a free event to enter and enjoy, supporting working artists and bringing our community together.

    $116,438 spent
    51% of program spending
  2. Organized paint webster, a one-day plein air event, with 68 artists of all ages and abilities participating to paint a self-chosen location within the city limits of webster groves, highlighting the role of arts and artists in our community, letting them experience the process of creating and displaying fine art.

    $4,522 spent
    2% of program spending
  3. Webster Arts hosted 8 gallery shows in our gallery space and partnered with the webster groves public library to host 2 others there. Gallery shows featured national and local artists, artists from local high schools, a pet-friendly show among other unique offerings, and are available for the community to visit for free. Workshops for children and adults were held in the gallery, introducing them to a variety of art styles and mediums.

    $19,218 spent
    9% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $85,916 spent
    38% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $226,094.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($243k) Expenses 100 ($236k) Net assets 100 ($132k)2018 Revenue 87 ($211k) Expenses 98 ($230k) Net assets 85 ($113k)2019 Revenue 97 ($236k) Expenses 99 ($234k) Net assets 87 ($115k)2020 Revenue 63 ($153k) Expenses 61 ($144k) Net assets 94 ($124k)2021 Revenue 88 ($212k) Expenses 52 ($123k) Net assets 161 ($213k)2022 Revenue 101 ($246k) Expenses 112 ($264k) Net assets 147 ($194k)2023 Revenue 94 ($229k) Expenses 117 ($275k) Net assets 112 ($148k)2024 Revenue 170 ($412k) Expenses 114 ($270k) Net assets 220 ($291k)
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Revenue (170)Expenses (114)Net assets (220)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 $148k to $292k (+97%).

$134k
$116k
$115k
$143k
$213k
$195k
$148k
$292k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 5% · 2018 9% · 2019 4% · 2020 3% · 2021 3% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

73% of WEBSTER ARTS’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 7,828 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$7k
’17
−$19k
’18
$2k
’19
$9k
’20
$89k
’21
−$19k
’22
−$46k
’23
$143k
’24
7.9
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.

Chief executive

Jennifer L Donaldson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2120191917182224
Joined·+3+3+0+4+1+6+4
No longer listed·4406022
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $24k → $33k.

2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 WEBSTER ARTS’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

WEBSTER ARTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% 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 WEBSTER ARTS.

31%
largest funder
54%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 100% · 2020 38% · 2021 54% · 2022 64% · 2023 45% — 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

75% of WEBSTER ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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

83% of WEBSTER ARTS's grant income comes from Missouri funders.

IL
NE
MO

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

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’23
Missouri out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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

WEBSTER ARTS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Operating margin35% · top quartile
Months of reserve7.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)8% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like WEBSTER ARTS

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 Missouri

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 13%Fundraising 1%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

98%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds WEBSTER ARTS?
WEBSTER ARTS (Missouri) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $259,199 to it, the largest being THE FINERTY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($80,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does WEBSTER ARTS have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $259,199 in grants to WEBSTER ARTS, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WEBSTER ARTS?
THE FINERTY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WEBSTER ARTS find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Missouri. 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 15 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