California · Nonprofit
ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION
ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $30k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $-86926
What Arts of Fashion Foundation does
Mission
The Arts of Fashion Foundation is a san francisco based 501(c)(3) public non-profit organization that links academics and professionals. It is dedicated to fostering international cultural exchange through a variety of educational programs and events that promote critical thinking and advance the field of fashion amoung artists, designers, scholars and students. The foundation's primary focus is on the continuous support of creativity, the design process, and the arts associated with these fields.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
In the spring of 2023, the foundation received fashion design proposals from over 300 students representing 116 fashion institutions across 28 countries. Hosted at the asian art museum of san francisco, 50 projects showcasing creative and innovative potential were selected from this group. These projects compete for opportunities to win apprenticeships with renowned fashion houses and scholarships for creative programs to further their careers.on saturday, april 29th, the first-round jury committee of the international arts of fashion competition met to identify the 50 candidates in fashion and accessories, based on the students' 2d submissions. Judging criteria included coherence with the 2023 theme, inflexion, as well as originality, creativity, artful expressiveness, innovation, and craftsmanship.the arts of fashion contest is a year-long program aimed at facilitating exchanges amoung students, professors, and industry professionals. The goal is to recognize the most creative works and reward students with high potential by offering them opportunities to further their education and facilitate their careers. Awarded students receive the chance to participate in the arts of…
$28,305 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $28,305.
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 2017 to 2018, from $11k to $33k (+209%).
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.
54% of ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $10k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 OF FASHION FOUNDATION’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 OF FASHION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 OF FASHION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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 ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
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
ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION's revenue fell 66% between 2017 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,279 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION: 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 ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION?
- ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,000 to it, the largest being THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION ($30,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $31,000 in grants to ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION?
- THE SAN FRANCISCO 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 ARTS OF FASHION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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