California · Nonprofit
Richmond Art Center
Richmond Art Center (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,966,114 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($498,710). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 27
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $861k
What Richmond Art Center does
Mission
To be a catalyst in Richmond for learning and living through art.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Studio EducationSince 1936, the Studio Education Department has been the Richmond Art Centers primary outlet for high-quality, accessible visual arts programming. Through our seven on-site studios dedicated to Fiber Arts, Painting and Drawing 2D/3D media, Ceramics, Glass, Printmaking, Jewelry & Metal Arts and our Youth Studio; we continue to develop and lead diverse and dynamic programs dedicated to Visual Arts Media.This year we have taken important steps toward building a more sustainable model for both our students and our organization to flourish. We are actively recruiting new teaching artists to fill program gaps and thoughtfully expand offerings. A new Studio Coordinator has been formally hired to support programs and operations, as well as to guide and prioritize studio improvements. We also expanded our Studio Access Program to include model drawing sessions, printmaking, glass, and jewelry studios, creating more entry points for artists of all levels. In partnership with staff, we are working toward long-term solutions for critical studio tech needs in printmaking, jewelry, and weaving.Last year, the Richmond Art Center studios welcomed 7,292 students, including 1,289…
$532,457 spent$340,488 earned by the program59% of program spendingArt in the Community (AIC)Youth Programs:Our youth programs remain a cornerstone of our work, fostering creativity, resilience, and connection for young people across Richmond. This past year, we served a total of 1,784 youth through a range of robust programs: 536 students participated in school art tours, 420 in after-school programs, 155 in summer camps, 47 in youth intensives and 626 attendees for our Fall and Spring Family Days. Our summer camps reached record enrollment, while our free youth intensives created vital opportunities for teens and young adults, most from Richmonds highest-risk neighborhoods, to engage in meaningful, creative learning.Looking ahead, we are working to expand our teen intensive programs beyond summer, offering youth dedicated space during the fall and throughout the school year. We are also developing a new Mini Makers drop-in space, where younger children and families can explore artmaking together in a welcoming, creative environment.Community Outreach and Partnerships:Our reach continues to extend beyond the walls of our studios through partnerships with WCCUSD (West Contra Costa Unified School District), RYSE Youth Center, EBCPA (East Bay…
$193,078 spent$53,039 earned by the program21% of program spendingExhibitionIn FY2024-2025 Richmond Art Center presented 15 exhibitions featuring artwork by 558 artists. Over 7,000 visitors engaged with our exhibitions and participated in related public programs. These exhibitions supported artists by providing opportunities to create and showcase innovative work, amplifying underrepresented voices, offering financial compensation, and fostering community engagement and leadership. The exhibitions resonated with community members of all ages, exploring relevant topics impacting Richmond such as the environment, local history, and education and youth.Notable exhibitions included:The View from Here: Artwork by artists at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and Philadelphias State Correctional Institution (SCI) Phoenix.Richmond Open Studios Preview Exhibition: Work by nearly fifty artists who opened their studios to the public during Richmond Open Studios in August 2025.Taking Liberties: The Horrors and Humanities of Incarceration: A print exhibition by JUST ARTISTS, consisting of William James Association teaching artists and program alumni from the San Quentin Prison Arts Project.Right Here, Right Now: A Biennial of Richmond Art: Featuring…
$180,879 spent$151,459 earned by the program20% of program spendingMembership Richmond Art Center has continued to promote our membership program with great success. After restructuring the program in 2022 and running targeted membership campaigns in the summers of 2023, 2024 and 2025, weve seen a significant increase in our membership numbers, growing from 219 in FY22/23 to 389 by the end of FY24/25. Our program not only generates income but also fosters a sense of ownership among our community members, making them feel like true stakeholders in our work. In addition to supporting our mission, members enjoy valuable perks, including NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum Association) benefits for free admission to over 1,000 museums nationwide and a 10% discount on our fee-based classes.MarketingRichmond Art Centers marketing approach centers on engaging our local community through accessibility and inclusivity. We prioritize straightforward, authentic communication in English and Spanish, avoiding arts jargon to make our messages clear. To connect with a wide audience, we share program information across multiple channels, including email, social media, our website, community partners, printed flyers, and Peachjar for schools in West Contra…
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $906,414.
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 $1.1M to $2.3M (+105%).
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 26% · 2018 27% · 2019 22% · 2020 22% · 2021 45% · 2022 24% · 2023 28% · 2024 6% · 2025 38%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of Richmond Art Center’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $161k → $221k.
6 of 27 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 Richmond Art Center’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 26 of 27 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
Richmond Art Center has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
61% 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 Richmond Art Center.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 46% · 2019 38% · 2020 37% · 2021 49% · 2022 33% · 2023 29% — 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
57% of Richmond Art Center's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
Richmond Art Center draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $939k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
Richmond Art Center runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Richmond Art Center receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$80k
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 Richmond Art Center
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
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 Richmond Art Center: 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 Richmond Art Center?
- Richmond Art Center (California) receives grants from 27 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,966,114 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($498,710). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Richmond Art Center have?
- IRS filings report 27 organizations giving $1,966,114 in grants to Richmond Art Center, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Richmond Art Center?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $498,710 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Richmond Art Center find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 27 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