New York · Nonprofit
JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION
JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $688,243 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($100,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $688k
- Net assets
- $378k
What Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation does
Mission
An artistic/cultural organization to promote public appreciation of contemporary artistic dance performances and foster the development, research and presentation of new multi-disciplinary performance works.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
4a) jonah bokaer choreography jonah bokaer choreography has authored 67 original works, produced in 34 nations, 27 of the united states, and 292 cities - including 41 museum exhibitions worldwide since the program was founded in 2002. Program services in 2022 included a world premiere at fiaf, in collaboration with architect charles renfro, including live music by isang yun, a special collaboration with musicians jennifer & angela chun. Dancers of jonah bokaer choreography also became certified in d.e.l. (dance education laboratory), and arts education programming more than doubled. Tours and programs were also increased including premieres in hudson, ny; storrs, ct; miami, fl; plovdiv, bulgaria; jeddah, saudi arabia; and the muse d'orsay in paris, france.
$884,726 spent$74,948 earned by the program100% of program spending4b) chez bushwick studio chez bushwick, our first of many affordable artspaces (2002), is situated at 304 boerum street 23, in brooklyn's 34th district. The space remains consistently, sustainably dedicated to supporting the local dance community through highly subsidized rehearsal rentals starting at 8/hour, made possible by generous funding from: andrew w. Mellon foundation , ford foundation, new york state council for the arts & department of cultural affairs (dca) cultural development fund in 2022, 15 artists were offered 14-week residencies dedicated to fostering the creation, development, and performance of new work by both emerging and mid-career choreographers. Our organization, with peer panel selection,provides artists up to 100 hours of rehearsal space during off- peak hours 7-11am and 7pm-12am, monthly peer forums, feedback, and a presentation of the new work developed during the residency. This new work may be presented in any form, at any stage of progress at the final showing. Annual artists-in-residence are curated through an open application process, and final selections are chosen by an independent panel of industry professionals. Applications were assessed based…
4c) cpr - center for performance research cpr, our second of many affordable art spaces (2008), is situated at 361 manhattan avenue 1, in brooklyn's 34th district. The space remains consistently, sustainably dedicated to supporting the local dance community through highly subsidized rehearsal rentals, made possible by generous funding from: andrew w. Mellon foundation, new york state council for the arts, department of cultural affairs (dca) cultural development fund cpr was co-founded by jonah bokaer and john jasperse in 2008, and bokaer and jasperse's nonprofit organizations co-own 361 manhattan avenue 1. Also in brooklyn's 34th district, and down the street from chez bushwick, cpr's subsidized rental economics were designed by jonah bokaer, who served as its founding president, signatory, and generator of an annual spring benefit. An achievement of note includes the successful payoff of the mortgage in full for 361 manhattan avenue 1.
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $884,726.
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 2023 to 2024, from $563k to $822k (+46%).
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 4% · 2019 16% · 2020 3% · 2021 18% · 2022 49% · 2023 16% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
87% of JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 12 funders, grant income fell $138k → $81k.
3 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 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
JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
25% 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 JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 41% · 2019 46% · 2020 33% · 2021 14% · 2022 19% · 2023 19% — 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
35% of JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
87% of JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION'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. $120k 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.
Against its field
JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,136 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $30k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$30k
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 JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION
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
Public support
85%
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 JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION?
- JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $688,243 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($100,000). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $688,243 in grants to JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JONAH BOKAER ARTS FOUNDATION 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 35 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