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FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC

FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,634 to it, the largest being BOGER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2026
$421k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$376k
Net assets
$278k
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 16%
01What it does

What Fort Point Arts Community Inc does

Mission

The fort points art community builds cultural vibrancy in boston by cultivating an empowered community of artists, organizations and supporters.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Open studios

    $35,173 spent$5,800 earned by the program
    14% of program spending
  2. Art space

    $20,203 spent$34,352 earned by the program
    8% of program spending
  3. Art lending

    $26,049 spent$119,579 earned by the program
    10% of program spending
  4. Awf gallerypayrollvarious

    $173,601 spentof which $147,839 as grants$42,430 earned by the program
    68% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $255,026.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($126k) Expenses 100 ($175k) Net assets 100 ($64k)2020 Revenue 157 ($198k) Expenses 110 ($193k) Net assets 66 ($42k)2021 Revenue 254 ($320k) Expenses 151 ($264k) Net assets 312 ($201k)2022 Revenue 120 ($152k) Expenses 157 ($276k) Net assets 120 ($77k)2024 Revenue 404 ($510k) Expenses 182 ($320k) Net assets 308 ($198k)2025 Revenue 223 ($281k) Expenses 172 ($302k) Net assets 270 ($174k)2026 Revenue 334 ($421k) Expenses 181 ($318k) Net assets 431 ($278k)
2019202020212022202420252026
Revenue (334)Expenses (181)Net assets (431)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 $42k to $315k (+641%).

$65k
$42k
$315k
$177k
$306k
$265k
$368k
2019202020212022202420252026
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 21% · 2024 7% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

52% of FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,618 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$49k
’19
$5k
’20
$56k
’21
−$124k
’22
$190k
’24
−$21k
’25
$104k
’26
11
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.

2021202420252026
Listed8657
Joined··+3+2
No longer listed··40
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $78k → $12k.

4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY 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

FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

51% 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 FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC.

32%
largest funder
75%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 62% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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

17% of FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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 FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC's grant income comes from Massachusetts funders.

MA

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

’17
’18
’19
Massachusetts out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 630 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin25% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)19% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 630 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026

Organizations like FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY 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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

0
board members
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY 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 FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC?
FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC (Massachusetts) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $375,634 to it, the largest being BOGER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $375,634 in grants to FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC?
BOGER FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FORT POINT ARTS COMMUNITY INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2026 (financials across 2019–2026), and the filings of 8 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing