Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION
THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,025,169 to it, the largest being The Lux Foundation Inc ($575,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $950k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $206k
What The Antiquities Coalition does
Mission
To protect our shared heritage and global security, The Antiquities Coalition is leading the international campaign against cultural racketeering, the illicit trade in ancient art and artifacts. We champion better law and policy, foster diplomatic cooperation, and advance proven solutions with public and private partners worldwide. We are working towards a future when the past is preserved for the next generation, not looted, smuggled, and sold to finance crime, conflict, and terror.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Preserving the cultural heritage of minority communities of iraq:The Antiquities Coalition received this award with the primary goal of preserving the cultural heritage of religious and ethno-religious minority groups in iraq, through two strategic objectives: partner with the catholic diocese of mosul's centre numrique des manuscrits orientaux (cnmo) and support the syriac museum in erbil to preserve, document, digitize, and make accessible historic collections that tell the story of northern iraq's vibrant christian community, and partner with yazda to build yazidi capacity to preserve, document, digitize, and make accessible the intangible heritage of their community and promote the survival of the living yazidi culture in its many forms.The Antiquities Coalition received award extension of the preserving cultural heritage of minority communities in iraq (pchmci) is to complement the works that have been already achieved in the past two years by preserving addition numbers of manuscripts that are of a great value to the cultural heritage of minorities in iraq, and by making all the preserved materials accessible to a wider groups of audience including school-age children and…
$378,943 spent$437,563 earned by the program41% of program spendingSafeguarding cultural heritage in algeria:The Antiquities Coalition received this award to design and implement an online and in-person training program focused on digitization's of museum collections, along with the creation of a digitization lab in the bardo museum that would document, digitize, create records, and make records accessible online of the museum's collections.
$88,248 spentof which $81,817 as grants$80,012 earned by the program10% of program spendingSupporting the g20 in its fight against cultural racketeering:on october 28, we released safeguarding cultural heritage in conflict zones: a roadmap for the g20 to combat the illicit trade in cultural objects. This evidenced-based report, drafted by leading experts, put forward nine concrete steps to strengthen global policy against the looting and trafficking of cultural objectsmany of which are already being implemented. Its publication came as the g20 began its annual summit in rome, where for the first time, heads of state and government from the twenty largest economies gathered to close art market loopholes. Combatting financial crimes in the art market:The Antiquities Coalition has been a key voice pushing for much needed changes in u.s. Policy towards the art market since 2019, when we launched our financial crimes task force, the first of its kind in the country. This multi-stakeholder initiative has detailed threats facing the american art market from money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions violations, and related crimes. It also developed a roadmap for the u.s. Government to address these challenges, parts of which are already being implemented. Closing u.s.…
$449,076 spentof which $1,630 as grants$115,244 earned by the program49% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $916,267.
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 2020 to 2021, from $53k to $298k (+463%).
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: 2018 33% · 2019 6% · 2020 21% · 2021 45% · 2022 78% · 2023 69% · 2024 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Terressa Davis
Executive director
Board chair
Deborah Lehr
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $200k → $225k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 ANTIQUITIES COALITION’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 ANTIQUITIES COALITION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
44% 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 ANTIQUITIES COALITION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 62% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 56% — 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.
Where its funders are
THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $450k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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 ANTIQUITIES COALITION 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
Government funding THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.5M on record.
- Agency for International Development$2.0M
- Department of State$1.5M
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 THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% 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 3 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION: 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 THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION?
- THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,025,169 to it, the largest being The Lux Foundation Inc ($575,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,025,169 in grants to THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION?
- The Lux Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $575,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ANTIQUITIES COALITION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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