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AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC

AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,000 to it, the largest being THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$25k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$95k
Net assets
$72k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 85%
01What it does

What American Abstract Artists Inc does

Mission

American abstract artists organization contributes to the development and acceptance of abstract art in the united states of america.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. American abstract artists organization promotes and fosters public understanding of abstract art primarily through exhibitions.

    $0 spent

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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.

100 = 20212021 Revenue 100 ($70k) Expenses 100 ($13k) Net assets 100 ($109k)2022 Revenue 34 ($24k) Expenses 150 ($20k) Net assets 104 ($113k)2023 Revenue 25 ($17k) Expenses 286 ($37k) Net assets 86 ($93k)2024 Revenue 18 ($13k) Expenses 152 ($20k) Net assets 79 ($86k)2025 Revenue 36 ($25k) Expenses 303 ($39k) Net assets 66 ($72k)
20212022202320242025
Revenue (36)Expenses (303)Net assets (66)Peer revenue range

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 $113k to $93k (−18%).

$109k
$113k
$93k
$86k
$72k
20212022202320242025
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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2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$57k
’21
$4k
’22
−$20k
’23
−$7k
’24
−$14k
’25
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS 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

AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

58%
largest funder
89%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 83% · 2022 33% · 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.

Where its funders are

AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.

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NY
CT

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

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’21
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’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC's revenue fell 64% between 2021 and 2025.

Operating margin−57% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−23% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Public support

44%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC?
AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,000 to it, the largest being THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION ($55,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $95,000 in grants to AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS INC?
THE DOROTHEA AND LEO RABKIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $55,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN ABSTRACT ARTISTS 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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