New York · Nonprofit
HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC
HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,827,573 to it, the largest being THE HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION ($12,217,500). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 94
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Harlem School of the Arts Inc does
Mission
The harlem school of the art's mission is to empower and enrich young people and adults from the harlem and beyond through direct exposure to, and training in, the core disciplines of dance, music, theater and visual arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
1. Student services: during fy2025, student services continued to strengthen its operational infrastructure and student support systems, ensuring that families experienced a seamless and transparent enrollment process. Under the leadership of ann kim, senior director of education operations and partnerships, the department continued to refine data reporting systems, providing leadership and the board with regular updates on enrollment, tuition revenue, and financial aid utilization. The team also continued improvements to hsa's registration and financial aid systems, helping families navigate enrollment more easily while increasing operational efficiency. Student services expanded its support programming through workshops and resources for families and students, including college preparation guidance, financial literacy sessions, and informational events for hsa prep families. These improvements strengthened the school's ability to scale enrollment while maintaining a high level of service and responsiveness. 2. Programs & impact: in fy2025, harlem school of the arts expanded its reach significantly, serving well over 2,000 students across onsite and offsite programs and engaging…
$5,362,070 spentof which $542,192 as grants$1,610,751 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $5,362,070.
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 2019 to 2020, from $11M to $18M (+57%).
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 9% · 2018 6% · 2019 11% · 2020 2% · 2021 24% · 2022 17% · 2023 4% · 2024 3% · 2025 3%. 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 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
James C Horton
CEO & president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 23 funders to 33 funders, grant income rose $885k → $1.9M.
14 of 94 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 HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 94 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
HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 73%; 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 45% · 2018 67% · 2019 92% · 2020 43% · 2021 34% · 2022 23% · 2023 42% — 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
43% of HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 16 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $235k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$235k
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 HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 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.
In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 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 HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC?
- HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 94 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,827,573 to it, the largest being THE HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION ($12,217,500). 54 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 94 organizations giving $22,827,573 in grants to HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC, 54 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS INC?
- THE HERB ALPERT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $12,217,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HARLEM SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 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 94 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