New York · Nonprofit
BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC
BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,463 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $23k
- Net assets
- $2k
What Big Apple Leadership Academy for the Arts Inc does
Mission
The primary exempt purpose of Big Apple Leadership Academy for the Arts is to provide youth arts education cultural enrichment and leadership development through highquality dance and music programming performance opportunities and exposure to postsecondary and professional pathways in the arts The organization focuses on expanding access to arts education and educational opportunities for Black and underserved communities by supporting artistic excellence discipline and career readiness
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The organization provides youth arts education leadership development and access to postsecondary and professional performing arts opportunities with a focus on serving Black and underserved communities Core programming includes dance and music instruction cultural enrichment performances uniforms and careerreadiness support for student artists During the reporting period the organization hosted and coordinated a largescale audition fair designed to expand access to higher education and advanced training opportunities in the performing arts The audition fair convened 17 visiting Historically Black College and University HBCU band directors and arts educators to evaluate and mentor participating students In support of this program the organization received a 25000 grant designated for the audition fair Program expenses included approximately 15000 for roundtrip airfare hotel accommodations ground transportation and meals for the visiting HBCU band directors ensuring equitable access and highquality engagement for student participants As a result of the organizations audition fair and related programming participating students collectively received over 39 million in cumulative…
$15,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants63% of program spendingThe organization coordinated and delivered Concrete Crankfest a cultural and educational arts program designed to expose youth participants and the broader community to collegiatelevel performing arts and leadership pathways The program featured live performances mentorship and engagement with Historically Black College and University HBCU marching band programs providing students with direct exposure to postsecondary arts opportunities and role models in the performing arts Concrete Crankfest was supported in part by a 25000 state grant designated for arts and cultural programming Of this amount approximately 9000 was used to cover programrelated travel and meals for two visiting HBCU marching bands that traveled to Brooklyn to participate in the event These costs included transportation and meals necessary to ensure equitable access and meaningful participation by the visiting institutions Through Concrete Crankfest youth participants gained exposure to advanced performance standards collegiate arts culture and leadership development opportunities The program strengthened pathways to higher education in the arts promoted cultural exchange and advanced the organizations mission…
$9,000 spent38% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $24,000.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $26k to $3k (−90%).
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: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
77% of BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $103.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 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
BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
36% 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 BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 97% · 2022 61% · 2023 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
100% of BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $463 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
BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC's revenue fell 67% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,482 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 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.
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC?
- BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,463 to it, the largest being THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC ($15,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $23,463 in grants to BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS INC?
- THE HOWARD GILMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $15,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BIG APPLE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS 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.
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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 2021–2025), and the filings of 3 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