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FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,263,236 to it, the largest being FLORENCE GOULD FOUNDATION ($5,150,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $15M
- Funders on record
- 61
- Grants received
- $9.3M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What French Institute - Alliance Francaise does
Mission
To provide french language classes and present francophone cultural and arts programming.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Language center - the organization operates a language center that provides french classes for students starting from 1-year old toddlers to adults, in its headquarters in manhattan, in its branch in montclair, new jersey, and online. The regular schedule of group classes runs at least 40 weeks a year; it is complemented with more flexible options such as private or corporate classes options. Additionally, the organization operates licensed preschools with two classrooms in manhattan and two classrooms in montclair.
$6,959,440 spent$5,531,754 earned by the program58% of program spendingEvent management/rental - these are multi-purpose facilities used for presenting dance theatre productions, music and films, as well as events serving a wide range of industries.
$1,339,001 spent$1,169,515 earned by the program11% of program spendingProgramming/ticket sales - the programming department produces visual arts exhibits, performing arts presentations (dance/ theater/ music) and film screenings related to french and francophone culture.
$3,033,127 spent$318,687 earned by the program25% of program spendingMembership fees - the organization offers french language and culture enriching experiences.
$293,185 spent$268,908 earned by the program2% of program spendingLibrary services - the organization maintains a sizeable library collection of french language books and offers literary events for its community.
$330,169 spent3% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $11,954,922.
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 2021 to 2022, from $25M to $29M (+15%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 3% · 2022 7% · 2023 14% · 2024 1% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 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
Anne Busquet
Trustee - chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 19 funders, grant income fell $511k → $408k.
10 of 61 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 61 funders by total. 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
FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 70%; 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 74% · 2018 36% · 2019 22% · 2020 40% · 2021 28% · 2022 96% · 2023 22% — diversifying over time.
“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
22% of FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
95% of FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE'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. $868k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $9.3M to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$40k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 22 East 60 LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE?
- FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE (New York) receives grants from 61 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,263,236 to it, the largest being FLORENCE GOULD FOUNDATION ($5,150,000). 30 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE have?
- IRS filings report 61 organizations giving $9,263,236 in grants to FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, 30 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE?
- FLORENCE GOULD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $5,150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRENCH INSTITUTE - ALLIANCE FRANCAISE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 61 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