VI · Nonprofit
CMCARTS INC
CMCARTS INC (VI) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,751 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC ($206,336). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $448k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $443k
- Net assets
- $139k
What Cmcarts Inc does
Mission
To preserve, promote, and exhibit the arts of the caribbean community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Arts for all - cmcarts is the only art museum in the usvi and was originally established to support youth by offering alternative forms of positive expression through art and culture. For 30 years, cmcarts has been a unifying force, bridging a wide range of multicultural backgrounds and bringing people of all ages together through the spirit of artistic exploration. The community's caribbean american identities are explored and shared through interpretive, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary exhibitions, workshops, classes and educational programs for all ages. Our programs provide a welcoming, inclusive and safe space to explore our culture and inspire all generations to express their experiences. Cmcarts engages over 26,000 visitors annually, offering free entry to ensure maximum inclusivity.
$193,274 spent47% of program spendingExhibitions - cmcarts' primary programming is education in the arts presented in beautiful rotating exhibitions that showcase artwork and immersive art installations created by artists, curators and creatives from the vi, the caribbean and the diaspora. Through exhibitions, cmcarts promotes and preserves the voice of the usvi.
Lifelong learning - cmcarts is the creative bridge in our community for students who do not have art or limited art access. A core program is the visiting artist-in-residence program that annually invites up to 7 artists through an application process, who provide impactful community engagement and art programming.
Museum store - the objective of the cmcarts museum store mirrors that of the museum itself, which is our mission statement, values and vision. The museum store supports caribbean artists, mostly from the virgin islands, by facilitating the sale of original artwork and handcrafted artisan goods. The store exposes an international audience to the culture and shares the voice of the people of the virgin islands.
$215,195 spent53% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $408,469.
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 2020 to 2021, from $281k to $385k (+37%).
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% · 2023 2% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of CMCARTS INC’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 7 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $3k → $89k.
5 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 90% 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 CMCARTS 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
CMCARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
98% 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 CMCARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 67% · 2022 84% · 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of CMCARTS INC's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 63% 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
90% of CMCARTS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $46k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside VI, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $397k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CMCARTS INC has grown faster than three-quarters 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 CMCARTS 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 VI
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 CMCARTS 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 CMCARTS INC?
- CMCARTS INC (VI) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $442,751 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC ($206,336). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 90% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CMCARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $442,751 in grants to CMCARTS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CMCARTS INC?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS INC is the largest funder on record, with $206,336 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CMCARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in VI. 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 8 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