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NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC

NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,208,266 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY TR#2 XXXXX2003 ($463,649). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.9M
Funders on record
10
Grants received
$1.2M
Net assets
$18M
6/10 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 17%
01What it does

What National Sculpture Society Inc does

Programs

  1. Sculpture quarterly magazine: quarterly publication specializes in contemporary american representational sculpture.

    $119,452 spent
  2. Artist recognition: awards and scholarships in recognition of outstanding achievements.

    $117,016 spent
  3. Exhibitions: sculpture exhibitions including the annual awards exhibition.

    $106,879 spent
  4. Membership services: include nss exhibition prospectuses, bimonthly newsletter, participation in the society's programs.

    $237,124 spent

The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($732k) Expenses 100 ($753k) Net assets 100 ($18M)2021 Revenue 215 ($1.6M) Expenses 115 ($864k) Net assets 112 ($20M)2022 Revenue 193 ($1.4M) Expenses 117 ($884k) Net assets 87 ($15M)2023 Revenue 176 ($1.3M) Expenses 122 ($920k) Net assets 97 ($17M)2024 Revenue 254 ($1.9M) Expenses 136 ($1.0M) Net assets 105 ($18M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (254)Expenses (136)Net assets (105)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $20M to $16M (−20%).

$18M
$20M
$16M
$18M
$19M
20202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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

Gwen Pier

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

20202021202220232024
Listed2121212121
Joined·+0+5+2+6
No longer listed·0526
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $19k → $197k.

2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 SCULPTURE SOCIETY 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

NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 38% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

38%
largest funder
77%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 94% · 2018 66% · 2019 66% · 2020 57% · 2021 49% · 2022 49% · 2023 40% — 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

50% of NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC draws 77% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 4 states in all.

VT
IL
NY
SC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $70k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve4.0mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)26% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

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Questions and answers

Who funds NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC?
NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,208,266 to it, the largest being NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY TR#2 XXXXX2003 ($463,649). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC have?
IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $1,208,266 in grants to NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY INC?
NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY TR#2 XXXXX2003 is the largest funder on record, with $463,649 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 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