Ohio · Nonprofit
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,454 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($257,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $421k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $600k
- Net assets
- $159k
What Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop does
Mission
The mission of Praxis is to revitalize the field of fiber art in the Cleveland area by giving local artists and community members access to fiber related equipment, classes, and studio space.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Praxis offers a variety of courses open to all community members. These courses specialize in the processes of textile arts such as weaving, fabric surface design and yarn spinning. There are two, six-month sessions during the year where one day workshops run on Saturdays and five week courses run in the evenings (approximately 75 classes).
$110,858 spent$62,414 earned by the program40% of program spendingOur Digital Weaving Lab hosts two TC2 looms. These looms are manufactured in Norway and are the only looms with jacquard capability for the handweaver to use. We host two week residency programs where artists come from all over the world to acccess this equipment. We host 48 artist residents per year.
$83,144 spent$86,600 earned by the program30% of program spendingPraxis offers three tiers of membership for artists who wish to use our workshop as a studio space. The basic membership level at $55/month allows access during open studio hours only when Praxis staff is present. The second tier, working membership for $125/month allows 24/7 access to the facility. Finally, there are five private studios available at $275/month (50 total members). We have added an indigo memebrship at a sliding scale of $50-$250/year for those interested in using the indigo vats at Praxis.
$49,886 spent$35,168 earned by the program18% of program spendingPraxis uses its resources to bring art to the local community for low cost or free workshops and classes. Some of these programs include natural dye gardens in the residential neighborhoods of Collinwood to engage the community about the importance of using plant-based dye for the environment, mobile loom to bring into the neighborhoods, and free classes for residents of our neighborhood (approximately 400 people).
$33,257 spent$15,280 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $277,145.
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 2021 to 2022, from $138k to $210k (+52%).
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: 2021 4% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
61% of Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop’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. 4 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.
Chief executive
Jessica Pinsky
Executive Director
Board chair
Pam Gill
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $25k → $107k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop’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
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
48% 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 Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 75% · 2019 60% · 2020 32% · 2021 53% · 2022 92% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
22% of Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
93% of Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $258k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop has grown faster than three-quarters 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
Organizations like Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop
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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
82%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop?
- Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop (Ohio) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $600,454 to it, the largest being THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION ($257,500). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $600,454 in grants to Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop?
- THE CLEVELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $257,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Praxis Integrated Fiber Workshop find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 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