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ARTS UNBOUND INC

ARTS UNBOUND INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,116 to it, the largest being Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ ($18,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2018
$584k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$46k
Net assets
$18k
3/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What Arts Unbound Inc does

Mission

Arts unbound is dedicated to the artistic achievement of people living with disabilities and to the continuing artistic enrichment of seniors. We provide visual arts education and professional development to help emerging artists compete on the retail market. By promoting the work of artists with disabilities and seniors, we center their art-making rather than any impairments and by doing so challenge the stigma associated with disability and aging.

As stated on its FY2018 Form 990.

Program

Classroom instruction

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($636k) Expenses 100 ($634k) Net assets 100 ($103k)2018 Revenue 92 ($584k) Expenses 106 ($669k) Net assets 17 ($18k)
20172018
Revenue (92)Expenses (106)Net assets (17)

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 $128k to $74k (−42%).

$128k
$74k
20172018
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.

$2k
’17
−$85k
’18
0.2
months of
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.

20172018
Listed1312
Joined·+2
No longer listed·3
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $5.

2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% 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 UNBOUND 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 UNBOUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

61% 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 UNBOUND INC.

39%
largest funder
82%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 49% · 2019 73% · 2020 100% · 2021 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.

How long its funders stay

0% of ARTS UNBOUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 38% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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 FY2021, 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

100% of ARTS UNBOUND INC's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

NJ
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $18k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like ARTS UNBOUND 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 Jersey

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

86% of spending goes to programs.

Program 86%Management 12%Fundraising 2%

Governance

12
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

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

NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds ARTS UNBOUND INC?
ARTS UNBOUND INC (New Jersey) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,116 to it, the largest being Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ ($18,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ARTS UNBOUND INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $46,116 in grants to ARTS UNBOUND INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ARTS UNBOUND INC?
Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Metrowest NJ is the largest funder on record, with $18,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ARTS UNBOUND INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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 FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 8 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