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1708 Gallery Inc

1708 Gallery Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,151,656 to it, the largest being ROBERT G CABELL III AND MAUDE MORGAN CABELL FOUNDATION ($250,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$309k
Funders on record
25
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$270k
16/25 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 72%
01What it does

What 1708 Gallery Inc does

Mission

1708 gallery's mission is to present exceptional new art. 1708 gallery is committed to providing opportunities for artistic innovation for emerging and established artists and to expand the understanding and appreciation of new art for the public.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Exhibitions program: as a dynamic non-profit arts organization, 1708 gallery provides uncompromisingly innovative opportunities for artists locally, nationally, and internationally. Our exhibitions program offers artists all over the world an opportunity to exhibit their work and our community an opportunity to learn about innovative artists and art forms.

    $214,326 spent$7,353 earned by the program
    72% of program spending
  2. Inlight richmond: inlight richmond is an annual outdoor temporary light-inspired contemporary art exhibition and community event in downtown richmond. Inlight richmond is an exploration and celebration of contemporary art free of charge for the whole community. With inlight richmond, 1708 gallery encourages broad public apreciation and access to contemporary art. Inlight introduces a new audience to contemporary art by making it fun, engaging,and accessible. It also keeps 1708 gallery relevant within contemporary art landscapes, locally as well as nationally.

    $82,116 spent$151 earned by the program
    28% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $296,442.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($368k) Expenses 100 ($384k) Net assets 100 ($119k)2018 Revenue 132 ($485k) Expenses 118 ($454k) Net assets 126 ($150k)2019 Revenue 136 ($500k) Expenses 128 ($492k) Net assets 133 ($159k)2020 Revenue 141 ($518k) Expenses 135 ($518k) Net assets 133 ($158k)2021 Revenue 146 ($538k) Expenses 117 ($449k) Net assets 209 ($248k)2022 Revenue 216 ($795k) Expenses 140 ($538k) Net assets 424 ($505k)2023 Revenue 96 ($354k) Expenses 129 ($496k) Net assets 305 ($363k)2024 Revenue 84 ($309k) Expenses 105 ($402k) Net assets 227 ($270k)
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Revenue (84)Expenses (105)Net assets (227)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $264k to $1.4M (+419%).

$122k
$154k
$185k
$193k
$264k
$1.4M
$1.2M
$1.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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2018
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2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 3% · 2019 3% · 2020 24% · 2021 21% · 2022 3% · 2023 1% · 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$17k
’17
$31k
’18
$9k
’19
−$287
’20
$90k
’21
$257k
’22
−$142k
’23
−$93k
’24
0.0
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Emily Smith

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed2121192424242528
Joined·+3+2+7+1+2+6+5
No longer listed·3421252
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $37k → $144k.

5 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of 1708 Gallery Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

1708 Gallery Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

32% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 1708 Gallery Inc.

22%
largest funder
45%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 88% · 2019 44% · 2020 33% · 2021 64% · 2022 16% · 2023 28% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

69% of 1708 Gallery Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

55% of 1708 Gallery Inc's grant income comes from Virginia funders.

NY
PA
MO
VA
MD
DE
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Virginia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $297k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Government funding 1708 Gallery Inc receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $290k on record.

Federal$290k
grants $290kcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$290k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like 1708 Gallery Inc

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In Virginia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 8%Fundraising 18%

Governance

27
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

86%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds 1708 Gallery Inc?
1708 Gallery Inc (Virginia) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,151,656 to it, the largest being ROBERT G CABELL III AND MAUDE MORGAN CABELL FOUNDATION ($250,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does 1708 Gallery Inc have?
IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $1,151,656 in grants to 1708 Gallery Inc, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of 1708 Gallery Inc?
ROBERT G CABELL III AND MAUDE MORGAN CABELL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like 1708 Gallery Inc find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing