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COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,019,472 to it, the largest being THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST ($1,662,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$3.7M
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$2.0M
Net assets
$11M
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What College Art Association of America Inc does

Mission

The college art association (caa), as the preeminent international leadership organization in the visual arts, promotes these arts and their understanding through advocacy, intellectual engagement, and a commitment to the diversity of practices and practitioners.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Art bulletin: the art bulletin founded in 1913 is a quarterly dedicated to scholarly articles and reviews of books in all periods of art history. Four issues were mailed to approximately 3,200 members.

    $247,643 spent$249,133 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  2. Art journal: a quarterly founded in 1941 is a journal of articles and opinions that focus on art and other issues in arts of our time. Four issues were mailed to approximately 3,300 members.

    $245,166 spent$249,133 earned by the program
    9% of program spending

  3. Annual meeting: a meeting is held once a year for students, teachers, & scholars. They gather to disseminate information in the field of art and history. Over 2,700 attended this meeting.

    $819,705 spent$597,361 earned by the program
    31% of program spending

  4. Caa reviews

    $102,099 spent
    4% of program spending

  5. Other publications

    $55,716 spent
    2% of program spending

  6. Fellowships and grants

    $422,339 spentof which $191,832 as grants
    16% of program spending

  7. Newsletter

    $71,171 spent
    3% of program spending

  8. Career development actitivities

    $91,330 spent$315,852 earned by the program
    3% of program spending

  9. Member services

    $337,472 spent$346,657 earned by the program
    13% of program spending

  10. Other programs

    $121,606 spent
    5% of program spending

  11. Media, pr and communications

    $157,691 spent$54,443 earned by the program
    6% of program spending

The 11 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,671,938.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($4.4M) Expenses 100 ($4.8M) Net assets 100 ($9.0M)2018 Revenue 100 ($4.4M) Expenses 90 ($4.3M) Net assets 99 ($9.0M)2019 Revenue 93 ($4.1M) Expenses 84 ($4.0M) Net assets 104 ($9.4M)2020 Revenue 120 ($5.2M) Expenses 77 ($3.7M) Net assets 106 ($9.6M)2021 Revenue 95 ($4.2M) Expenses 68 ($3.3M) Net assets 134 ($12M)2022 Revenue 87 ($3.8M) Expenses 67 ($3.2M) Net assets 117 ($11M)2023 Revenue 64 ($2.8M) Expenses 68 ($3.3M) Net assets 123 ($11M)2024 Revenue 78 ($3.4M) Expenses 71 ($3.4M) Net assets 122 ($11M)2025 Revenue 85 ($3.7M) Expenses 75 ($3.6M) Net assets 119 ($11M)
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Revenue (85)Expenses (75)Net assets (119)Peer revenue range

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 $11M to $14M (+21%).

$11M
$10M
$11M
$11M
$14M
$12M
$13M
$13M
$12M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 1% · 2021 9% · 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

21% of COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$422k
’17
$57k
’18
$31k
’19
$1.5M
’20
$910k
’21
$598k
’22
−$464k
’23
−$28k
’24
$105k
’25
1.9
months of
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

Isimeme Omogbai

Executive director and CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed272927303131313434
Joined·+10+6+10+6+6+6+9+7
No longer listed·88756667
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $409k → $153k.

Funder
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'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
'25*
total
funders
2
1
1
3
3
4
3
5
2

2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 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

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

82%
largest funder
95%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 60% · 2021 95% · 2022 81% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.

“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

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.

IL
NY
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’18
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC's revenue fell 15% between 2017 and 2025.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve1.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 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

The American Federation of Arts Inc86%American Institute of Graphic Arts84%Cfa Society New York Inc84%Woodstock Artists Association Inc84%National Academy of Design84%Sva Alumni Society Inc83%National Guild for Community Arts Education Inc83%The Council for Canadian American Relations Inc83%

Nationally

The American Federation of Arts Inc86%American Academy of Arts & Sciences85%Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences85%American Institute of Graphic Arts84%Club Management Association of America84%Cfa Society New York Inc84%The Cleveland Institute of Art84%Florida Art Education Association Inc84%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 23%Fundraising 3%

Governance

25
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

86%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 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 COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC?
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,019,472 to it, the largest being THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST ($1,662,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,019,472 in grants to COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC?
THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,662,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 7 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