New York · Nonprofit
COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC
COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $230,500 to it, the largest being AMERICAN APPAREL & FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION ($180,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $231k
- Net assets
- $-5234442
What Council of Fashion Designers of America Inc does
Mission
To further the position of fashion design as a recognized branch of american art & culture, to advance artistic, ethical and professional standards, and to promote and improve public understanding and appreciation of the fashion arts through group leadership in quality and taste.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Membership:designer membership dues for the purpose of furter positioning fashion design as a recognized branch of american art and culture. As well as strategic partnerships with corporate members for the purpose of creating meaningful business driven benefits for cfda members.
Market weeks:a subscription and listing service for the purpose of scheduling and promoting fashion industry events.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 $3.0M to $2.2M (−29%).
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.
39% of COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 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
Steven Kolb
CEO
Board chair
Thom Browne
Board chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $37k → $69k.
From the IRS filings of COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS 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
COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
89% 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 COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 3 states in all.
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
COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS 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
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Cfda Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS 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 COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC?
- COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $230,500 to it, the largest being AMERICAN APPAREL & FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION ($180,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $230,500 in grants to COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS OF AMERICA INC?
- AMERICAN APPAREL & FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $180,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL OF FASHION DESIGNERS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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