New York · Nonprofit
THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC
THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,192 to it, the largest being HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ($89,942). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $719k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $221k
- Net assets
- $30k
What The Bronx River Arts Center Inc does
Mission
Brac is a culturally diverse, multi-arts nonprofit providing a forum for community, artists, and youth to transform creativity into action through education, exhibitions, artist studios, performing arts, and environmental stewardship.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and youth programs:brac offers tuition-free and low-cost afterschool and saturday programs for youth, led by professional teaching artists. Instruction includes painting, drawing, ceramics, digital media, and interdisciplinary arts. Programs include mscreate studio and teen project studio, providing mentorship, portfolio development, and pathways to creative careers. Fee-based adult classes and workshops for schools and community organizations expand access to arts education across the bronx.
$412,533 spent$185,054 earned by the program60% of program spendingExhibitions & visual arts programs:our exhibitions program is known for its curatorial rigor and ability to produce ambitious, energetic exhibitions that bring contemporary art into dialogue with the social and cultural realities of the bronx. We provide a platform for artists and guest curators including those underrepresented in traditional institutions to develop their practice and present work within a vital community context.
$42,944 spent6% of program spendingPerforming arts & public programming:our year-round performing arts program presents interdisciplinary performances music, dance, theater, and poetry by emerging and established artists from the bronx and beyond. Programming spans experimental, contemporary, and classical forms. Our annual bronx river sounds festival showcases local artists in an open, community-centered setting, supporting professional visibility for artists underrepresented on mainstream stages.
$60,439 spent9% of program spendingArtist studio space:brac maintains nine affordable artist studios for bronx-based artists at below-market rates, supporting artistic production, collaboration, and cross-generational exchange.
$15,055 spent2% of program spendingEnvironmental arts & education:programs such as freshwater fridays integrate environmental education, arts practice, and stewardship of the bronx river, fostering ecological awareness, civic engagement, and community connection to local natural resources.community technology & workforce development:brac's updated computer lab expands access to digital literacy training, creative software instruction, bilingual learning support, helping bridge the digital divide and expand career pathways for bronx residents.
$156,413 spent23% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $687,384.
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 2021 to 2022, from $625k to $377k (−40%).
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 75% · 2018 78% · 2019 72% · 2020 67% · 2021 65% · 2022 62% · 2023 67% · 2024 64% · 2025 50%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
74% of THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Liliana Candelario
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $15k → $45k.
From the IRS filings of THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER 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 BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
52% 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 BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
97% of THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER 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. 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 BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC has grown faster than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
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
78% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER 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 BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC?
- THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $221,192 to it, the largest being HISPANIC FEDERATION INC ($89,942). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $221,192 in grants to THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER INC?
- HISPANIC FEDERATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $89,942 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE BRONX RIVER ARTS CENTER 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 6 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