Minnesota · Nonprofit
ART FROM THE INSIDE
ART FROM THE INSIDE (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,500 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $242k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $62k
- Net assets
- $48k
What Art From the Inside does
Mission
Art from the Inside takes a multi-faceted approach to giving a voice to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated artists. Art from the Inside creates the opportunity for incarcerated artists to have a visual voice through engaging community-centered exhibitions of their art. We host exhibits at a range of venues with the goal of making art accessible to anyone. We incorporate community discussions and educational opportunities at each exhibit. We provide economic empowerment for the artists we work with through the sale of original art and prints. We are committed to taking a community-centered approach that includes education advocacy for a successful transition back into the community as part of our scope. We support incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals through the arts by promoting personal transformation, community engagement, and public education about the criminal justice system through exhibiting art created by people incarcerated in our state, supporting returning
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
We implemented a 12 week art and wellness fellowhip program within correctional facilities, implementing structured programming in three correctional facilities. These programs integrate creative expression, healing-centered practices, and personal development, providing participants with tools for self-reflection, emotional wellness, and artistic expression. We introduced the Creative Pathways Fellowship, a structured program supporting formerly incarcerated artists through art and wellness practices, leadership development, and community building. This initiative strengthens pathways for returning artists to serve as leaders and cultural workers in their communities. In addition, we convened an inaugural Restorative Arts Summit, bringing together artists, community organizations, educators, and justice system stakeholders to build partnerships, share resources, and advance restorative, arts-based approaches to healing and reentry. These enhancements reflect our commitment to community-centered engagement, economic empowerment, and supporting successful reentry through the arts.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In 2025, Art from the Inside expanded its programming to deepen impact for both currently and formerly incarcerated artists. We launched a community-based exhibition series, Shifting Perspectives, hosted at a major public library, featuring artwork from incarcerated and returning artists alongside public programming, including artist-led workshops, a film screening of JUSTICE-REFORMED, and panel discussions focused on policy, reentry, and systems change.
$83,392 spent$9,308 earned by the program37% of program spendingThrough exhibitions, wellness programming, and community engagement, AFTI works to shift narratives around incarceration, cultivate compassion, and strengthen community belonging. AFTI piloted an art and wellness fellowship program in three correctional facilities: MCF-Stillwater, MCF-Shakopee, and MCF-Faribault. During the 12-week program, AFTI fellows learned to incorporate mindfulness techniques such as deep breathing, meditation and visualization exercises, and community singing. Fellows self-reported that these skills enhanced their emotional self-regulation, equipping them to manage their thoughts and responses, support improved decision-making and pro-social behavior.
$111,827 spent$115,048 earned by the program50% of program spendingWe introduced the Creative Pathways Fellowship, a structured program supporting formerly incarcerated artists through mentorship, leadership development, and paid opportunities to facilitate art and wellness programming. This initiative strengthens pathways for returning artists to serve as leaders in their communities.
$29,992 spent13% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $225,211.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 $71k to $57k (−20%).
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: 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of ART FROM THE INSIDE’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. 2 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 49% 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 FROM THE INSIDE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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 FROM THE INSIDE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% 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 FROM THE INSIDE.
“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
97% of ART FROM THE INSIDE's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 FROM THE INSIDE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like ART FROM THE INSIDE
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 Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ART FROM THE INSIDE: 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 FROM THE INSIDE?
- ART FROM THE INSIDE (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $61,500 to it, the largest being SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ART FROM THE INSIDE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $61,500 in grants to ART FROM THE INSIDE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ART FROM THE INSIDE?
- SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ART FROM THE INSIDE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 2023–2025), and the filings of 5 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