Connecticut · Nonprofit
MOCA CT INC
MOCA CT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,491,948 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,647,753). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $3.1M
What Moca Ct Inc does
Mission
Moca ct is a destination for contemporary visual arts exhibitions, music performances, and comprehensive arts education. Our mission is to build a deeper understanding of, and passion for, the arts by presenting thought provoking and relevant arts experiences. By sharing a diversity of genres and perspectives, moca westport strives to positively impact the community, and to connect and captivate the local, national, and international audiences that we serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Visual arts:moca ct presents the art of today to build a dialogue, to affect our perceptions and beliefs, and to create transformative experiences. From local to national to international artists, our exhibitions and supporting programming both reflect and critically examine our society (our world).moca ct serves the region with special exhibitions of exceptional art from artists around the world, in addition to providing regional artists an important opportunity to be reviewed and juried into an annual summer exhibition highlighting the exceptional talent of the area. The center's exhibitions are designed to inspire passion and discovery and to build appreciation for the arts. Visual arts programs are created to offer a platform for dialogue, create conversation and to have a positive impact on the community. Entrance to the center is free and open to the public. Membership to the center is offered to individuals, families, partner organizations and sponsors. Through our guest curator program, the center works to bring the vision of the notable curators, art historian, gallerists, and critics to create original exhibitions on contemporary themes and subject matter that engages a…
$593,342 spent$12,706 earned by the program58% of program spendingEducation and outreach:moca ct offers contemporary and innovative classes for youth, teens and adults, providing opportunities to learn and be inspired by the arts-for all ages and skills levels. Offerings include after school classes, vacation day classes, weekend workshops, family art days, and continuing education at local elementary schools. In partnership with the town of westport's department of human services, the center offers needs-based scholarships to its summer camp programs for school-age children and a scholarship to an outbound high school senior pursuing an arts-based college program. Through the moca gives back program, the center also provides dynamic arts experiences to underserved school-aged children regardless of economic, social or geographic circumstances. Our outreach program, moca ct gives back provides art education for people living with disabilities (through the star, inc. Lighting the way program), veterans, senior citizens, and cancer patient communities. Funding for outreach programs is secured through grants and corporate sponsorships.
$237,593 spent$157,543 earned by the program23% of program spendingPerforming arts / music:moca ct recognizes the value of performing arts in our lives, and strives to present diversity of genres and performers to build community, provide entertainment, expose audiences to new experiences, and to create opportunities for emerging artists (heida).concert series - our annual concerts feature both internationally renowned talent and local rising performers and are curated by an established concert series director. Concert attendees experience exceptional performances at the center and can also be involved in related partner organization events (eg master classes). A portion of program expenses is paid for through media and individual sponsorships.
$190,811 spent$37,465 earned by the program19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,021,746.
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 $2.5M to $5.9M (+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: 2017 2% · 2018 3% · 2021 11% · 2022 28% · 2023 5% · 2024 2% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of MOCA CT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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 7 funders to 19 funders, grant income rose $85k → $1.5M.
10 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% 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 MOCA CT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
MOCA CT INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
90% 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 MOCA CT INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 87% · 2019 61% · 2020 77% · 2021 53% · 2022 65% · 2023 88% — growing more concentrated.
“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 MOCA CT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
86% of MOCA CT INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $479k that is directly attributable, 65% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
MOCA CT INC's revenue grew 53% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MOCA CT 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Moca Westport Holdings LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MOCA CT INC?
- MOCA CT INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,491,948 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,647,753). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MOCA CT INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $3,491,948 in grants to MOCA CT INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOCA CT INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,647,753 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOCA CT INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 43 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