Indiana · Nonprofit
Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc
Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,231,835 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($1,157,570). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $298k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $301k
What Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc does
Mission
The asante art institute is an organiztion that uses the traditions of
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The sankofa paradigm is a trauma-informed healing centered therapeutic theatre program for girls ages 8-18. The sankofa paradigm draws on techniques employed through urban improv and therapeutic theatre to help girls process trauma resulting from adverse childhood experiences, including the underlying generational trauma resulting from societal systems. These techniques will help girls achieve positive emotional health by discovering how the past impacts the present and equips girls with the life skills to positively impact their futures. Girls will gain the confidence necessary to transform harmful public narratives to build positive identity.
$113,372 spent$70,743 earned by the program42% of program spendingPrep4life is a customizable curriculum designed to introduce young artists 6-12 year old to the world of performance art such as acting, singing, movement to music and storytelling. They learn the fundamentals and build competence and confidence. They work in groups and learn how to respect themselves, their family and community. They develop the necessary skills to help them succeed in school and at home. Prep4life is a year long initiative. During the in-school months we serve about 150 youths who meet for 2 hours a week over the course of 8-12 wks. At the end of the course, they have the opportunity to demonstrate to themselves and others what skills they have mastered.
$106,544 spent$23,880 earned by the program39% of program spendingPrep upper class is a customable curriculum designed for youth 12-18 yrs old.it incorporates storytelling, acting and content creation in a practical and hands on setting. The focus is on writing, creating and curating content for diverse social media platforms. The goal is to share social issues from the view of teens, build relationships and performances. Class size is 15 to allow for more 1 on 1 coaching. Students attend class twice for 2hrs across 8-12 weeks.
$50,915 spent19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $270,831.
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 2023 to 2024, from $758k to $454k (−40%).
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: 2022 17% · 2023 12% · 2024 20% · 2025 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis 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. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $59k → $787k.
3 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis 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
Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
50% 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 Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 62% · 2019 95% · 2020 49% · 2021 37% · 2022 26% · 2023 87% — growing more concentrated.
“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
78% of Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
98% of Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc's grant income comes from Indiana funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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.
Against its field
Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis 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 Indiana
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
54% 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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis 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 Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc?
- Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc (Indiana) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,231,835 to it, the largest being Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc ($1,157,570). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $3,231,835 in grants to Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc?
- Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,157,570 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Indiana. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 14 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