Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute
Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,709 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($47,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $532k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $107k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute does
Mission
Preserves & celebrates international cultural heritages through artistic performance while awarding talented performers scholarships to Pittsburgh-based universities for their contributions & dedication to the arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Live Performance of Authentic Folk Song & Dance: Presentations of rare, authentic folk music & dance traditions from Central & Eastern Europe - art forms that are increasingly uncommon on modern stages. What distinguishes the ensemble of between 24 & 30 college students is the exceptional artistic quality achieved by a part-time, student based group whose members balance rigorous rehearsals schedules & professional pursuits. Despite this, performances need a remarkably high standard, offering audiences a vivid, respectful, & historically informed presentation of folk traditions that engage through an entertaining medium. The ensemble consists of 24-30 student performers per year that complete 40-60 shows per performance season. Travel is usually to 20+ states per year to share the program with both urban & rural audiences.
$487,034 spent100% of program spendingCommunity Workshops & Educational Engagement: Through hands-on workshops, the mission is extended beyond the stage by inviting non-traditional audiences & community members to actively engage with folk arts. These programs demystify cultural traditions & make them accessible through participatory learning experiences, including dance instruction, vocal traditions, & culinary arts. Past offerings have included Ukranian egg decorating (pysanky), Croatian streudel making, & Hungarian folk dance - creating welcoming entry points that foster cultural appreciation, intergenerational learning, & community connection. All workshops have different capacities based on the type of craft being taught & the resources available. A recent Croatian Strudel Making workshop was sold out at 36 attendees + the Hungarian workshop averaged 25 attendees.
$0 spent0% of program spendingCollaborative & Cross-Disciplinary Performances: Collarorations with local & regional arts organizations to broaden audiences, share artistic perspectives, & deepen cultural understanding. By integrating the dancers & musicians into the performances of partner organizations - or welcoming collaborations into their own productions - the ensemble amplifies its reach while contributing distinctive folk artistry to new contexts. A hallmark example is the original choreography of Carol of the Bells & Trepak, performed as part of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestras Holiday Pops Series, which showcased folk dance within a symphonic setting& introduced the ensemble to approximately 26,000 patrons.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $487,034.
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 2017 to 2018, from $2.1M to $1.6M (−25%).
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: 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
50% of Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute’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. 6 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
Alyssa Bushunow
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $5k → $11k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute’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
Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 74%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
35% 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 Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 52% · 2021 50% · 2022 71% · 2023 92% — 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 Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 36% 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
81% of Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute's grant income comes from Pennsylvania funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $32k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute is better cushioned than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute: 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 Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute?
- Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $106,709 to it, the largest being THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS ($47,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $106,709 in grants to Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute?
- THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS is the largest funder on record, with $47,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Pittsburgh International Folk Arts Institute find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. 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 11 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