Rhode Island · Nonprofit
Motion State Arts
Motion State Arts (Rhode Island) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,366 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED ($11,750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $58k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $20k
What Motion State Arts does
Mission
Motion State Arts celebrates contemporary dance and movement-based art by incubating innovative ideas and present forward-thinking performances.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Our Dance Festival is a movement-based performance festival designed to introduce Rhode Island audiences to the latestin contemporary dance and dance film. This celebration of contemporary performance bring local and national artists together to sharetheir boundary-pushing creative explorations with a growing Rhode Island dance audience. 36 artists and 215 audience members benefited
$24,872 spentof which $17,290 as grants71% of program spendingScreenDance RoadShow is the only year-long traveling short dance film series in New England showcasing contemporary creative voices exploringchoreography for the camera. Each season, a diverse program of dance films from around the world are screened at 5-7 venues across New England. ScreenDance RoadShow takes the tranditionalfilm festival format on tour and into non-traditional film venues, explosing the films and filmmakers to new audiences. 14 artists and 160 audience members benefited
$1,767 spent5% of program spendingThe Fall Focus features performance and classes with regional dance superstars. 6 artists and 125 audience members benefited.0
$7,520 spent22% of program spendingClasses
$762 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $34,921.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $8k → $500.
From the IRS filings of Motion State Arts’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
Motion State Arts leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% 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
98% 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 Motion State Arts.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
Motion State Arts draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Motion State Arts runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Motion State Arts
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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Motion State Arts: 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 Motion State Arts?
- Motion State Arts (Rhode Island) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,366 to it, the largest being NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED ($11,750). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Motion State Arts have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $20,366 in grants to Motion State Arts.
- Who is the largest funder of Motion State Arts?
- NEW ENGLAND FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INCORPORATED is the largest funder on record, with $11,750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Motion State Arts find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 2025–2025), 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