New York · Nonprofit
LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC
LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,616,142 to it, the largest being EXPANDED SCHOOLS INC ($1,397,660). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.3M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $2.6M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program Inc does
Mission
Learning through an expanded arts program, inc's (leap) mission is to provide educational arts programs to promote access and equity for new york city students underserved in the arts. We inspire diverse school communities to love learning and build their creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Afterschool programs: during the fiscal year 2025 leap ran 18 comprehensive after school programs and 8 summer rising programs in new york city serving about 2200 elementary and middle school students. Leaps' after school programs ran five days a week, 3 hours a day throughout the school year. Comprehensive after school programs include a variety of clubs and activities for students ranging from arts to sports to entrepreneurship.the revenue listed above does not include the government grants supporting the afterschool programs from the dept. Of youth & community development of $6,217,096, the nys council of the arts of $49,500, the nys assembly of $50,000 and national endowment for the arts of $40,000.
$5,770,893 spent$413,415 earned by the program79% of program spendingDuring fiscal year 2025 leap partnered with 93 new york city school systems to deliver arts residency programs to about 16,000 students in grades pre-k -12. These programs were offered in-person during the school day and after school in partnership with classroom teachers and support staff. Programs vary in schedule and duration offering 10 to over 30 hours of instructional sessions either once or twice per week. All programs are facilitated by trained professional teaching artists in various disciplines including dance, theatre, music, visual arts, and new media arts, and culminated in a celebratory event that includes a performance or showcase of student work.the revenue listed above does not include the government grants supporting arts residencies programs from the department of cultural affairs of $120,000 and the new york city grants of $148,335.
$1,508,220 spent$1,163,012 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,279,113.
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 $3.0M to $4.4M (+47%).
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 54% · 2018 52% · 2019 53% · 2020 65% · 2021 69% · 2022 57% · 2023 69% · 2024 69% · 2025 78%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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
Richard Souto
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $250k → $219k.
11 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC’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
LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% 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 LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 72% · 2019 57% · 2020 44% · 2021 47% · 2022 48% · 2023 56% — 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
47% of LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM 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
84% of LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC'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. $417k 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.
Against its field
LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $165k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$165k
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 LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM 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
87% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC?
- LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC (New York) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,616,142 to it, the largest being EXPANDED SCHOOLS INC ($1,397,660). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $2,616,142 in grants to LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM INC?
- EXPANDED SCHOOLS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,397,660 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEARNING THROUGH AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM 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 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