New York · Nonprofit
KAMOINGE INCORPORATED
KAMOINGE INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $339k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $430k
- Net assets
- $127k
What Kamoinge Incorporated does
Mission
Kamoinge (the organization) is the longest-standing collective of photographers of african descent in america. For over sixty years, our mission has been to honor, document, and preserve the history, creativity, and lived experiences of people of african descent through photography. Founded in 1963 as a club for often-unseen photographers, kamoinge has evolved into a vibrant, inclusive collective that fosters artistic excellence, mentorship, and critical exchange. We welcome any photographer of african descent who shares our desire to support and elevate one another, reflecting the diversity of contemporary expression through the work of women, non-binary artists, filmmakers, sculptors, and authors. Our strength lies in a rigorous, intergenerational pedagogy rooted in critique and collaboration, producing work that challenges narratives and celebrates the humanity of black life. Our members are currently exhibited across the country, and we maintain partnerships with institutions such
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Organization fulfilled its obligations under its first phase mellon foundation award which built its photography archives furthering the organization's mission and purpose, and fulfilled a portion of its duties under the second phase mellon foundation award, with the remainder to be fulfilled in 2026.
$261,297 spentof which $39,250 as grants$333,333 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $261,297.
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 2024 to 2025, from $224k to $527k (+136%).
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: 2024 99%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of KAMOINGE INCORPORATED’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Eden Cowans
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KAMOINGE INCORPORATED’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
KAMOINGE INCORPORATED leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
“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.
Where its funders are
93% of KAMOINGE INCORPORATED's grant income comes from New York funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
KAMOINGE INCORPORATED holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KAMOINGE INCORPORATED
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
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 KAMOINGE INCORPORATED: 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 KAMOINGE INCORPORATED?
- KAMOINGE INCORPORATED (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $430,000 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($400,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KAMOINGE INCORPORATED have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $430,000 in grants to KAMOINGE INCORPORATED.
- Who is the largest funder of KAMOINGE INCORPORATED?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KAMOINGE INCORPORATED 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.
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 2 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