New York · Public charity
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc
To encourage, sponsor, and promote innovative work in the arts created and presented by individuals, groups, and organizations.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 80%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $90k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 6
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $55M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 80% of the organizations Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 83% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 17% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $95k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $90k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $115k | 80% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $45k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $90k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $80k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | $45,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Immediate Medium Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Site Santa Fe | $45,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Frist Art Museum | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Augusta University Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California College of the Arts | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ica La | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Foundat | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Underground Museum Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit | $45,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Immediate Medium Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 22% |
| Site Santa Fe | $45,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Frist Art Museum | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Hartford | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Augusta University Foundation Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California College of the Arts | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ica La | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Foundat | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Underground Museum Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Syracuse University | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The New School | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Savannah College of Art and DesignInc | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cleveland Institute of Art | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Ct State University | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pratt Institute | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Connecticut | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maine College of Art and Design | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| SECCA Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cranbrook Educational Community | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc supplied at peak.
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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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc
- How much does Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc give?
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $90,000, out of $1,605,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 6 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Education (49%).
- Who are Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit ($45k), Immediate Medium Inc ($45k), Site Santa Fe ($45k).
- Does Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 80% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc, National Philanthropic Trust.
- Where is Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc based?
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts Inc is based in NY.
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