Florida · Nonprofit
BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL
BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $782,844 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($505,088). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $271k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $783k
- Net assets
- $187k
What Bas Fisher Invitational does
Mission
Bfi is an artist-run space dedicated to creativity experimentation and discourse in contemporary art fostering community by offering support for artist projects and creating a bridge between miami and the international art world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Weird miami tours - programming that has artists lead groups on tours of artist work spaces historic sites points of interest locally owned businesses and natural sites to educate the public on unique aspects of south florida and to discover how and why art is made in miami.
$37,041 spent28% of program spendingNomadic miami - a site specific curatorial platform through which bfi presents exhibitions, experimental work, and public programming that looks at miami site-specifically. Since 2016, the curatorial focus of nomadic miami emphasizes projects that directly address environmental issues facing south florida, with educational support and actionable steps.
$71,437 spent54% of program spendingHeat exchange - "heat exchange: art & infrastructure from the tropics to the arctic" is a reciprocal residency program creating annual residencies in miami & norway for artists to explore, compare and contrast infrastructure in their respective regions as they look at environmental issues, the economy, artist's labor, indigeneity, spiritual practices, and other pressing issues. Miami artists share research through panel discussions, educational initiatves, site-specific projects that stem from the artists' residency experiences.
$23,812 spent18% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $132,290.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $82k to $280k (+240%).
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: 2020 22% · 2023 99% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% 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.
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
2018 → 2022: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $77k → $40k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL’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
BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
65% 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 BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 97% · 2019 83% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
65% of BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL'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 $278k that is directly attributable, 59% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $505k 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
BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $85k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$85k
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 BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL: 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 BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL?
- BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL (Florida) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $782,844 to it, the largest being THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC ($505,088). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $782,844 in grants to BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL?
- THE MIAMI FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $505,088 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BAS FISHER INVITATIONAL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 5 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing