New York · Nonprofit
ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC
ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,846,207 to it, the largest being NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION ($2,205,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.1M
- Funders on record
- 52
- Grants received
- $6.8M
- Net assets
- $6.4M
What Alliance for Young Artists and Writers Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to foster creative expression, recognize outstanding artistic achievements by secondary students and to provide inspiration and validation for the next generation of artists and writers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships and awards:the alliance manages the scholastic art & writing awards, a national recognition program for creative teens, grades 7-12, ages 13 and up, who excel in art and writing, serving approximately 300,000 annually. Awards are given in 29 categories, ranging from short stories, journalism and painting, etc.
$4,081,212 spentof which $586,404 as grants$1,268,188 earned by the program80% of program spendingStudent art exhibitions:in collaboration with its partners, including museums, community centers, galleries and other institutions, the alliance curates, produces and tours exhibitions of select award-winning works by teens throughout the country. These exhibitions present the teens with the opportunity to share their work.
$425,586 spent8% of program spendingPublicationsthe alliance recognizes teens' accomplishments and showcases their works in a wide range of publications that are distributed nationally to an audience of educators, students, educational and arts organizations, leaders in the field and other supporters. Publications include the yearbook, and art and writing anthologies.
$269,794 spent$1,026 earned by the program5% of program spendingNational student poets program; student workshops and pre-college summer programs; residencies for educators and alumni; and microgrant programs for alumni
$353,041 spentof which $57,160 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,129,633.
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 2022 to 2023, from $7.0M to $8.6M (+23%).
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: 2017 6% · 2018 6% · 2019 6% · 2020 7% · 2021 7% · 2022 10% · 2023 6% · 2024 8% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Christopher Wisniewski
Executive director
Board chair
Olivia Morgan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 20 funders, grant income rose $96k → $1.5M.
13 of 52 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 52 funders by total. 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
ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 55% · 2019 62% · 2020 53% · 2021 44% · 2022 34% · 2023 43% — 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
40% of ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
82% of ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $949k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 20 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.2M on record.
- Institute of Museum and Library Services$1.9M
- National Endowment for the Arts$270k
- Department of Education$5k
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 ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS 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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS 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 ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC?
- ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC (New York) receives grants from 52 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,846,207 to it, the largest being NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION ($2,205,000). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC have?
- IRS filings report 52 organizations giving $6,846,207 in grants to ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC?
- NEW YORK LIFE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,205,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLIANCE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS AND WRITERS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 52 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