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NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 246 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,463,524 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($5,767,888). 106 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 246
- Grants received
- $38M
- Net assets
- $17M
What New York Foundation for the Arts Inc does
Mission
Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and opportunities. Nyfa envisions a world where artists thrive in the practice and expression of their creative work, a world that celebrates and supports them. We serve approximately 1m constituents in person and online, annually, through four flagship programs: learning, awards & grants, fiscal sponsorship, and online resources.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Fiscal sponsorships: since 1976, nyfa has provided fiscal sponsorships to individual artists and emerging organizations, making it the oldest program of its kind in the country. It makes it possible for individuals and organizations without not-for-profit status to raise funds for upcoming films, theatrical performances, art installations, and other projects.
$6,215,527 spentof which $5,816,109 as grants$853,102 earned by the program39% of program spendingNyfa learning: nyfa learning provides artists with professional development opportunities. These opportunities are provided through workshops, mentoring programs, networking events, collaborations, and a variety of resources.
$1,265,743 spentof which $200,000 as grants$154,551 earned by the program8% of program spendingNyc made in ny women's film: the nyc women's fund for media, music, and theatre ("women's fund"), administered by the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) in partnership with the city of new york mayor's office of media and entertainment (mome), is part of a groundbreaking series of initiatives that address the underrepresentation of women in film, music, television, and theatre. The fund provides grants to encourage and support the creation of content that reflect the voices and perspectives of all who identify as women.
$1,219,232 spentof which $1,102,413 as grants8% of program spendingOther programs: other programs provided by the foundation include the nysca-nyfa fellowship grants, the rauschenberg medical relief grants to artists and dancers, and artist funds such as the latinx fellowship funded through the mellon and ford foundations.
$7,202,081 spentof which $5,316,997 as grants$1,072,442 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $15,902,583.
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 2024 to 2025, from $18M to $23M (+28%).
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 23% · 2018 16% · 2019 33% · 2020 28% · 2021 19% · 2022 62% · 2023 32% · 2024 28% · 2025 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR 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. 3 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.
Chief executive
Michael L Royce
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Marc J Jason
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 89 funders, grant income rose $1.2M → $6.4M.
28 of 246 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 246 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
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 15% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
37% 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 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 22% · 2019 23% · 2020 14% · 2021 34% · 2022 24% · 2023 19% — 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
23% of NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
79% of NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 14 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
NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR 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
Organizations like NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC: 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 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC?
- NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 246 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,463,524 to it, the largest being THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ($5,767,888). 106 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 246 organizations giving $38,463,524 in grants to NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC, 106 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC?
- THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $5,767,888 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 246 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