Massachusetts · Nonprofit
The Council for Art Education Inc
The Council for Art Education Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $225,453 to it, the largest being THE ART AND CREATIVE MATERIALS INST INC ($225,453). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $34k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $225k
- Net assets
- $62k
What The Council for Art Education Inc does
Mission
Promotion of art and art education in schools.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
March is promoted as Youth Art Month (YAM) by state educators as an advocacy program to recognize artistic skills. CFAE administers the program at the national level to support these schools and art educators in their efforts. 2024 NAEA Conference booth was a success promoting education through art and engaging teachers and sponsors alike. 156 educators were enrolled in the program in 2024. CFAE has now 164 members. CFAE had 39 YAM flags at the conference (National Convention)in 2024, which is the most ever.
$18,979 spent65% of program spending20 states submitted art decks and awards were given to select state art educators who participated in the YAM program, for their outstanding observances of YAM. CFAE was able to distribute more swag packs to 7 states (5 new states from 2023)
$10,079 spent35% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $29,058.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $59k to $79k (+34%).
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.
100% of The Council for Art Education Inc’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $33k → $27k.
From the IRS filings of The Council for Art Education 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.
Where its funders are
100% of The Council for Art Education Inc's grant income comes from Massachusetts 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 Council for Art Education Inc has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
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In Massachusetts
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for The Council for Art Education 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 Council for Art Education Inc?
- The Council for Art Education Inc (Massachusetts) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $225,453 to it, the largest being THE ART AND CREATIVE MATERIALS INST INC ($225,453). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does The Council for Art Education Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $225,453 in grants to The Council for Art Education Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The Council for Art Education Inc?
- THE ART AND CREATIVE MATERIALS INST INC is the largest funder on record, with $225,453 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The Council for Art Education Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Massachusetts. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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