New Hampshire · Nonprofit
3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC
3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,876,302 to it, the largest being New Hampshire Charitable Foundation ($1,355,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $145k
What 3s Contemporary Artspace Inc does
Mission
Curiosity. Creativity. Community. Through the unique lens of contemporary arts experiences, 3s artspace invites divergent perspectives and encourages lively discourse centered around issues of today.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
3s artspace is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit contemporary arts organization that combines the only midsize, flexible performance space of its kind in the area, a large contemporary art gallery, and a smaller lobby gallery. 3s is dedicated to presenting and supporting bold, emerging art and entertainment and to cultivating an informal space for the exchange of ideas and creativity.3s traditionally serves over 30,000 individuals each year through ticketed events, gallery visitation (always free and open to the public), art and artisan sales, and private events. 3s artspace hosts over 150 events each year that engage and provide support for hundreds of artists and musicians, present free exhibitions in our galleries, an outdoor summer concert series, and manage private events that support other nonprofit and community organizations.
$1,043,426 spent$733,542 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,043,426.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $2.0M to $1.7M (−16%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 36% · 2021 58% · 2022 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
27% of 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Elizabeth Falconer
Executive director
Board chair
Joseph Russell
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $284k → $97k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE 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
3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
76% 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 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 97% · 2019 100% · 2020 92% · 2021 70% · 2022 81% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
50% of 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
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
74% of 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $488k that is directly attributable, 90% of it comes from New Hampshire funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.9M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE 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 New Hampshire
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC?
- 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC (New Hampshire) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,876,302 to it, the largest being New Hampshire Charitable Foundation ($1,355,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,876,302 in grants to 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC?
- New Hampshire Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,355,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 3S CONTEMPORARY ARTSPACE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Hampshire. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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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 11 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