New York · Nonprofit
THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC
THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $319,381 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($186,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $685
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $319k
- Net assets
- $0
What The Association of Teaching Artists Inc does
Mission
Teaching Artists Guild (TAG) is a member-driven organization supporting creative artists who also teach, or Teaching Artists. Through TAG, Teaching Artists gain access to resources ranging from professional development to financial planning. TAG partners at the regional, state, and national levels to advocate for Teaching Artists and expand opportunities in the field.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
As a community-led organization, TAG is an organization with a sociocratic, shared-power model. Currently, the day-to-day operations are run by two Co-Executive Directors. However, the majority of our programming is made through our National Advisory Committee (NAC). "The National Advisory Committee (NAC) is a working group that collaborates with the Co-Executive Directors on the strategic direction and mission of the organization. NAC members are expected to act as ambassadors for the field and the organization in a variety of networks and events. They have an interest in supporting the professionalization of the field for teaching artists and uniting teaching artists nationally and internationally. Members of the NAC are asked to join at least one working committee, which meets via video conference monthly (or as determined by committee). The time commitment for each committee membership is 6-8 hours per quarter. Starting in 2022, term limits for active NAC members are 3 years. After a member's term ends, they can remain on the NAC as an Emeritus member, participating in quarterly meetings but not required to sit on a subcommittee. Historically, the NAC has been co-chaired by…
$0 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $0.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $74k to $0 (−100%).
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: 2021 0% · 2022 47% · 2023 28%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Mary Katherine Rainey
Co-Executive Director
Board chair
Kai Fierle-Hedrick
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5 → $60k.
3 of 5 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 THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING 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
THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
42% 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 ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 58% · 2022 100% · 2023 50% — 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 ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $65k 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.
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In New York
Nationally
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS 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 ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC?
- THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC (New York) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $319,381 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($186,200). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $319,381 in grants to THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS INC?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $186,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ASSOCIATION OF TEACHING ARTISTS 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 5 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