New York · Nonprofit
Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place
Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,206 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($290,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $371k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $917k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place does
Mission
To foster, promote and advance greater knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the performing and literary arts, including theater, dance, puppetry, music, spoken word, and multimedia presentations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In its 38th year, Dixon Place (DP) remained dedicated to the creation, development, and presentation of new original works in the performing and literary arts, inspiring and encouraging artists to take risks, explore new ideas and practices, and accelerate their work to the next level. DPs primary goals are to provide opportunities and resources that allow creators to challenge themselves artistically, develop high quality new work, strengthen their audience base, and further their careers. With programs that provide developmental opportunities for professional performing artists, DP remains one of the only organizations exclusively dedicated to supporting artists from readings and workshop presentations all the way to fully realized productions, making the organization distinctive in the NYC landscape of performing arts presenters. Dixon Place presented approximately 100 theater, dance, music, and literary events from January through December 2024, serving over 200 artists or companies and over 6000 members of the community. The breakdown of programs and artists served are as follows:COMMISSIONING & PRODUCTION PROGRAMSEstablished in 1994, DPs COMMISSIONING & PRODUCTION PROGRAM is…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.1M to $3.8M (−8%).
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 11% · 2018 7% · 2019 17% · 2020 10% · 2021 46% · 2022 35% · 2023 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $106k → $166k.
4 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place’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
Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 96% · 2019 55% · 2020 43% · 2021 24% · 2022 34% · 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 Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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 Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place'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. $137k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $45k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$45k
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 Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place
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
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
67%
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
- Dixon Place LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place: 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 Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place?
- Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place (New York) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $917,206 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($290,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $917,206 in grants to Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $290,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Open Channels New York Inc dba Dixon Place 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 20 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