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Newark Arts Council

Newark arts' mission is to power the arts to transform the lives of those who live in, work in, and visit newark.

$184k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$31k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.3MPhilanthropy$92kEducation$91kYouth Development$45kHealth$12kCommunity Improvement$5kCrime & Legal$5k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $113,236, the rows itemized in this filing. The $183,685 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $70,449 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$22,610
Median grant
1
States reached
$607k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTS FOR KIDS INC$31,200
LEOPARD STRIPES PRODUCTION LLC$29,250
ARTS HORIZONS$22,610
GLASSROOTS$17,426
TEENS STEPS UP INC$12,750
02The need
03

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 (FY21–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%KEYS TO SUCCESS: $6k → 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.
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.1M · 16 repeat orgs$437k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +83% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
31

Total granted

$1.1M
$408k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+83%
+50%

Still filing today

50%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • Arts for Kids Inc
    5× · 2018–2025 · $119k · revenue +61%
  • LINCOLN PARK COAST CULTURAL DISTRICT INC
    3× · 2020–2023 · $81k · revenue +181%
  • GLASSROOTS INC
    6× · 2017–2025 · $55k · revenue +113%

Funded once

  • NEWARK PERFORMING ARTS CORPORATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $67k · revenue +163%
  • NM
    NEWARK MOONLIGHT CINEMA LLC
    2× · 2021–2023 · $59k
  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $23k · revenue -21%
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.

04Its 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.

1
The Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts Inc

To offer accessible, high-quality performing arts education that sparks personal growth and builds inclusive communities. its vision is to transform performing arts education in an inclusive community accessible to all.

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2
Arts Ed Nj Inc

Arts ed nj's mission is to provide a unified voice for a diverse group of constituents who agree on the educational benefits and impact of the arts, specifically the contribution they make to student achievement and a civilized sustainable…

Education
3
Guttenberg Arts a Nj Nonprofit Corp
Arts & Culture
4
Inner City Ensemble Inc

The arts nonprofit offers free dance and theatre training and shows to hundreds local children and teenagers in Paterson, NJ and low-cost events and presentations to the community. Our focus is on Arts, Cultural, Education, Shows &…

Arts & Culture
5
New York School of the Arts Inc

New york school of the arts, inc. is a school offering courses and specialized workshops in painting, drawing, sculpture,printmaking,art theory and other subjects.

Education
6
New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble Inc Attn Barbara Carocci

New jersey dance theatre ensemble provides the highest quality, pre-professional training to aspiring dancers from new jersey through professional experiences with world-renowned dancers, teachers, choreographers, and musicians. founded in…

Arts & Culture
7
Blue Curtain a Nj NonProfit Corporation

Entertainment

Arts & Culture
8
New Jersey Workshop for the Arts Inc

NJWA offers individual and group music instruction and courses in drama, visual arts, music, dance and special interests to participants, which includes pre-school children through senior citizens. NJWA also provides performances to…

—
9
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
10
New Jersey Alliance for Culture Change
Health
11
New School for the Arts

The Schools mission is to provide students who have an interest and talent in the arts with a superior integrated academic and arts program.

