New York · Nonprofit
CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC
CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,448,613 to it, the largest being NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC ($928,253). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $191k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $67k
What Cuban Artists Fund Inc does
Mission
The cuban artists fund is committed to supporting artists of cuban ancestry and providing the public with programs aimed at creating broader appreciation for cuban arts and its global impact both historically and in today's society.the cuban artists fund supports artists by helping to identify resources and people to create networks for cuban artists, arts and culture groups, and cultural exchanges. The organization has a particular focus on presenting and nurturing artistic work by cuban artists in new york city.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Since 1998 the cuban artists fund (caf), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has supported artists of cuban ancestry in the u.s. And in cuba, as well as provided the public with programs aimed at creating broader appreciation for cuban arts and its global impact both historically and in today's society. Caf has been recognized as a leader in the cuba - united states cultural exchange sphere. Caf supports artists by organizing, funding, and promoting cuban artists, arts and cultural projects, and cultural exchanges that lead to meaningful dialogue and tangible projects. The cuban artists fund supports artists and arts projects in a variety of ways including: " technical assistance - for emerging artists, increasing their visibility or organizing a solo show can be overwhelming. Caf has assisted artists by aiding them in: logistical support for exhibitions and cultural exchanges, letters of invitation (facilitating travel), letters of recommendation (I.e. Scholarships, fellowships, and residencies), media engagement, travel/accommodations, translation, licensing rights, and organizing cultural exchange" grants to artists and art projects - caf is committed to assisting artists and…
$145,135 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $145,135.
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 2022 to 2023, from $14k to $58k (+313%).
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.
96% of CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC’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. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Carlos Pomares
Executive director
Board chair
Ben Rodriguez-Cubenas
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $85k → $198k.
1 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 CUBAN ARTISTS FUND 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
CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
65% 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 CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 55% · 2018 62% · 2019 74% · 2020 58% · 2021 59% · 2022 61% · 2023 55% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
100% of CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC'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. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin 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 CUBAN ARTISTS FUND 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.
Public support
26%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC?
- CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC (New York) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,448,613 to it, the largest being NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC ($928,253). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,448,613 in grants to CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CUBAN ARTISTS FUND INC?
- NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC is the largest funder on record, with $928,253 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CUBAN ARTISTS FUND 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.
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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 9 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