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THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,819 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($41,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $215k
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $179k
- Net assets
- $24k
What The American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba does
Mission
Build cultural bridges between the u.s. And cuba that provide opportunities for the exchange of artistic ideas and information.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cuba-u.s. Cultural/educational exchange - organizing trips which provide american and cuban artists, scholars,researchers, educators and others, with extraordinary opportunities to broaden their understanding of the arts, enhance their professional careers and enrich and expand creative expression.
$64,194 spent$56,516 earned by the program36% of program spendingFilm festival - an annual festival where new latin american cinema, with a strong focus on cuba, is presented along with educational projects such as panel discussions and question and answer sessions with filmmakers.
$113,691 spent$39,233 earned by the program64% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $177,885.
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 $1.5M (−27%).
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 2% · 2018 14% · 2019 8% · 2020 60% · 2021 43% · 2022 38% · 2024 35% · 2025 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
53% of THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA’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. 7 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.
Board chair
Bennet Grutman
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 7 funders, grant income fell $45k → $40k.
7 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA’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
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
68% 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 THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 50% · 2019 67% · 2020 91% · 2021 39% · 2022 39% · 2023 25% — 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
25% of THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 41% 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
68% of THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $57k that is directly attributable, 87% of it comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $122k 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
THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA's revenue fell 89% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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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
99%
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 THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA?
- THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA (New York) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $178,819 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($41,500). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $178,819 in grants to THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $41,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE LUDWIG FOUNDATION OF CUBA 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.
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 17 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