New York · Nonprofit
BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC
BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($555,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $568k
What Black Trans Femmes in the Arts Inc does
Mission
To create spaces for the production and preservation of black trans art and culture by building community with black trans femme artists and providing them with the resources and support necessary to thrive
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Btfa productions executive produces new original projects and events created and led by black trans femme artists. Artist residencies provide studio space equipment and additional support and resources to early to mid career black trans femme artists. Btfa public programming presents black trans femme artists to the public through performances showcases exhibitions and other public events.
$1,073,868 spent$1,109,072 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,073,868.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $1.1M to $611k (−44%).
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.
100% of BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS 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. 1 of the last 2 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $183k.
3 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN 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
BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 66% — 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.
Where its funders are
92% of BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN 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. $81k 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
BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS 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 BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC?
- BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,450,500 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($555,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,450,500 in grants to BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN THE ARTS INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $555,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BLACK TRANS FEMMES IN 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2022–2024), and the filings of 13 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