· Private foundation
Century Arts Foundation
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.
Read this first · the figures below need context
68% of Century Arts Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Ucla Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Century Arts Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $309k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k6 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $125k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $160k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BAY STREET THEATRE | $60,000 |
| BARD PRISON INITIATIVE (BPI) BARD COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END | $50,000 |
| AMIGOS DE EDUCACION DE ALAMOS | $30,000 |
| DELFINO ROBLES NAVARRO PRESIDENTE DEL CONSEJO BANCO ALIMENTOS DE NAVOJOA | $25,000 |
| BARD PRISON INITIATIVE (BPI) BARD COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| SAG HARBOR WHALING AND HISTORICAL MUSEUM | $15,000 |
| SUSTAINABLE OUTREACH SOLUTIONS (SOS) | $10,000 |
| ALMA DE JESUS ROBINSON BOURS CASTELO | $10,000 |
| LAS COMADRES DE ALAMOS AC | $10,000 |
| SAG HARBOR HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $5,000 |
| SCOTTSDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL INC | $5,000 |
| SAG HARBOR COMMUNITY FOOD PANTRY | $5,000 |
| WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 17% of Century Arts Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 68% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 64%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +62% since the first grant, against +35% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2020, 10 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call). Read against FY2020, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TPTHE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC3× · 2017–2019 · $225k · revenue +96%
- CMCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END I5× · 2017–2023 · $184k · revenue +63%
- GEGEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM2× · 2017–2018 · $161k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- UFUCLA FILM TV ARCHIVEone grant, 2017 · $100k
- JJJOHN JERMAIN MEMORIAL LIBRARYgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +35%
- EAEMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE COMAPNYone grant, 2018 · $10k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…
The Museum engages the community in exploring the diversity of our whaling heritage and its impacts to enrich and inform our lives.
The stated purpose of the museum shall be:a.to preserve long island's maritime history and heritage for educational purposes.b.to purchase, collect, restore and preserve boats, vessels and related equipment having to do with the past and…
The sag harbor cinema arts center, inc. plans to restore the sag harbor cinema and to preserve the historic nature of main street in downtown sag harbor, new york, provide the community of the east end of long island, new york,exposure to…
The Museo De Las Americas is dedicated to educating our community through collecting preserving interpreting and exhibiting the diverse arts and cultures of the Americas from ancient to contemporary through innovative exhibitions and…
The organization was formed to safeguard and share existing and future collections related to the social, cultural, and economic history of the high peaks adirondack region in and around the township of newcomb in essex county, new york.
The southampton history museum preserves and promotes the history and culture of southampton by engaging diverse audiences in our shared heritage.
The Museum's mission is to encourage and promote the appreciation of fine art to people in its surrounding communities and beyond. The Museum is dedicated to fostering a deeper understanding of the arts, with particular emphasis on the…
To illuminate and advance greater understanding of and support for Wabanaki Nations' heritage, living cultures, and homelands.
New england museum association's mission is to connect a community engaged in learning, collaboration, and action to cultivate a better museum world.
The california museum - home of the california hall of fame - engages, educates and enlightens people about california's rich history, its diversity, and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art, and culture. through…
To educate Charleston area residents and visitors about the natural and cultural history of the South Carolina Lowcountry through collections, exhibitions, preservation, conservation, research and related programming.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 34 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds UCLA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM INC ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF THE EAST END I ↗
- Who funds GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds SAG HARBOR WHALING & HISTORICAL MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds BAY STREET THEATRE FESTIVAL INC ↗
- Who funds CUTCHOGUE-NEW SUFFOLK HSTRCL CNCL ↗
- Who funds AMIGOS DE EDUCACION DE ALAMOS ↗
- Who funds OAXACA YOUTH EMPOWERMENT INC ↗
- Who funds OLA OF EASTERN LONG ISLAND INC ↗
- Who funds SAG HARBOR COMM FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
- Who funds NATURE AND CULTURE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds Scottsdale International Film Festival Inc ↗
- Who funds JOHN JERMAIN MEMORIAL LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Sustainable Outreach Solutions Inc ↗
- Who funds RESPLANDOR INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds THE SAG HARBOR HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC ↗
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: The New York Community Trust · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Century Arts Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Century Arts Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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