New York · Nonprofit
THE PEACE STUDIO
THE PEACE STUDIO (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,153,642 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $553k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $182k
What The Peace Studio does
Mission
Develop artists and journalists who seek to inspire hope and catalyze transformative social change. The Peace Studio does this by encouraging self-reflection, holding educational intensives and summits, giving out awards, funding fellowships and micro-grants, and creating content that showcases the best of humanity.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Peace Studio fellowship supports the work of exceptional, u.s. Based artists and journalists whose work builds bridges and seeks a positive impact on society. The program comes with $10,000 for each fellow to work on a peacebuilding project, access to The Peace Studio's skills for creative peacebuilding curriculum, and intensive mentorship.
$278,734 spentof which $67,500 as grants73% of program spendingThe Peace Studio's artist as catalyst program is an immersive, week-long experience for emerging artists, ages 18-26, who are interested in making a positive social impact with their art. 40 young catalysts are selected each year to partake in studio classes, keynote conversations, and interactive workshops on the themes of artistry, citizenship, and entrepreneurship.
$103,093 spentof which $11,500 as grants27% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $381,827.
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 2020 to 2021, from $80k to $861k (+972%).
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: 2018 0% · 2021 1% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE PEACE STUDIO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Thomas West
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $8k → $538k.
7 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 PEACE STUDIO’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 PEACE STUDIO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 35% · 2021 52% · 2022 56% · 2023 39% — 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.
How long its funders stay
25% of THE PEACE STUDIO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
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
THE PEACE STUDIO draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $200k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Against its field
THE PEACE STUDIO has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE PEACE STUDIO
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 York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
50%
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 PEACE STUDIO: 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 PEACE STUDIO?
- THE PEACE STUDIO (New York) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,153,642 to it, the largest being JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION ($1,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PEACE STUDIO have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $3,153,642 in grants to THE PEACE STUDIO, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PEACE STUDIO?
- JPMORGAN CHASE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PEACE STUDIO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 29 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