Wisconsin · Nonprofit
ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC
ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $910,892 to it, the largest being PLEASANT T ROWLAND FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $977k
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $911k
- Net assets
- $2.2M
What Arts & Literature Laboratory Inc does
Mission
Arts & literature laboratory (all) is a community-driven contemporary arts center supporting the visual, literary, and performing arts through an active calendar of exhibitions, readings, concerts, and educational programs. The organization brings together resources, people, and space to empower artists and writers to take risks that transcend formal and conceptual boundaries. The organization's programs foster critical and imaginative dialogue towards equitable social transformation actively challenging audiences while prioritizing accessibility and community responsiveness.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024, all's education programs empowered lifelong creativity for over 800 individuals spanning youth, adults, and seniors through inclusive, high-quality arts education. Throughout the year, 43 teaching artists led 60 classes and workshops, engaging 384 youth and 430 adults and seniors in a wide range of creative disciplines. Our 10-week youth summer arts camp served 238 individual students and featured 23 dynamic camps taught by 19 artists, with 25% of enrollment reserved for students receiving full or partial financial aid, ensuring access for families facing economic barriers. In addition to year-round education programming including poetry workshops, visual arts classes, and intergenerational learning opportunities we hosted the business of art conference, equipping 150 artists with essential professional development in legal, financial, and marketing skills to sustain their creative careers. With a commitment to equity and accessibility, all continues to nurture creativity, build community, and invest in the next generation of artists and cultural leaders.
$235,421 spent$131,453 earned by the program37% of program spendingIn 2024, all enriched our community with 70 music performances featuring 239 musicians from emerging local talent and student performers to internationally musicians reaching an audience of over 20,000 people. To ensure broad access to high-quality music, 33 of these concerts were offered free of charge, removing financial barriers and expanding community exposure to jazz, classical, and experimental music. Beyond music, all continues to champion a diverse performing arts ecosystem through presentations of theater, dance, and performance art, fostering a vibrant and inclusive cultural landscape.
$157,693 spent$20,112 earned by the program25% of program spendingIn the past year, all strengthened the local literary landscape through 26 public literary arts events, showcasing the voices of 242 writers and engaging over 1,100 community members. We honored wisconsin talent with eight literary awards celebrating excellence in writing and deepened our commitment to nurturing writers at every stage through over 100 hours of community writing sessions, serving 90 emerging and established authors and expanding our small press library. These programs foster access, amplify underrepresented voices, and ensure that storytelling remains a vital force in our cultural and civic life.
$98,672 spent$40,597 earned by the program16% of program spendingAll proudly presented 25 exhibitions across our five galleries and throughout the community, amplifying the voices and visions of 256 artists primarily from historically marginalized communities, including bipoc, lgbtq+, women, and artists with disabilities. We celebrated indigenous creativity through our native art markets, featuring the work of 28 artists from tribes across wisconsin. Additionally, we hosted 14 powerful film screenings showcasing the work of 71 filmmakers from around the globe. In total, these vibrant and inclusive programs reached and inspired an audience of over 6,000 visitors, affirming our commitment to equity, artistic excellence, and community connection.
$139,877 spent$6,447 earned by the program22% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $631,663.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $54k to $1.3M (+2330%).
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: 2019 6% · 2020 50% · 2021 2% · 2022 26% · 2023 12% · 2024 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC’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 6 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
Mrill Ingram
Co-chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $5k → $101k.
3 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY 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
ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
40% 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 ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 92% · 2020 49% · 2021 53% · 2022 24% · 2023 49% — 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
67% of ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY 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
68% of ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC's grant income comes from Wisconsin funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $267k 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.
Against its field
ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $100k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$100k
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 ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY 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 Wisconsin
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
88%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC?
- ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC (Wisconsin) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $910,892 to it, the largest being PLEASANT T ROWLAND FOUNDATION INC ($250,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $910,892 in grants to ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC?
- PLEASANT T ROWLAND FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTS & LITERATURE LABORATORY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Wisconsin. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 18 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