New York · Nonprofit
CEC ARTSLINK INC
CEC ARTSLINK INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,427,606 to it, the largest being LASZLO BITO AND OLIVIA CARINO FDN INC ($1,300,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $520k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $149k
What Cec Artslink Inc does
Mission
Cec artslink promotes international communication and understanding through collaborative, innovative arts projects for mutual benefit. We support and produce programs that encourage the exchange of artists of all disciplines to share their practice and perspectives and build professional networks of support across the us and transnationally.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Artslink international fellowshipsartslink international fellowships advances the core mission through a three phase program comprised of phase one - online residencies which support up to 6 week residencies online hosted by us arts organizations for up to 10 artists and arts managers from eligible countries; phase two - fellows' in person residencies and follow up projects with their host organizations in the us; phase three - fellows' subsequent co-commissioned projects back in their home country with us collaborators.
$408,845 spentof which $63,642 as grants39% of program spendingArt prospect networkthis program advances our mission to develop cultural exchange in eurasia, and the united states. And is comprised of several discrete programs. Art prospect fellows are cultural practitioners and leaders from central asia, central europe and the caucasus who visit the us to learn first-hand about current artistic and arts management practices. The art prospect festivalof public art is held annually in one ofthe art prospect network countries and virtually online. The art prospect network was launched in 2017 in tbilisi, georgia and consists of 13 organizations and independent curators from 10 participating countries arts organizations. The network meets annually, hosted each year by one of the partner organizations, to plan public art events, artist exchange initiatives, and training initiatives in socially engaged art practices for artists and arts leaders from the partner countries.
$452,207 spent$18,958 earned by the program43% of program spendingWebsitecec artslink's website serves an important function in our transnational cultural outreach and advocacy. In addition to program descriptions, organizational history, and participant data, the video portal permits us to livestream events, and archive artists videos and projects. The artslink index is a searchable database of artists and organizations in our network. The website is also a vital source of information for all our international open calls for artists and cultural leaders.
$59,663 spent6% of program spendingThe artslink assemblythis annual gathering of transnational artists, arts organizations and colleagues, initiated in 2018, explores the role art and artists play in building and maintaining civil society. It offers cec artslink the opportunity to advocate our core mission - the social value of transnational cultural exchange - to a broad constituency of professionals, academics, and the public.
$120,262 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,040,977.
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 2022 to 2023, from $992k to $597k (−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: 2018 3% · 2019 7% · 2020 28% · 2021 7% · 2022 28% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of CEC ARTSLINK INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Simon Dove
Executive director
Board chair
Clyde E Rankin Iii
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $117k → $1.0M.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 CEC ARTSLINK 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
CEC ARTSLINK INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 71%; 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: 2017 85% · 2018 57% · 2019 58% · 2020 39% · 2021 31% · 2022 66% · 2023 38% — 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.
How long its funders stay
56% of CEC ARTSLINK INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
73% of CEC ARTSLINK 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. $935k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
CEC ARTSLINK INC's funding base is broadening — from 4 funders to 7 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,527 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding CEC ARTSLINK INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $89k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$65k
- Department of State$24k
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 CEC ARTSLINK 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.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Fund Cec Artlink Reg # 1057810291670 · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CEC ARTSLINK 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 CEC ARTSLINK INC?
- CEC ARTSLINK INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,427,606 to it, the largest being LASZLO BITO AND OLIVIA CARINO FDN INC ($1,300,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CEC ARTSLINK INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $4,427,606 in grants to CEC ARTSLINK INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CEC ARTSLINK INC?
- LASZLO BITO AND OLIVIA CARINO FDN INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CEC ARTSLINK 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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