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Niki Charitable Art Foundation at a glance

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Niki Charitable Art 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.

$52k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$194kSocial Science$11kCommunity Improvement$5kPhilanthropy$5k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $2k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $50k
$1,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$37M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ARTREACH$25,000
Artists Mothers Inc$25,000
Performa$1,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art$600
High Museum of Art$182
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.

US giving: 77% of grant dollars ($164k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 23% that went abroad ($50k) is mapped below.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Artists Mothers Inc: $25k → 17%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.

Beyond the US: 23% of all-years giving ($50k)

3 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Italy$36k · 3 grants
France$12k · 4 grants
United Kingdom$661 · 3 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$164k · 16 repeat orgs$50k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
8

Total granted

$164k
$24k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+67%
+86%

Still filing today

63%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureSocial ScienceCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyHuman ServicesOther
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

  • A
    ARTREACH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $62k · revenue +266%
  • MF
    Menil Foundation Inc
    4× · 2018–2021 · $16k · revenue +51%
  • THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $11k · revenue +193%

Funded once

  • HH
    HILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $6k
  • SC
    SUMMAEVERYTHANG COMMUNITY CENTER IN
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +12%
  • AC
    ACTBLUE CHARITIES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -99%
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
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
2
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
3
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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4
Philadelphia Museum of Art

The philadelphia museum of art - in partnership with the city, the region, and art museums around the globe - seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collection in particular, and the visual arts in…

Arts & Culture
5
Art Explorium
—
6
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
7
Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio Inc El Museo Del Barrio

El museo's mission is to preserve, interpret, and promote the artistic heritage of puerto ricans and all latin americans in the united states by means of exhibitions, public programs, publications, and educational activities.

Arts & Culture
8
Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
9
The National Museum of Women in the Arts

The mission of the national museum of women in the arts is to collect, conserve and elevate the achievements of women artists from all nationalities and to educate the public on their outstanding accomplishments. we strive to accomplish…

—
10
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc

The institute of contemporary art, miami (ica miami), is dedicated to promoting the work of contemporary artists, and to the exchange of art and ideas throughout the miami region and internationally. through an energetic calendar of…

Arts & Culture
11
Baltimore Museum of Art

The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…

Arts & Culture
12
The Phillips Collection

The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego; the most unlike its peers is Artreach. 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

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 26 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
15/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ARTREACH: $61,500 · Arts & CultureARTREACHMenil Foundation Inc: $16,000 · Arts & CultureMenil Foundation IncMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: $5,675 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGOAWARE-USA INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $3,680 · Arts & Culture+8 more: $7,573 · Arts & Culture+8 moreIl Giardino Dei Tarocchi: $36,486 · OtherIl Giardino Dei TarocchiArchive of Women Artists ResearchEx: $12,112 · OtherArchive of Women Artists ResearchExKing Baudouin Foundation United Sta: $10,150 · OtherKing Baudouin Foundation United StaHILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL: $6,000 · OtherHILLTOP HIGH SCHOOL+5 more: $4,326 · Other+5 moreARTISTS AND MOTHERS INCORPORATED: $25,000 · Human ServicesARTISTS AND M…THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $10,500 · Social ScienceSUMMAEVERYTHANG COMMUNITY CENTER IN: $5,000 · Community ImprovementACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $5,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$99,428Other$69,074Human Services$25,000Social Science$10,500Community Improvement$5,000Philanthropy$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 budgetARTREACH: $61,500 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetARTISTS AND MOTHERS INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetMenil Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $10,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO: $5,675 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMAEVERYTHANG COMMUNITY CENTER IN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetACTBLUE CHARITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAWARE-USA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $3,680 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $1,175 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPERFORMA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $943 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $756 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION: $449 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS: $280 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $100 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 Conrad Prebys Fou…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Conrad Prebys FoundationCA13.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Conrad Prebys Foundation · 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 Niki Charitable Art Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Niki Charitable Art Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 26 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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