New York · Public charity
Center for Artistic Activism Inc
The center for artistic activism is the home for artists, activists and scholars to explore, discuss, reflect upon and strengthen connections between social activism and artistic practice. The center facilitates and strengthens networks. The goal is to make more creative and more effective citizen activists.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $70k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,236
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $605k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Center for Artistic Activism Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $171k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $79k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $119k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Assistants Inc | $86,627 | 3 | 26% |
| Fair Count Inc | $62,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Eureka Press LLC | $56,973 | 3 | n/a |
| Democrasexy LLC | $44,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese-American Planning Council Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Cause | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Votes | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Just Act Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Community Success Initiative Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Ally Coalition Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Assistants Inc | $86,627 | 3 | 26% |
| Fair Count Inc | $62,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Eureka Press LLC | $56,973 | 3 | n/a |
| Democrasexy LLC | $44,350 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese-American Planning Council Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Common Cause | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cleveland Votes | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Just Act Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Community Success Initiative Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Ally Coalition Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Emily's Place Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Score | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| San Marcos Cinema Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Voices Pittsburgh Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pittsburgh Democratic Socialists of America | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alianza Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tides Advocacy | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lgbt Center Orlando Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Association of People With Disabilities | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Netroots Nation (F/K/A Bloggerpowerorg) | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc | $7,333 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Center for Artistic Activism Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Venture Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Center for Artistic Activism Inc
- How much does Center for Artistic Activism Inc give?
- Center for Artistic Activism Inc reported 6 itemized grants totaling $70,005, out of $78,005 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Center for Artistic Activism Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Benefit (40%), Arts & Culture (33%), Civil Rights (8%).
- Who are Center for Artistic Activism Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Public Assistants Inc ($87k), Fair Count Inc ($62k), Eureka Press LLC ($57k).
- Does Center for Artistic Activism Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Center for Artistic Activism Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include NEO Philanthropy Inc, New Venture Fund, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Center for Artistic Activism Inc based?
- Center for Artistic Activism Inc is based in NY.
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