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Artnow International Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$17M
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$17M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0184% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.

Arts & Culture$17MHealth$11kReligion$9kYouth Development$9kInternational$7kEducation$4kRecreation & Sports$3kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$17,474,359
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
KADIST COLLECTION MANAGER INC$17,474,359
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–20, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%KOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES: $2k → 14%OKRA PROJECT: $1k → 13%HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS: $3k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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NY
OR
PA
CA
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How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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California Institute of Contemporary Art
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2
Asian Art Museum Foundation of San Francisco

The asian art museum celebrates, preserves, and promotes asian and asian american art and cultures for local and global audiences. we provide a dynamic forum for exchanging ideas, inviting collaboration, and fueling imagination to deepen…

Arts & Culture
3
Artis Contemporary Israeli Art Fundinc

Artis is an independent nonprofit organization that supports contemporary artists from israel whose work addresses aesthetic, social and political questions to inspire reflection and debate. www.artis.art

Arts & Culture
4
The Jewish Studio Project

Through thought leadership, community programs, leadership development, and organizational partnerships, jsp is building a movement to activate the creative power of the jewish community.

Religion
5
Kqed Inc

See schedule okqed serves the people of northern california with a community-supported alternative to commercial media, providing the knowledge needed to make informed decisions; convening community dialogue; bringing the arts to everyone;…

Arts & Culture
6
Via Art Fund Inc

Via art fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces as partners in a new model of philanthropy to support visionary initiatives in art.

Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…

Arts & Culture
8
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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9
Art Foundation
Arts & Culture
10
Artists Space Inc

A contemporary art space that provides direct support to artists through exhibition opportunities, live commissions, and public programs. in recent years, the exhibition program has grown to present six major exhibitions per year…

Arts & Culture
11
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
12
The Israel Innovation Fund Inc

Our vision is to reignite the zionist spirit and meet the needs of jewish civilization in the twenty-first century by connecting people around the world through the vibrancy and creativity of contemporary israeli culture.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Korean American Family Services Inc; the most unlike its peers is Kadist Collection Manager Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

20 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 20 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kadist Collection Manager Inc: $17,474,359 · Arts & CultureKadist Collection Manager Inc+3 more: $11,000 · Arts & CultureIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,000 · OtherHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH: $3,000 · OtherTHE LAB SF: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,000 · OtherBLACK LIVES MATTER: $1,000 · OtherBLACK AIDS INSTITUTE: $1,000 · OtherSURPRISE VALLEY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDAT: $1,000 · OtherOPEN SKY RADIO NETWORK: $1,000 · OtherPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,000 · OtherSan Francisco City Impact: $1,500 · OtherGLIDE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MITZPE YERIHO INC: $9,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $3,000 · InternationalNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,700 · InternationalAntenna: $5,000 · EducationPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 · EducationHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $3,000 · Human ServicesKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,500 · Human ServicesTHE OKRA PROJECT: $1,000 · Human ServicesSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $3,000 · Recreation & SportsCREATIVITY EXPLORED INC: $1,000 · HealthBEATS RHYMES AND LIFE: $1,000 · HealthBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $300 · Health
Arts & Culture$17,485,359Other$25,500International$13,700Education$8,000Human Services$5,500Recreation & Sports$3,000Health$2,300

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKadist Collection Manager Inc: $17,474,359 over 1y, 39% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF MITZPE YERIHO INC: $9,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetAntenna: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO PARKS ALLIANCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAB SF: $2,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW ISRAEL FUND: $1,700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKOREAN AMERICAN FAMILY SERVICES INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco City Impact: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCREATIVITY EXPLORED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEATS RHYMES AND LIFE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRING CHANGE 2 MIND: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The San Francisco Fou…Vanguard Charitable E…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The San Francisco FoundationCA14.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Francisco Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Artnow International Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Artnow International Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    How do I get to Artnow International Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Artnow International Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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