Oregon · Nonprofit
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation (Oregon) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,416,391 to it, the largest being CREATIVE WEST ($1,272,870). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $-91179
What Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation does
Mission
To serve a thriving performing arts community in the west.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Performing arts discovery: the pad program is an international showcase opportunity for performing artists based in the united states who are ready to tour internationally. This year, an additional 10 artists were added to the existing 55 artists to recieve support from our expert video production team to create a professionally produced live performance video to be featured on a new online platform for international markets. The pad program is open to all u.s.-based performing aritsts with readiness to tour internationally, and encourages those who identify as black, indigenous, people of color (bipoc) and/or lgbtq+ to apply.
$492,344 spent44% of program spendingConference: the waa conference convenes presenters, artists, and agents around the shared goal of programming live performances. The four-day schedule includes exhibits, performances, networking, speakers, classes and workshops. The 2024 annual conference hosted 623 attendees, in san diego, ca. The official showcase presented 10 artists, and 89 independent showcases.
$473,461 spentof which $7,200 as grants$536,018 earned by the program42% of program spendingInformation/membership services: the organization is a membership organization of touring and performing arts professionals engaged in promoting and presenting performing arts. Members of waa get discount resgistrations for the largest annual booking conference in the west, learn new techniques and best practices in informative professional development activites, receive member-only news and information (print and online), are published in and receive the annual directory, and have access to over 2,500 artists and over 220 presenting organizations through waa's database. As of june 30, 2024, waa had 399 total members and 354 paid members.
$87,428 spent$239,516 earned by the program8% of program spendingAdvancing indigenous performance: the advancing indigenous performance program (aip) deepens support for indigenous performing artists and performing art professionals interested in working with indigenous artists and communities. The initiative provides grants, travel support, mentoring, and other educational and professional development resources for u.s. Based indigenous artists. This year we closed out the program due to a lack of support ongoing support.
$69,476 spentof which $18,415 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,122,709.
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 $543k to $1.4M (+163%).
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 14% · 2023 27% · 2024 19% · 2025 30%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
35% of Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $55k → $289k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 Western Alliance of Arts Administrators 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
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
58% 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 Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 77% · 2019 55% · 2020 36% · 2021 61% · 2022 100% · 2023 95% — 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
38% of Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $101 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Western Alliance of Arts Administrators 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Western Alliance of Arts Administrators 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 Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation?
- Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation (Oregon) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,416,391 to it, the largest being CREATIVE WEST ($1,272,870). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $2,416,391 in grants to Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation?
- CREATIVE WEST is the largest funder on record, with $1,272,870 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 11 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