Utah · Nonprofit
West Valley Arts Foundation
West Valley Arts Foundation (Utah) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,278 to it, the largest being PETE & ARLINE HARMAN TRUST FUND ($90,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $593k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $200k
- Net assets
- $-1855925
What West Valley Arts Foundation does
Mission
West Valley Arts provides opportunities to learn, experience, and celebrate arts, culture, and community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The West Valley Arts Foundation (WVA) offers a diverse array of programs that enrich the cultural landscape of West Valley City and the broader Salt Lake City area. The center's three primary program services, as measured by expenses, are: 1. Theatre Productions and PerformancesWVA serves as a hub for high-quality theatrical experiences, featuring a variety of productions that cater to diverse audiences. The center's intimate theatre-in-the-round, with 500 fixed stadium seats, enhances audience engagement by providing close proximity between performers and spectators. Notable productions have included "A Tale of Two Cities", Shakespear in Love", "The Lightning Thief", "Legally Blonde", and "Jekyll & Hyde". These performances have garnered critical acclaim, with the center being recognized as the Best Semi-Professional Theatre in 2023 by Broadway World. 2. Educational Programs WVA is committed to fostering creativity and artistic expression through its educational initiatives. The center offers a range of classes and workshops designed for various age groups, including children, youth, and adults. These programs aim to cultivate the next generation of artists and provide…
$1,292,147 spent$329,498 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,292,147.
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 2021 to 2022, from $74k to $38k (−49%).
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: 2022 57% · 2023 55% · 2024 42%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of West Valley Arts Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 7 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
Andrew Carrol
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $10k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 West Valley Arts Foundation’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
West Valley Arts Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
91% 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 West Valley Arts Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 89% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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 West Valley Arts Foundation's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 50% 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
100% of West Valley Arts Foundation's grant income comes from Utah funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
West Valley Arts Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,127 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like West Valley Arts Foundation
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- West Valley City · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for West Valley Arts Foundation: 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 West Valley Arts Foundation?
- West Valley Arts Foundation (Utah) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $200,278 to it, the largest being PETE & ARLINE HARMAN TRUST FUND ($90,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does West Valley Arts Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $200,278 in grants to West Valley Arts Foundation, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of West Valley Arts Foundation?
- PETE & ARLINE HARMAN TRUST FUND is the largest funder on record, with $90,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like West Valley Arts Foundation 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.
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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 10 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