Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative

Name

Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative

Website

https://thisisfire.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Arts & Community Services (Nonprofit)

NAICS

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Performing Arts Companies (7111)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAHAD

Cultural Centers & Community Cultural Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGAHAC

Arts Education & Community Arts Programs

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

SECONDARYBPAGAHAG

Cultural Festivals & Events Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Arts, Culture & Heritage Nonprofits

SECONDARYMPAGAEAH

Community Music & Dance Festivals (Non-Commercial/Local)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Live Entertainment & Events (Concerts, Theater, Festivals)/Cultural Festivals & Community Events

Keywords

• Youth arts programs
• Community arts space
• Open mic events
• Creative youth services
• Nonprofit arts organization

Headquarters

HQ city

Kalamazoo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: Organization operates primarily through donations, with PayPal donation capability on website and suggested $5-10 donations at door for community events. Receives support from foundation partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative is a nonprofit youth arts organization that delivers free, in-person community arts programming in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Its main offerings include a monthly First Friday Open Mic event featuring local artists, a youth registration program for ongoing creative participation, and a free laundry use service for youth. All programs are free and open to the community, with suggested donations of $5-$10 at the door.

Product overview

Fire Historical and Cultural Arts Collaborative is a nonprofit youth arts organization offering community programs including First Friday Open Mics, youth art registration, free laundry services for youth, and community events. It is not a technology product company — its offerings are in-person arts programming and community services rather than software products or platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• First Friday Open Mic A free monthly community open mic event held on the first Friday of each month from 5:30pm-8:30pm, featuring local artists and Fire youth performers. Open to the community with a suggested donation of $5-$10 at the door. Serves Kalamazoo-area youth and community members seeking creative expression and community connection.
• Fire Youth Registration Program A free youth registration program that enables Kalamazoo-area young people to enroll in ongoing Fire Arts Collaborative creative programming. Registration is conducted via Google Forms and is open to the community.
• Free Laundry Use for Youth A free laundry service provided to youth in the Kalamazoo community as part of Fire Arts Collaborative's youth support services. Sign-up is via Google Forms and the program is free with no cost to participants.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Community Music Center of Boston: Nonprofit offering affordable music and arts education, performance opportunities, and community programming to local youth and families. Comparable to Fire as a community-anchored arts nonprofit blending education, performance (open mics/recitals), and youth services.
• Inner-City Arts: Los Angeles-based nonprofit providing free arts education and creative youth development programs for underserved children. Directly comparable to Fire as a community-rooted youth arts organization offering free programming supported by foundation grants and donations.
• San Francisco Arts Education Project: Nonprofit providing arts education to San Francisco public school students through in-school and community programming. Comparable to Fire as a community-rooted youth arts nonprofit with foundation-supported free programming.

Broad incumbents

• Young Audiences Arts for Learning: National nonprofit network delivering arts-in-education programming to K-12 students across the U.S. Comparable to Fire as a youth arts education organization, though operating at much larger scale and scope.

Others

• National Guild for Community Arts Education: Membership organization supporting community-based arts education providers nationwide. Relevant to Fire as an ecosystem/peer-network connection rather than a direct service competitor.
• A Blade of Grass Fund for Social Art: Fund and field-builder supporting socially engaged art. Adjacent to Fire as an arts-and-social-impact organization, though operating primarily as a grantmaker rather than direct service provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/kzoofire
• Facebookfacebook.com/kzoofire

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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