Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
Americans for the Arts Action Fund
Americans for the Arts Action Fund (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,200 to it, the largest being THE DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $413k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $532k
What Americans for the Arts Action Fund does
Mission
American for the Arts Action Fund (the Action Fund) was formed to engage citizens in education and advocacy in support of the arts and arts education. Its activities are designed to educate members and the general public on the arts and arts education generally, and the impact of governmental policies and actions on the arts. The Action Fund also works to mobilize members and the general public to become more active in helping influence those governmental policies and actions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Public Education - The Action Fund publishes and distributes to its members, potential members and others print and electronic newsletters and other communications (including print materials included with member recruitment mailings) information, regarding the arts and arts education and in particular legislative and regulatory developments that impact the arts and arts education (primarily Federal, state and local governmental funding).
$147,257 spent74% of program spendingCitizen Involvement - The Arts Action Fund urges its members to become more involved in public policy to favorably impact governmental actions that affect the arts and arts education, and instruct its members on how to become so involved.
$53,075 spent$34,232 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $200,332.
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 $321k to $491k (+53%).
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.
92% of Americans for the Arts Action Fund’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Nancy Stephens
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $200 → $25k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Americans for the Arts Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money Americans for the Arts Action Fund raised.
From the IRS filings of Americans for the Arts Action Fund’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
Americans for the Arts Action Fund leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 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
Americans for the Arts Action Fund draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Against its field
Americans for the Arts Action Fund holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Americans for the Arts Action Fund
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 37 states
Part of a family of 4 related entities
- Americans for the Arts Inc · exempt
- Americans for the Arts Action Fund PAC · exempt
- Arts & Business Council of New York · exempt
- Americans for the Arts Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Americans for the Arts Action Fund: 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 Americans for the Arts Action Fund?
- Americans for the Arts Action Fund (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $100,200 to it, the largest being THE DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND INC ($100,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Americans for the Arts Action Fund have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $100,200 in grants to Americans for the Arts Action Fund, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Americans for the Arts Action Fund?
- THE DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Americans for the Arts Action Fund find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2 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