New York · Nonprofit
ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC
ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,101,085 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($899,130). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $371k
What Arts Services Initiative of Western New York Inc does
Mission
Arts services inc. (asi) empowers the region's artists and arts organizations with connections to funding, learning opportunities, and community access to the arts. We are a resource hub for the western new york arts and cultural sector.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scr (formerly dec regrant program) - asi administers community arts, arts education, and individual artist re-grants through the new york state council on the arts statewide community regrant (scr) program. This program includes designing and releasing a program application and manual, creating review panels to determine the successful applicants, and contracting with and monitoring of successful applicants.
$847,928 spentof which $784,500 as grants$70,090 earned by the program62% of program spendingThe arts access program connects western new yorkers receiving income-based public assistance to fifty plus partner locations who are all dedicated to making the arts accessible to everyone. Asi offers safe transportation to and from events upon request.
$77,708 spent6% of program spendingAsi is committed to the professional and organizational growth of western new york's artists and arts organizations, through our professional development series, we offer complimentary and interactive workshops with topics spanning budgeting, grant writing, marketing, governance and more. We are able to tailor seminars to any individual or group, regardless of the present challenges of one's organization or stage of one's career.
$60,057 spent4% of program spendingOther program services: programs to strengthen the cultural sector through capacity building, advocacy and collaboration with diverse services and support for artists and cultural organizations in the five county region of western new york.
$388,913 spent$5,456 earned by the program28% of program spendingChill sessions is a unique and welcoming gathering designed for artists and arts professionals to connect, share, and inspire. These relaxed events provide a supportive space for meaningful dialogue, creative exploration, and collaboration. Participants can engage with like-minded individuals, delve into topics that resonate with their passions, and forge connections that enrich their artistic journeys.
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,374,606.
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 2020 to 2021, from $485k to $751k (+55%).
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 58% · 2018 47% · 2019 45% · 2020 33% · 2021 13% · 2022 16% · 2023 19% · 2024 82%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Jennifer Swan-Kilpatrick
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $68k → $89k.
4 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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 SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
93% 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 SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 82% · 2020 99% · 2021 38% · 2022 68% · 2023 68% — 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
40% of ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
86% of ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC'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 $155k that is directly attributable, 77% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $946k 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 SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC has grown faster than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $87k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$87k
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 SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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
92% 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 ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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 ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC?
- ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,101,085 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC ($899,130). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $1,101,085 in grants to ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER BUFFALO INC is the largest funder on record, with $899,130 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARTS SERVICES INITIATIVE OF WESTERN NEW YORK 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.
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 17 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