New York · Nonprofit
STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC
STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC (New York) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,985,578 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($900,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Storefront for Art and Architecture Inc does
Mission
Storefront for art and architecture amplifies the understanding of the built environment through artistic practice. Founded in 1982 by artists and architects in downtown new york, storefront has chronicled the changing urban landscape of the city over the years, and remains committed to producing and presenting work about diverse notions of place and public life.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Exhibitions & programming the exhibitions program presents contemporary art and interdisciplinary installations that explore critical issues at the intersection of architecture, environment, and society. Through commissioned works and thematic exhibitions, the program engages the public in dialogue on topics such as climate change, cultural identity, and the built environment. During fy2025, the organization presented a series of exhibitions as part of its year- long swamplands initiative, examining the ecological and socio-political complexities of water systems.these exhibitions featured multimedia installations, research-based projects, and public-facing artworks addressing themes such as environmental infrastructure, extractivism, conservation practices, and community identity. Works included film, sound, sculpture, and site-specific installations that provided immersive and educational experiences, fostering public engagement and critical dialogue on global environmental and social issues.
$461,118 spent$17,375 earned by the program46% of program spendingPublications over the course of fy2025, the organization presented public programming spanning an exhibition walkthrough and q&a with artist gala porras-kim, a free film screening at anthology film archives, the annual storefront book fair at the gallery, a symposium on lowrider cars at the cooper union, a summit on dirt and water with dia beacon/chelsea.
$228,110 spent$12,984 earned by the program23% of program spendingPublic programs storefront published on the ground reader in december 2024, and what black is this you say by amanda williams with the mit press in april 2025.
$194,857 spent20% of program spendingEvents & other initiatives in fy2025, storefront launched psycho landscapes, a viewing room fundraising initiative featuring work by brilant milazimi.
$109,071 spent$2,798 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $993,156.
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 $549k to $2.8M (+413%).
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 15% · 2018 20% · 2020 18% · 2021 18% · 2022 28% · 2023 7% · 2024 6% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Jose Esparza
Executive director and chief curator
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $44k → $95k.
7 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 31% · 2019 20% · 2020 28% · 2021 40% · 2022 21% · 2023 26% — growing more concentrated.
“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
44% of STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 49% 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
88% of STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC'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. $181k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC is better cushioned 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 STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $355k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$255k
- National Archives and Records Administration$100k
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 STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC: 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 STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC?
- STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC (New York) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,985,578 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($900,000). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $1,985,578 in grants to STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $900,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STOREFRONT FOR ART AND ARCHITECTURE INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 37 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