New York · Nonprofit
ART CREATES US INC
ART CREATES US INC (New York) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,412,662 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($452,500). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $945k
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $88k
What Art Creates US Inc does
Mission
ProjectArt s purpose is to change the way the world values arts education and unleash the power of creativity in every child
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
4a Residency ProgramProjectArts Residency Program supported 20 emerging artists across New York City, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Newark, Miami, and Detroit through a competitive selection process. Artists received stipends, professional development and led arts education programs for youth in public libraries. The program combines artist workforce development with communitybased arts access, enabling residents to produce new work while delivering structured instruction and mentorship.
$255,177 spent33% of program spending4b Library-Based Education ProgramsProjectArt provided free arts education to approximately 900 students at 20 public library sites across six cities. Programs consisted of multi-week classes led by resident artists, focused on creative skill-building, critical thinking, and self-expression. By operating within public libraries, the organization ensured equitable access to arts education for underserved communities.
$255,177 spent33% of program spending4c Exhibitions and Public ProgrammingProjectArt organized public exhibitions and events showcasing work by students and resident artists across its operating cities. These programs included exhibitions, artist talks, and community events hosted in accessible venues such as libraries. They expanded program impact by increasing visibility, supporting emerging artists, and strengthening community engagement with the arts.
$255,177 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $765,531.
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 2021 to 2022, from $325k to $108k (−67%).
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: 2022 20% · 2024 16% · 2025 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ART CREATES US INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Heidi Hovland
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 12 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $346k → $164k.
8 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 CREATES US INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 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
ART CREATES US INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
51% 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 CREATES US INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 22% · 2018 29% · 2019 28% · 2020 34% · 2021 19% · 2022 32% · 2023 30% — 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
26% of ART CREATES US INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
ART CREATES US INC draws 50% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $946k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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 CREATES US INC's revenue grew 33% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding ART CREATES US INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $175k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$175k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ART CREATES US INC
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ART CREATES US INC?
- ART CREATES US INC (New York) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,412,662 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($452,500). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ART CREATES US INC have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $2,412,662 in grants to ART CREATES US INC, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ART CREATES US INC?
- THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $452,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ART CREATES US 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 48 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