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ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC

ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$100k
Net assets
$35k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 90%
01What it does

What Art & Antiquities Blockchain Consortium Inc does

Mission

The purposes for which the corporation is formed are to engage in such exclusively charitable, educational,scientific,or religious activities of any kind or nature whatsoever as qualify it for exemption from taxation under section 501(a) of the internal revenue code of 1986 (the "code")or any successor section or statute of similar import, as an organization described in section 501(c) (3) of the code &, in particular,the corporation, believing that cultural artifacts, cultural property, & cultural heritage, including but not limited to antiquities, require enhanced protection against fraud, misuse, & secrecy, aims to (1) develop a new ownership of cataloguing paradigm for such objects designed to enhance public access, preserve and protect provenance and relevant historical facts, protect cultural stakeholders, & enhance learning opportunities for all, (2) educate stakeholders as to the new paradigm & related issues of looting & illegal trafficking to preserve cultural heritage.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. The organization coordinates research and educational initiatives regarding blockchain technology and guiding principles for cultural property, cultural heritage, and the cultural artifact market, with a focus on the tracing of antiquities objects. Antiquities objects and other artifacts have been traditionally fraught with concerns such as illegal trafficking; and museums, scholars, collectors, and other parties affected by the management of antiquities objects don't have access to many robust, neutral resources that trace the provenance of such objects.through education, discussion, and engagement, the organization is building an advisory network of leading experts, institutions, technology firms,academia, and consultants to research this topic and develop a consensus as to solutions, including the use of blockchain technology, as well as develop related regulatory and ethical standards which might accompany the use of such technology in the management of antiquities objects.the organization pursues its objectives through educational programming such as lectures, presentations, symposia, and panels for relevant audiences,including but not limited to museums and other cultural…

  2. The harvard art museums was a public program with professsor amy whitaker and artist kevin mccoy. The next day was a workshop for invited participants to continue to look at new models of repatriation.

  3. On this land is a project that endeavors to illuminate untold histories and envision alternative futures for the landscape of public remembrance by fabricating site markers equipped with the capacity to store archival materials and record personal histories using blockchain technology.

    $63,925 spent
    100% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $63,925.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($4k) Expenses 100 ($4k) Net assets 0 ($0)2021 Revenue 1344 ($49k) Expenses 1344 ($49k) Net assets 0 ($0)2022 Revenue 716 ($26k) Expenses 572 ($21k) Net assets 100 ($5k)2023 Revenue 3028 ($111k) Expenses 407 ($15k) Net assets 1912 ($102k)2024 Revenue 111 ($4k) Expenses 1913 ($70k) Net assets 667 ($35k)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (111)Expenses (1913)Net assets (667)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 $5k to $102k (+1812%).

$0
$0
$5k
$102k
$35k
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

91% of ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM 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. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$0
’20
$0
’21
$5k
’22
$96k
’23
−$66k
’24
6.0
months of
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.

20202021202220232024
Listed66799
Joined·+0+1+2+0
No longer listed·0000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'23
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM 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.

Where its funders are

100% of ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

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

ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1622% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve6.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)3% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 9%Fundraising 0%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC?
ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $100,000 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $100,000 in grants to ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC.
Who is the largest funder of ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM INC?
THE FORD FOUNDATION 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 ART & ANTIQUITIES BLOCKCHAIN CONSORTIUM 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 1 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