New York · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,000 to it, the largest being ALTMAN FOUNDATION ($155,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $119k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $165k
- Net assets
- $58k
What Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance Inc does
Mission
Downtown Brooklyn Arts Alliance (DBAA) was founded to connect Downtown Brooklyn cultural organizations to enable collaboration, share information, facilitate joint advocacy, and to discuss and address issues affecting artist communities and cultural organizations in Downtown Brooklyn
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Support Downtown Brooklyn's arts and cultural organizations through educational and other programming, including professional development and collaborative activities.
$57,822 spentof which $57,822 as grants67% of program spendingShare the story of the economic and social impact of Downtown Brooklyn's artistic and cultural organizations, earning deeper appreciation for those groups and a seat at the table at key local planning meetings.
$28,911 spentof which $28,911 as grants33% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $86,733.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $71k to $58k (−18%).
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.
100% of DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE 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. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Beth Allen
Executive Director
Board chair
Terry Greiss
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $25k → $40k.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE 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
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 83% · 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
100% of DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE 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. 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
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC has grown faster than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE 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 DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC?
- DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $165,000 to it, the largest being ALTMAN FOUNDATION ($155,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $165,000 in grants to DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE INC?
- ALTMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN ARTS ALLIANCE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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