New York · Nonprofit
GALLERY NORTH INC
GALLERY NORTH INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,298,755 to it, the largest being Night Heron Foundation ($1,066,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What Gallery North Inc does
Mission
Gallery north is a not-for-profit fine art gallery with a mission to present exhibitions of contemporary artists and crafts persons, to assist and encourage artists by bringing their work to the attention of the public, and to stimulate interest in the arts by presenting innovative, educational programs. Furthermore, gallery north is organized to support artists of the long island region, to offer exhibitions and programming for the enjoyment of citizens of the state of new york, to embrace the role of diversity in strengthening the arts, and to engage in lawful acts or activities for which not-for-profit corporations may be organized under new york not-for-profit corporation law.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In september, the organization presented the outdoor art show and music festival, a signature, annual event. This two-day event included over 95 artists and craftspeople from all over new york state and the east coast, as well as ten different musical performances. The event was free and open to the public and attracted over 8000 visitors to gallery north over two days.
$31,686 spent$62,608 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe organization provided classes and workshops in the studio at gallery north. These classes were in a variety of mediums, such as ceramics, watercolor, life drawing, encaustic, paper making, as well as silkscreen and other printmaking processes, done in house on a printing press. Hundreds of students of all ages benefitted from over forty monthly, weekly, or individual art classes, including our summer art education program for kids summer artventures which ran for eight weeks from july to august. The studio also offered its art abilities program from fall 2024 to spring 2025, a free art program for those in our community who live with a disability of any kind. In addition, the studio also continued to offer the carmela kolman fellowship.
$146,096 spent$192,119 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe organization hosted its annual wet paint festival saturday, june 7th and sunday, june 8th on the grounds of nassakeag elementary school and the merritt hawkins house, featuring over 50 local artists. Now in its 21st year, this annual, outdoor event provided the community with the unique opportunity to watch long island's plein air painters as they capture the area's natural beauty. This year, the festival included guided tours on art, nature, and the local history of setauket, as well as live music, food, and children's activities. The event was free and open to the public. All participants were then featured in an exhibition at gallery north.
$9,387 spent$4,365 earned by the program1% of program spendingThe organization held other special events for the benefit of the community, including the holiday gift bazaar in december. It was an indoor event held on saturday, december 6 to showcase the works of local, long island artists and makers, as an alternative to holiday shopping in malls and retail stores. Furthermore, gallery north visitors were entertained by 8 fine art exhibitions of the hundreds of the region's pre-eminent artists, including dan welden, kathleen massi, edward acosta, among many others. Each exhibitions was complemented by an opening reception and in-person programming. All exhibitions, receptions, and programs were free and open to the public.
$450,791 spent$61,985 earned by the program71% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $637,960.
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 $2.1M to $3.9M (+87%).
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 5% · 2018 24% · 2019 19% · 2020 5% · 2021 5% · 2022 13% · 2023 6% · 2024 4% · 2025 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of GALLERY NORTH INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Edward Puchner
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 11 funders, grant income rose $117k → $1.4M.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 GALLERY NORTH 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
GALLERY NORTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 66% · 2019 85% · 2020 57% · 2021 43% · 2022 48% · 2023 69% — 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
43% of GALLERY NORTH INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
GALLERY NORTH INC draws 57% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $466k 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
GALLERY NORTH INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
65%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds GALLERY NORTH INC?
- GALLERY NORTH INC (New York) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,298,755 to it, the largest being Night Heron Foundation ($1,066,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GALLERY NORTH INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $3,298,755 in grants to GALLERY NORTH INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GALLERY NORTH INC?
- Night Heron Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,066,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GALLERY NORTH 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 18 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