New York · Nonprofit
GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS
GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS (New York) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,587,298 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($1,250,200). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 89
- Grants received
- $9.6M
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Grantmakers in the Arts does
Mission
Grantmakers in the Arts (gia) is a national network for private,public, and corporate arts funders and provides leadership and service that advances the use of philanthropic and governmental resources to support the growth of arts and culture.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Conference: Grantmakers in the Arts produces an annual national conference open to all staff and boards of trustees of arts funders. The conference offers 20 - 50 educational sessions on best practices, funding trends, current successful programs, and unique philanthropic challenges. Keynote speakers and artists provide inspirational and educational presentations. Held in a different city each year, sessions also extend to local arts venues for greater impact. The 2023 conference was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was our best-attended ever.
$1,061,395 spent$801,430 earned by the program58% of program spendingOther Programs: This program category includes research on support for individual artists; webinars and podcasts; research on philanthropic trends and issues; the National Capitalization Project; and publication of our online Reader. GIA provides educational content for arts funders through a daily changing newsfeed on itswebsite, on-line webinars open to members and later available to the general public; public podcasts, an online publication (the GIA Reader) featuring trends and relevant issues, online workshops on sound capitalization principles for non-profit arts groups and forums bringing funders together to discuss areas of concernfor the field of arts philanthropy. GIA also engaged in research in the areas of racial equity coding in arts funding and mission-based investing for arts & culture funders, and worked with a futurist consultant to explore how arts funding might be more equitable in a post-pandemic environment.
$646,881 spent$438,474 earned by the program35% of program spendingArts Education Funders Coalition: The Arts Education Funders Coalition (AEFC) consists of a national group of grantmakers and advocates who engage with GIA and our advocacy consultant Penn Hill Group to advance the role of the arts in federal public policy. Most recently, GIA worked with Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) on the development of the Arts Education for All Act, the broadest arts education policy bill ever introduced in Congress. GIA influenced the U.S. Department of Education to highlight the importance of equitable access to arts and culture when determining how to reopen schools.
$84,475 spent$45,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingOTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Racial Equity in Arts Funding: GIA, in conjunction with True North EDI, leads virtual racial equity in arts funding workshops with a national reach. In conjunction with Hillombo LLC, GIA has developed a racial equity in arts funding community of practice for arts and culture funders actively working to advance racial equity. A webinar available on the GIA website featires GIA and Race Forward discussing the creation and perpetuation of the racial hierarchy, and provides guidance on institutional strategies for diversity, inclusion, and equity. GIA staff attended racial equity facilitation training to enhance workshop offerings.
$38,000 spent$43,240 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,830,751.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $1.7M to $3.0M (+71%).
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: 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Edwin Torres
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 35 funders, grant income rose $306k → $1.5M.
10 of 89 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 89 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
GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 13% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 18% · 2019 17% · 2020 18% · 2021 12% · 2022 40% · 2023 17% — 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
48% of GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 54% 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
50% of GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS'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. $610k 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.
Government funding GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $39k on record.
- NJ$35k
- MA$4k
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 GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS: 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 GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS?
- GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS (New York) receives grants from 89 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,587,298 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($1,250,200). 48 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 89 organizations giving $9,587,298 in grants to GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS, 48 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,250,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GRANTMAKERS IN THE ARTS 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 89 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