Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC
THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,585,106 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($638,106). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What The Artists Collective Inc does
Mission
The mission of the artists collective is to preserve and perpetuate the arts and culture of the african diaspora by providing training in the performing and visual arts and by sponsoring special events. It is also the mission of the collective to develop professional artists, to foster positive feelings of self-identity among peoples of the african diaspora, and to raise public consciousness about the value of this culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer and after school programs of instruction in performing and visual arts to occupy free time of young people culminating in a season-end showcase of achievement.
$210,705 spent$65,661 earned by the program32% of program spendingTraining programs and instruction in dance and music which promote the cultural enrichment of inner city youths and adults with emphasis on african american art and culture.
$250,647 spent$158,495 earned by the program38% of program spendingMusical concerts and dance festivals which emphasize performing arts of the african american and stimulate enrichment of the greater hartford area cultural community.
$22,600 spent$18,560 earned by the program3% of program spendingOn going & community outreach programs
$178,221 spent27% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $662,173.
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 $4.9M to $4.5M (−7%).
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 22% · 2018 24% · 2019 32% · 2020 42% · 2021 54% · 2022 24% · 2023 34% · 2024 51% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC’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. 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.
Chief executive
Kimberly Kersey
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $98k → $286k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 57% 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 ARTISTS COLLECTIVE 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
THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 52% · 2018 69% · 2019 68% · 2020 59% · 2021 27% · 2022 51% · 2023 39% — 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
50% of THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
57% of THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC'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 $676k that is directly attributable, 60% of it comes from funders outside Connecticut, across 7 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $910k 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.
Against its field
THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC has grown faster than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.6M on record — $60k federal, $1.6M state.
- National Endowment for the Arts$60k
- State Aid Grants$1.5M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$99k
- Conf/Seminars/Workshop-Hosting$2k
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 ARTISTS COLLECTIVE 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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE 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 THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC?
- THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,585,106 to it, the largest being HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING ($638,106). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 57% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,585,106 in grants to THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC?
- HARTFORD FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC GIVING is the largest funder on record, with $638,106 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARTISTS COLLECTIVE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 15 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