New York · Nonprofit
ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY
ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,201,982 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ($3,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $616k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $7.2M
- Net assets
- $6.9M
What Art and Advocacy Society does
Mission
The center for art and advocacy (the center) was established in 2022 to serve as a direct path to sustainability and equity for artists directly impacted by the criminal legal system. Built on the success of the right of return fellowship (ror), founded in 2017 by internationally renowned and formerly incarcerated artists jesse krimes and russell craig, the center was created to provide a multi-purposed network that actively engages in the conversation about transformative justice practices-and the critical role they play in the arts community-at-large.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Art and Advocacy Society is a national organization that launched in late 2022 and annually supports six formerly incarcerated persons, through creative industry mentorship, fellowship grants, residencies, networking and education opportunities, and practice sustainability skills development to help build their artistic careers. As the program grows, we look forward to supporting an increased number of participants. We have four programs, which are the general, education, fellowships, and exhibition programs.
$811,542 spentof which $113,217 as grants100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $811,542.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2023 to 2024, from $3.2M to $7.7M (+140%).
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 ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY’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. 1 of the last 4 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
Jesse Krimes
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $40k → $5.2M.
8 of 13 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 ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY’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
ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 57% — 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.
Where its funders are
76% of ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY'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. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY
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
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY: 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 ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY?
- ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,201,982 to it, the largest being ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ($3,000,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $7,201,982 in grants to ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY?
- ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC is the largest funder on record, with $3,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ART AND ADVOCACY SOCIETY 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 13 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