New York · Nonprofit
CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL
CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $179,900 to it, the largest being WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($153,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $264k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $180k
- Net assets
- $645k
What Childrens Arts Carnival does
Mission
Through the visual and communications arts, our mission is to empower Harlem community members to engage in the arts actively, to support and provide facilities resources, and opportunities for Harlem's artists, and as a center for the arts, serve as a catalyst for equitable cultural development and artistic expression to enrich the community we serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibition program- exhibition of visual arts work by local by local and area artists that are open to the community. Cac ofers 3-4 exhibitions per year along with related programming such as artists talks, panel discussions and related film screenings
$50,380 spent49% of program spendingSpecial projects- special projects are comprised largely of partnership programs that feature collaborations between cac and local community based organizations, businesses, and other arts/cultural organizations. Special projecs are intended to expand audiences, provide new opportunites for local artists, and a forum for cultural exchange and creative expression
$27,627 spent27% of program spendingCommunity arts workshops- ongoing series of participatory art workshops reaching young people and their families, and community members of all ages. Activities are offered in several disciplines including watercolor painting, collage, printmaking and photography. The workshops are offered at low and affordable rates for community members.
$25,405 spent25% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $103,412.
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 2023 to 2024, from $717k to $620k (−14%).
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: 2024 0% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL’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 5 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 2 funders, grant income rose $34k → $34k.
From the IRS filings of CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL’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
CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 96% · 2022 67% · 2023 72% — 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
96% of CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL'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. 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
CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL has grown faster than three-quarters 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 CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL
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
60% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL: 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 CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL?
- CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $179,900 to it, the largest being WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ($153,300). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $179,900 in grants to CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL?
- WEST HARLEM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $153,300 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDRENS ARTS CARNIVAL 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 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing