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ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC

ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $305,263 to it, the largest being GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL ($209,653). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$100k
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$305k
Net assets
$58k
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 51%
01What it does

What Roy G Biv Emerging Artists Inc does

Mission

Roy g biv gallery champions emerging artists by presenting thought- provoking exhibitions that increase the public's awareness of the artists' work and enhance the cultural landscape of central ohio by focusing on artistic merit alone. Exhibitions are created from a juried process that begins with an annual call for entry. A resource for emerging artists in columbus since 1989, roy is known for showcasing innovative contemporary art by artists, both local and global. As a nonprofit art gallery, roy impacts the community by supporting neighborhood activities and arts groups, hosting outside organizations in its gallery space and collaborating with other arts institutions on events and programming.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. Roy g biv gallery is a nonprofit contemporary art space dedicated to exhibiting and promoting emerging and mid-career artists. Founded in 1989, roy showcases innovative contemporary art by local, national, and global artists, increases public awareness and appreciation of their work, enhances cultural diversity in the community, and supports neighborhood arts activities. Roy g biv gallery presented a full season of contemporary art exhibitions featuring emerging and mid-career artists. In 2025, the gallery mounted approximately 12 solo/group shows, including: january 10february 7: josh chaney / ryan kerr / sarah knight february 14march 7: hannah buss / megan koons / jinblossom plati march 14april 4: mia isobel smith / derek walker / madeline buanno april 11may 2: jordan burton / natalie shreeve / guen montgomery may 9june 6: roy in dialogue / jesse ly june 13july 4: allison hall / alex trippe / carmen ostermann july 11august 1: alex paat / ainaz alipour / nicholas bundgardt august 8september 5: luka weinberger / keenan otoole / hannah fitzgerald september 12october 3: artist(s) e.g., if known from records; otherwise omit specific names or note as group/trio show october 10november…

    $60,841 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $60,841.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($50k) Expenses 100 ($35k) Net assets 100 ($25k)2018 Revenue 360 ($180k) Expenses 92 ($32k) Net assets 683 ($173k)2020 Revenue 196 ($98k) Expenses 333 ($117k) Net assets 624 ($158k)2021 Revenue 190 ($95k) Expenses 360 ($126k) Net assets 500 ($127k)2022 Revenue 227 ($113k) Expenses 414 ($145k) Net assets 376 ($95k)2023 Revenue 190 ($95k) Expenses 347 ($122k) Net assets 270 ($68k)2024 Revenue 168 ($84k) Expenses 279 ($98k) Net assets 202 ($51k)2025 Revenue 200 ($100k) Expenses 248 ($87k) Net assets 229 ($58k)
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Revenue (200)Expenses (248)Net assets (229)Peer revenue range

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 $25k to $173k (+583%).

$25k
$173k
$158k
$128k
$97k
$68k
$65k
$65k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 5% · 2022 60% · 2023 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

95% of ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 18,808 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$15k
’17
$148k
’18
−$19k
’20
−$32k
’21
−$32k
’22
−$27k
’23
−$14k
’24
$13k
’25
3.5
months of
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.

Board chair

Kylie Whitman

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

20182020202120222023
Listed1111121514
Joined··+5+11+1
No longer listed··482
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $18k → $48k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC’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

ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

89% 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 ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC.

69%
largest funder
90%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 73% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 50% · 2021 70% · 2022 68% · 2023 58% — 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

75% of ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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 ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC's grant income comes from Ohio funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Ohio out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $61k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin13% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OH

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Questions and answers

Who funds ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC?
ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $305,263 to it, the largest being GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL ($209,653). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $305,263 in grants to ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC?
GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $209,653 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ROY G BIV EMERGING ARTISTS INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 8 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