New York · Nonprofit
DENNISTON HILL CORP
DENNISTON HILL CORP (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,640,815 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($950,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $651k
What Denniston Hill Corp does
Mission
To create a sustainable environment in which to pursue artistic development through residences, exhibitions,and education programs and foster dialogue across disciplines.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Artist residency program and related public programs for annual residency program. Each year we host 35-40 artists to spend 2-3 weeks at our 200- acre campus to create new work, build community, and experiment with new ideas. Artists receive a pro-rated stipend and are reimbursed for their travel. Public programs feature residency alumni as well as other artists and cultural producers. These exhibitions, talks, perfomances, seminars, and events contribute to the arts discourse and serve under- recognized artists and communities. All events are free to bolster our public engagement efforts as well as help raise public awareness of our work.
$281,270 spent$1,055,387 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $281,270.
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 2023 to 2024, from $117k to $884k (+655%).
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: 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of DENNISTON HILL CORP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% 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.
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.
Board chair
Julie Mehretu
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $30k → $39k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 DENNISTON HILL CORP’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
DENNISTON HILL CORP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 61% · 2019 77% · 2020 67% · 2021 67% · 2022 83% · 2023 70% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of DENNISTON HILL CORP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% 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
86% of DENNISTON HILL CORP'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. $126k 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
DENNISTON HILL CORP runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like DENNISTON HILL CORP
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
54% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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 DENNISTON HILL CORP: 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 DENNISTON HILL CORP?
- DENNISTON HILL CORP (New York) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,640,815 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($950,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DENNISTON HILL CORP have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,640,815 in grants to DENNISTON HILL CORP, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DENNISTON HILL CORP?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $950,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DENNISTON HILL CORP 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 15 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