New York · Nonprofit
CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD
CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,859,681 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($565,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $123k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $391k
What Childrens Arts Guild does
Mission
The Children's Arts Guild helps children transcend limiting expectations and explore and develop their authentic selves.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2024, the Guild focused on expanding access to our authenticity-focused programming by creating a book based on our "Authenticity in the Classroom" Professional Development Program. "For Real: Helping Children Remain Their Authentic Selves in a Limiting World," synthesizes the interactive approach of the program and its tools for an audience of educators, parents, and health professionals.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In 2024, the Guild focused on expanding access to our authenticity-focused programming by creating a book based on our "Authenticity in the Classroom" Professional Development Program. "For Real: Helping Children Remain Their Authentic Selves in a Limiting World," synthesizes the interactive approach of the program and its tools for an audience of educators, parents, and health professionals.
$55,000 spent$75,000 earned by the program43% of program spending"Authenticity in the Classroom" Professional Development Program: In 2024, the Guild continued to focus on professional-development programs for educators in New York City and the tri-state area. We offer "Authenticity in the Classroom" courses in partnership with the After School Professional Development Program (ASPDP) of the NYC DOE and as independent professional-development opportunities for educators and school communities who are looking to deepen their practice. In total, in 2024, 120 educators, who taught over 6,000 students, participated in nearly 450 hours of Authenticity in the Classroom programming.
$50,000 spent$21,750 earned by the program39% of program spendingGeneral Program: In 2024, we continued to offer a small number of philanthropically-funded programs to NYC DOE schools.
$23,101 spent$7,500 earned by the program18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $128,101.
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 2017 to 2018, from $135k to $347k (+157%).
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: 2017 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 14% · 2021 15% · 2022 24% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Alexander Kopelman
Founding President and CEO
Board chair
Glynna Christian
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $73k → $184k.
4 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD’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 GUILD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 73%; 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 68% · 2018 35% · 2019 32% · 2020 29% · 2021 26% · 2022 27% · 2023 35% — 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
88% of CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 82% 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
CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $181k 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
CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD
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
48% 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 13 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD: 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 GUILD?
- CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD (New York) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,859,681 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($565,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,859,681 in grants to CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $565,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHILDRENS ARTS GUILD 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 11 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