Michigan · Nonprofit
Ann Arbor Art Association
Ann Arbor Art Association (Michigan) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,614,117 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,028,357). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $3.6M
- Net assets
- $3.7M
What Ann Arbor Art Association does
Mission
To be a contemporary forum for thevisual arts through education, exploration, collaboration and exhibition, and to engage minds, expand perspectives and inspire growth in students of all ages, teachers, artists, and the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Art Education: The Ann Arbor Art Center art education programs provide an array of experiential learning opportunities for individuals of all ages and skill levels. Last year, we continued to expand our in-person programming. Class mediums ranged from traditional (painting, drawing, and printmaking) to contemporary (polymer clay and digital drawing). All classes are taught by experienced instructors with MFA, BFA, or art education degrees. Of note, in 2023, the A2AC revived its ARTLab program, which was conceived in 2019 and halted due to COVID. Through this program, which offers digital arts classes, students gain knowledge and skills that can be applied to a wide range of professions as well as their own creative development. Overall, our education program is serving 33 percent more students than ever before, and still our waitlists have seen a five-fold increase to-date totaling nearly 1,000 students.
$645,170 spent$858,126 earned by the program44% of program spendingArt Presentation: Our art presentation program is designed to elevate, challenge, and inspire our community. The selection of artists, curators, and jurors for exhibitions broadens our reach. It provides valuable time and space for the creative community to expand their practice in exciting new ways at every stage of their creative journey. Governed by a talented and creative exhibitions committee, our Art Presentation program expanded in 2023 to offer free community programs designed to connect families with art experiences (PlayLab) and our new Author Series, which includes creative writing in our overall art experiences. Additionally, last year we hosted not only the first performing arts group in A2AC history, but also the first AAPIA-based group in our gallery. Our Art Presentation program resulted in the A2AC financially supported the artistic endeavors of 40 professional artists and 18 authors through artist honorariums.
$382,027 spent$140,938 earned by the program26% of program spendingIn 2023, the A2AC revived its award-winning Art in Public Program (AiP), which was put on hold due to the financial constraints created by the COVID-19 pandemic. AiP is rooted in the belief that the experience of art should be accessible and equitable to everyone. In this program, we collaborate with local organizations, businesses, and individuals to bring high-quality art into public spaces. By the end of 2024, the A2AC will add at least six new artworks to the Ann Arbor community, adding to the 18 installations completed prior to 2020. AiP not only benefits our community, but also generates income for working artists.
$432,126 spent30% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,459,323.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.3M to $3.8M (+201%).
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 3% · 2020 7% · 2021 3% · 2022 9% · 2023 8% · 2024 7% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
32% of Ann Arbor Art Association’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. 3 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
Jenn Cornell Queen
Executive Director
Board chair
Matthew Bower
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $132k → $293k.
13 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 Ann Arbor Art Association’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
Ann Arbor Art Association has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
68% 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 Ann Arbor Art Association.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 34% · 2019 64% · 2020 21% · 2021 49% · 2022 29% · 2023 67% — growing more concentrated.
“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
39% of Ann Arbor Art Association's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
99% of Ann Arbor Art Association's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M 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
Ann Arbor Art Association is better cushioned than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like Ann Arbor Art Association
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ann Arbor Art Association: 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 Ann Arbor Art Association?
- Ann Arbor Art Association (Michigan) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,614,117 to it, the largest being ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,028,357). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Ann Arbor Art Association have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $3,614,117 in grants to Ann Arbor Art Association, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ann Arbor Art Association?
- ANN ARBOR AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,028,357 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ann Arbor Art Association find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 37 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing