New York · Nonprofit
LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC
LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,040 to it, the largest being SARAH LONG AND DAVID SOLOMON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,040). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $138k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $70k
- Net assets
- $52k
What Living Arts Collaborative Inc does
Mission
Living Arts Collaborative, Inc. (LAC) aims to make the musical arts accessible and relevant to kindergarten through high school-age students, fosteringin them the appreciation of the musical arts and unleashing creativity, imagination, and innovation in all areas of their lives. Through interactiveworkshops and concerts, LAC uses music as a basis for social and emotional learning, understanding and integrating empathy, and cultivating toleranceand openness to new ideas. Using music to engage and entertain, the teaching artists of LAC connect their programs to the school curricula and meetNew York State education standards at all times. The values that LAC imparts to students are intrinsic to the musical arts, but are not always identifiedand consciously fostered in traditional musical arts education programs. With LAC's approach, students will gain technical and practical musicalproficiency, as well as a better sense of who they are as individuals in an ever-changing world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Spence school56 east 93rd streetnew york, ny 10128amount spent: $2,250.00number of students: 272grade: fourth gradelac artists: justin hines, percussion; zeynep alpan, violin; kirk knuffke, cornet; anna urrey, flutedescription: lac artists visited the 4th grade music classroom for sessions consisting of general instrument demonstration, collaboration with music teachers and students to incorporate their instruments into a specific piece from the choral concert repertoire. Following this initial visit were a rehearsal, a dress rehearsal and a performance.
$2,250 spent3% of program spendingCentral valley central school district111 frederick street, ilion, ny 13357herkimer county, new yorkamount spent: $25,969.88number of students: 2184grades: 5-12lac artists: briana sheriff, voice; steven herring, voice; luc cheng, piano; justin hines, percussion; zeynep alpan, violin; zachary hann, saxophonedescription: lac artists conducted 47 intensive workshops over a five day residency, for students in band, choir, orchestra, and music theory. There was also an evening concert which included student and school music teacher performances, accompanied by the lac artists. Additionally, lac presented seven full student body assembly performances.curriculum focus by grade: (5) managing emotions, developing empathy, the power of positive movement, bravery and strength; (6-12) recognition of female composers, contributions of women, how women are actively changing the future of music, music and activism.
$25,970 spent36% of program spendingLittle falls city school district15 petrie streetlittle falls, ny 13365amount spent: $22,717.62number of students: 922grades: kindergarten-12lac artists: malaika alvaro, voice; steven herring, voice; silvie cheng, piano; justin hines, percussion; keve wilson, oboe; daniel linden, trombonedescription: lac artists conducted 23 intensive workshops over a four day residency, for students in band, choir, orchestra, and music theory. Additionally, lac presented four full student body assembly performances.curriculum focus by grade: (k-2) call and response, improvisation, cultural diversity, how songs are made; (3-5) managing emotions, developing empathy, the power of positive movement, bravery and strength; (6-12) recognition of female composers, contributions of women, how women are actively changing the future of music, music and activism.
$22,718 spent31% of program spendingLowville academy and central school district7668 north state streetlowville, ny 13367amount spent: $15,675.33number of students: 654grades: 6-12lac artists: briana sheriff, voice; steven herring, voice; nathan dame, piano; david stevens, percussion; kirk knuffke, cornet; zachary hann, saxophonedescription: lac artists conducted 21 intensive workshops over a three day residency, for students in band, choir, orchestra, and music theory. Additionally, lac presented two full student body assembly performances.curriculum focus by grade: (6-12) recognition of female composers, contributions of women, how women are actively changing the future of music, music and activism.
$15,675 spent22% of program spendingP.s. 51 - the elias howe school525 west 44th streetnew york, ny 10036amount spent: $3,626.00number of students: 442grades: prekindergarten-5lac artists: briana sheriff, voice; steven herring, voice; james sheppard, piano; justin hines, percussion; keve wilson, oboe; zachary hann, saxophonedescription: lac artists conducted one intensive workshop during a one day residency, for students in band, choir, orchestra, and music theory. Additionally, lac presented two full student body assembly performances.curriculum focus by grade: (pre-k-2) call and response, improvisation, cultural diversity, how songs are made; (3-5) managing emotions, developing empathy, the power of positive movement, bravery and strength.
$3,626 spent5% of program spendingP.s. 199 school270 west 70th streetnew york, ny 10023amount spent: $2,330.00number of students: 600grades: kindergarten-2lac artists: malaika alvaro,voice; steven herring, voice; justin hines, drums; james sheppard, piano; dan linden, trombone; lynn ligammari, saxophonedescription: lac artists conducted one full student body assembly performance during a one day residency.curriculum focus by grade: (k-2) call and response, improvisation, cultural diversity, how songs are made.
$2,330 spent3% of program spendingTompkins square library branch (ny public library)331 east 10th streetnew york, ny 10009amount spent: $200.0030 attendees, open and free to the general publicages 18 to senior citizenlac artists: justin jay hines, percussion and narration, kirk knuffke, cornetdescription: interactive workshop and performance of alan ginsbergs epic poem howl.curriculum focus: connecting current events to ginsbergs 1950s political culture.
$200 spent0% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,769.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $10k to $45k (+333%).
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.
44% of LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Beata Moon
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
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 LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC’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
LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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
86% of LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC'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
LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC runs a healthier operating margin 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
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In New York
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Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC?
- LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,040 to it, the largest being SARAH LONG AND DAVID SOLOMON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($30,040). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $70,040 in grants to LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC?
- SARAH LONG AND DAVID SOLOMON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,040 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIVING ARTS COLLABORATIVE 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 2022–2025), and the filings of 3 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