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THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (New Jersey) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,703 to it, the largest being GERALDINE R DODGE FOUNDATION INC ($31,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$620k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$92k
Net assets
$76k
4/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What The Center for Contemporary Art does

Mission

To provide a vibrant, contemporary cultural center through arts education, exhibitions and community outreach that will inspire creativity and enhance people's lives

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. EducationThe Center for Contemporary Art offers a full range of virtual and in person studio classes and workshops taught by professional teaching artists year-round in a variety of media including oils, acrylic and watercolor, pastel, wheel and hand-built ceramics, Gouache, watercolor, pen and ink, drawing, sculpture, photography and mixed media. Courses are multi-level and designed for all ages, levels of experience, and ability. Week-long summer art camps are offered July-August, in person and with hybrid options (students participate both virtually and in person), as well as art camps for children with special needs.

    $430,180 spent$420,826 earned by the program
    84% of program spending

  2. Exhibitions/GalleryThe Center for Contemporary Art presents both in person and virtual rotating high quality exhibitions of contemporary art by emerging, mid-career and under-represented artists in a variety of media and subject matter. The Center's members and students and Somerset County school children also benefit from annual exhibition opportunities. An annual International Juried Exhibition awards cash prizes and solo exhibition awards. Virtual opening receptions and artist studio visits round out the program. Gallery admission is by suggested donation and exhibitions are fully-accessible.

    $80,175 spent$21,907 earned by the program
    16% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $510,355.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($612k) Expenses 100 ($596k) Net assets 100 ($239k)2018 Revenue 88 ($541k) Expenses 100 ($596k) Net assets 77 ($184k)2019 Revenue 93 ($568k) Expenses 103 ($612k) Net assets 59 ($140k)2020 Revenue 78 ($476k) Expenses 85 ($506k) Net assets 46 ($110k)2021 Revenue 91 ($555k) Expenses 89 ($531k) Net assets 56 ($135k)2022 Revenue 96 ($590k) Expenses 95 ($567k) Net assets 66 ($158k)2023 Revenue 104 ($637k) Expenses 104 ($622k) Net assets 73 ($174k)2024 Revenue 96 ($587k) Expenses 108 ($645k) Net assets 48 ($115k)2025 Revenue 101 ($620k) Expenses 111 ($659k) Net assets 32 ($76k)
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Revenue (101)Expenses (111)Net assets (32)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $168k to $256k (+52%).

$297k
$213k
$168k
$256k
$292k
$282k
$293k
$243k
$198k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 6% · 2018 4% · 2019 3% · 2020 18% · 2021 19% · 2022 16% · 2023 14% · 2024 12% · 2025 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

26% of THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$16k
’17
−$55k
’18
−$44k
’19
−$30k
’20
$25k
’21
$24k
’22
$16k
’23
−$59k
’24
−$39k
’25
2.6
months of
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.

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Listed121313910101157
Joined·+3+5+0+3+1+3+0+3
No longer listed·25421261
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $9k → $11k.

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funders
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2 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART’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 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% 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

34%
largest funder
61%
top three
~6
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2019 84% · 2020 60% · 2021 46% · 2022 78% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.

“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

0% of THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 27% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

77% of THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART's grant income comes from New Jersey funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New Jersey out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.

Operating margin−6% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)0% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Government funding THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $209k on record.

State$209k
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  • GRANT IN AID$204k
  • FEDERAL$5k

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 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

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 New Jersey

Cranbury Arts Council Inc79%Visual Arts Center of New Jersey79%Hunterdon Art Museum77%Center for Community Arts Inc76%Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts75%Ocean City Arts Center75%Somerset County Cultural Arts Center74%South Jersey Cultural Alliance74%

Nationally

The Arts Center of the Capital Region83%Contemporary Arts Center81%Cultural Center of Cape Cod80%Cuyahoga Valley Art Center80%Carbondale Clay Center80%Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc80%The Contemporary Arts Center80%Main Line Art Center79%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

77% of spending goes to programs.

Program 77%Management 16%Fundraising 7%

Governance

3
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NJ

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART?
THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (New Jersey) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $91,703 to it, the largest being GERALDINE R DODGE FOUNDATION INC ($31,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $91,703 in grants to THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART?
GERALDINE R DODGE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $31,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New Jersey. 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