New York · Nonprofit
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,023,036 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($289,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $390k
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $110k
What Artists in Residence Inc does
Mission
Support an open exchange of ideas and risk-taking by women and non-binary artists in order to provide support and visibility. As an artist-run organization, artists in residence fosters involvement through multiple tiers of representation: new york, national, adjunct, and alumnae artists. A self-directed governing body, the organization is alternative to mainstream institutions and thrives on the network of active participants. Collaborations and partnerships with outside organizations and individuals ensure a platform informed by a diverse community and representative of broad views.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The a.I.r. Fellowship program for emerging and underrepresented women and non-binary artists annually awards six local visual artists with their first solo exhibition in new york city and 12 months of professional development, mentorship, and curatorial support.
$92,725 spent25% of program spendingThe a.I.r. Exhibitions program annually presents 20-25 solo and curated group exhibitions by women and non-binary contemporary visual artists across a range of disciplines and media. A.I.r. Exhibitions are free and open to the public year-round.
$79,034 spent$71,837 earned by the program21% of program spendingThe a.I.r. Commissioning program for mid-career and underrepresented women and non-binary artists biannually provides three local visual artists with financial and curatorial support toward the creation of new work to be debuted in a solo exhibition at a.I.r.
$72,247 spent20% of program spendingSpecial projects, including the a.I.r. Biennial open call exhibition, annual postcard show, a nyc residency for mid career french women artists, and fiscal sponsorship of mission-aligned, artist driven projects.
$124,222 spentof which $70,087 as grants$7,150 earned by the program34% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $368,228.
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.
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 $238k to $721k (+203%).
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 9% · 2019 7% · 2020 23% · 2021 39% · 2022 23% · 2023 27% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Christian Camacho-Light
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $10k → $227k.
3 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 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.
How concentrated its funding is
ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 65% · 2019 34% · 2020 37% · 2021 38% · 2022 32% · 2023 22% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
87% of ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC'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. $176k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Government funding ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $155k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$105k
- Department of State$50k
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 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC: 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 ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC?
- ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC (New York) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,023,036 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($289,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,023,036 in grants to ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $289,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 27 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