Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART
THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,500 to it, the largest being VRADENBURG FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2018
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $53k
- Net assets
- $15k
What The Center for Contemporary Political Art does
Mission
To empower artists for political change
As stated on its FY2018 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Facilited the physical and online exhibition of art to encorage political consciousness and engagement
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
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.
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 $25k to $15k (−41%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $28k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL 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 POLITICAL ART leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 91% · 2019 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. 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.
Organizations like THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART: 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 CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART?
- THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $52,500 to it, the largest being VRADENBURG FOUNDATION ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $52,500 in grants to THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART?
- VRADENBURG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL ART 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2018 (financials across 2017–2018), and the filings of 2 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