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LANCASTER COUNTY COUNCIL OF THE ARTS

EIN 57-0660463 LANCASTER, SC

Largest nonprofits in South Carolina

Revenue 2024
$417,759
Expenses 2024
$420,279

Program services were 66.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A26Z
Classification
2000
Street
201 W GAY ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality.

  • The LCCA is a leading institution in Lancaster County, dedicated to fostering a vibrant cultural landscape that enriches the community's quality of life through the arts. Established in 1977 with the vision of integrating arts and culture into the fabric of daily life, LCCA stands for artistic expression, cultural understanding, and educational excellence in the region. The LCCA's mission is to enrich the quality of life in Lancaster County by building vibrant and inclusive communities connecting arts, culture, education, and economic vitality. This mission reflects a deep commitment to leveraging the power of the arts as a catalyst for community engagement, educational advancement, and economic development. Through a broad array of programs, initiatives, and partnerships, the LCCA strives to make arts accessible to all, fostering an environment where creativity can flourish and where residents of all ages and backgrounds can experience the transformative power of the arts. Key to its mission, the LCCA offers a variety of programs designed to meet the diverse needs of the community. These initiatives include art therapy programs, educational workshops, exhibitions, performances, and summer arts and sciences camps, which aim to address learning loss among students while promoting STEAM through an artistic lens. By providing these and other opportunities for artistic engagement, the LCCA not only supports the professional development of artists and educators but also enriches the cultural experiences of the community at large. The LCCA believes in the arts as a fundamental component of a healthy, dynamic community. This belief drives its efforts to cultivate partnerships across sectors, including schools, businesses, local governments, and other nonprofit organizations, to amplify the impact of the arts and to ensure that they remain an integral part of Lancaster County's growth and development. Through its dedicated work, the LCCA continues to champion the role of the arts in creating inclusive, vibrant communities where every individual has the opportunity to engage with the arts and where the arts are recognized as essential to the county's overall prosperity and well-being.

    Expenses $278,653 · Revenue $172,439

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Eric Grace

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $58,730
    From this org
    $58,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Dean Blanton

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Maggie Norris

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ernest Jenkins

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Sistare

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Rowell

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Harris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Krista Cook

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Shonda Carlton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Donna Fox

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tammy Miles

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bart Montgomery

    Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Plyler

    Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Patricia Clancy

    Advisor

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katrina Bernsdorff

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jackie Harris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janet Robinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $417,759
    Expenses
    $420,279
    Contributions
    $341,317
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $428,114
    Expenses
    $575,134
    Contributions
    $331,537
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $696,480
    Expenses
    $527,181
    Contributions
    $602,890
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $302,588
    Expenses
    $304,698
    Assets (EOY)
    $593,111

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $359,296
    Expenses
    $275,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $596,694

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $297,344
    Expenses
    $247,196
    Assets (EOY)
    $531,291

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $261,575
    Expenses
    $235,285
    Assets (EOY)
    $493,099

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $218,316
    Expenses
    $190,869
    Assets (EOY)
    $499,721

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $210,531
    Expenses
    $175,092
    Assets (EOY)
    $390,188

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $229,910
    Expenses
    $163,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $357,357

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.