Florida · Nonprofit
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC (Florida) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,991,786 to it, the largest being ARISON ARTS FOUNDATION ($31,467,561). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 66
- Grants received
- $38M
- Net assets
- $65M
What National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Inc does
Mission
The mission of the national foundation for advancement in the arts, inc. Dba youngarts is to identify exceptional young artists, amplify their potential and invest in their lifelong creative freedom.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Nfaa is the only national organization that champions artists throughout their lifetimes and across all art forms, fueling the ongoing vitality of the arts nationwide. It identifies exceptional young artists in the literary, visual and performing arts through an annual competition that now welcomes 13,000 applicants annually and provides the winners with a lifetime of creative and professional support. In fy2025, 785 new award winners from across the united states joined the youngarts community, and we engaged more than 3,000 artists through year-round programming. Through the competition and other programs, youngarts distributed nearly $3m to artists in awarded funds or fees for service.
$4,505,836 spentof which $761,250 as grants$309,465 earned by the program41% of program spendingPrograms for past youngarts winners offered youngarts artists support to grow their careers beyond their winner year within three focus areas: creative development, professional development and community engagement. Through year-long initiatives both in-person and virtual, solely authorized by youngarts and achieved in partnership with colleague institutions, past winners received access to fellowships, creative residencies, performance and exhibition opportunities, 1:1 mentorships, and discipline-specific and skills-based training workshops and microgrants for creative project support or emergency relief. Artists connect to these opportunities and to more than 5,000 fellow youngarts winners through a dedicated digital portal. Through this resource and other programs, more than 1,300 past winners participated in programs in fiscal year 2025. Overall, programming resulted in more than $1.3 million in funds distributed to artists during fy25.
$1,197,997 spentof which $319,106 as grants11% of program spendingPast winners received access to microgrants for creative project support or emergency relief. 187 creative microgrants, 63 emergency microgrants, and 26 la emergency microgrants were awarded.
$410,000 spentof which $410,000 as grants4% of program spendingOther programs including exhibitions, performances, residencies, microgrants and professional development workshops.
$4,749,408 spent44% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,863,241.
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 2020 to 2021, from $51M to $61M (+19%).
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 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 2% · 2022 2% · 2023 3% · 2024 3% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (58% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 31 funders, grant income fell $8.7M → $6.5M.
13 of 66 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 66 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
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 54% · 2019 89% · 2020 88% · 2021 79% · 2022 20% · 2023 85% — 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
33% of NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
95% of NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M 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
NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 570 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 570 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $240k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$240k
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 NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS 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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
42%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 13 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- National Youngarts Foundation Supporting Organization · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC?
- NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC (Florida) receives grants from 66 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,991,786 to it, the largest being ARISON ARTS FOUNDATION ($31,467,561). 35 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 66 organizations giving $37,991,786 in grants to NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC, 35 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC?
- ARISON ARTS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $31,467,561 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN THE ARTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 66 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