Education
12
Connecting Through the Arts and Edu
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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation; the most unlike its peers is Teens Step Up 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 49 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
14
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/32
Grantees still filing
24/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YENDOR LLC: $207,096 · OtherYENDOR LLCMalcolm X Shabazz High School: $191,730 · OtherMalcolm X Shabazz High SchoolSOUNDS OF TOMORROW FOUNDATION: $82,885 · OtherSOUNDS OF TOMORROW FOUNDATIONESSEX COUNTY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY: $60,000 · OtherESSEX COUNTY SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGYNEWARK MOONLIGHT CINEMA LLC: $58,964 · OtherNEWARK MOONLIGHT CINEMA LLCSAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $38,300 · OtherLEOPARD STRIPES PRODUCTION LLC: $29,250 · Other+17 more: $178,854 · Other+17 moreArts for Kids Inc: $118,910 · Arts & CultureArts for Kids IncARTS HORIZONS INC: $83,037 · Arts & CultureARTS HORIZONS INCNEWARK PERFORMING ARTS CORPORATION: $66,667 · Arts & CultureNEWARK PERFORMING ARTS COR…NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION: $26,315 · Arts & CultureNEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS…Newark Print Shop: $17,750 · Arts & CulturePROJECT FOR EMPTY SPACE INC: $14,500 · Arts & CultureNEWARK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $14,000 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $16,230 · Arts & CultureGLASSROOTS INC: $54,649 · Youth DevelopmentGLASSROOT…TEENS STEP UP INC: $47,775 · Youth DevelopmentTEENS STE…FP YouthOutcry Foundation Inc DBA The Hubb Arts & Trauma Center: $11,500 · Youth DevelopmentFP YouthO…YouthBuild Newark Inc: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentLINCOLN PARK COAST CULTURAL DISTRICT INC: $81,167 · Community ImprovementINVEST NEWARK A NEW JERSEY NONPROFIT CORP: $5,000 · Community ImprovementRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $22,500 · EducationBUILDING RESPONSIBLE INTELLIGENT CREATIVE KIDS: $22,500 · EducationSHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $14,250 · EducationNewark Boys Chorus School: $11,500 · EducationBARAT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · EducationUNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK: $5,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $5,000 · PhilanthropyKEYS 2 SUCCESS INC: $5,500 · Human ServicesNewark Community Street Team Inc: $5,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$847,079Arts & Culture$357,409Youth Development$119,924Community Improvement$86,167Education$75,750Philanthropy$10,000Human Services$5,500Crime & Legal$5,000

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 budgetArts for Kids Inc: $118,910 over 5y, 18% of budgetARTS HORIZONS INC: $83,037 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetLINCOLN PARK COAST CULTURAL DISTRICT INC: $81,167 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetNEWARK PERFORMING ARTS CORPORATION: $66,667 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetGLASSROOTS INC: $54,649 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetTEENS STEP UP INC: $47,775 over 4y, 25% of budgetSAVE THE MUSIC FOUNDATION: $38,300 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER CORPORATION: $26,315 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING RESPONSIBLE INTELLIGENT CREATIVE KIDS: $22,500 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGALLERY AFERRO: $16,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR EMPTY SPACE INC: $14,500 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetSHARRON MILLER'S ACADEMY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $14,250 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNEWARK SCHOOL OF THE ARTS: $14,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNewark Boys Chorus School: $11,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE NEW JERSEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetEDUCATIONAL ARTS TEAM INC: $8,568 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE OF MUSIC FOR CHILDREN INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetYouthBuild Newark Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKEYS 2 SUCCESS INC: $5,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetNewark Community Street Team Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNITED WAY OF ESSEX & WEST HUDSON D/B/A UNITED WAY OF GREATER NEWARK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBARAT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 3.3% of budgetALL STARS PROJECT INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NEW JERSEY: $5,000 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.

Geraldine R Dodge Fou…Princeton Area Commun…Community Foundation …Victoria Foundation I…The Prudential Founda…Turrell FundPseg Foundation IncDevils Youth Foundati…New Jersey Children's…Investors Foundation …Nonprofit Finance FundThe McJ Amelior Found…
Geraldine R Dodge Foundation IncNJ39.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc · Princeton Area Community Foundation Inc · Community Foundation of New Jersey · Victoria Foundation Inc · The Prudential Foundation · Turrell Fund · Pseg Foundation Inc · Devils Youth Foundation Inc · New Jersey Children's Foundation · Investors Foundation Inc · Nonprofit Finance Fund · The McJ Amelior 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 Newark Arts Council funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Newark Arts Council. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Newark Community Street Team Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Fp YouthOutcry Foundation Inc Dba the Hubb Arts & Trauma Center: 29% of income from government
  • YouthBuild Newark Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Newark School of the Arts: 20% of income from government
  • Arts for Kids Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Sharron Miller's Academy for the Performing Arts Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Glassroots Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Arts Horizons Inc: 3% of income from government
  • United Way of Essex & West Hudson D/B/a United Way of Greater Newark: 2% of income from government
  • The Institute of Music for Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of New Jersey Inc: 1% of income from government
  • New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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.

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 49 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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