New York · Nonprofit
THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC
THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,188,434 to it, the largest being The Wallace Fox Foundation ($289,720). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $2.6M
What The Rye Arts Center Inc does
Mission
To inspire interest and maximum participation in the arts in westchester, ny and the surrounding region. We are committed to offering programs that are characterized by artistic tradition, educational value, and a spirit of innovation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education: the rac provides arts education across several disciplines including visual arts, music, ceramics, dance, digital arts, and stem+arts. Over 500 classes and workshops are offered across four sessions annually: fall, winter, spring, and summer. Students and members range in age from preschool to adult seniors, with instruction ranging from beginner to advanced levels. Music instruction is offered in group and individual lessons across all instruments. The rac's education offerings take place at its 51 milton road facility as well as off-site locations including area schools, community centers, social service agencies, and senior nursing facilities. In total, the rac provides arts education to more that 8,000 students and members annually.
$1,053,748 spentof which $500 as grants$836,224 earned by the program79% of program spendingExhibitions, performances and outreach: in accordance with the rac's mission to maximize participation in the arts and to provide high quality artistic experiences, the center provides programming impacting over 45,000 people. Activities include exhibitions (free and open to the public, featuring works of both professional and student artists); public art installations; performing arts events (music, theatre, spoken word, comedy, etc.); lectures, tour and discussions; community events, and an extensive outreach program (weekly arts education for 300 underserved pre-school children, dance classes for people with parkinson's disease, afterschool programs at multiple local community centers, student performances at nursing homes, in school arts programs, and need-based scholarships.
$267,154 spent$20,524 earned by the program20% of program spendingMembership: the rac provides membership opportunities to its students, art patrons, and visitors as a way to demonstrate their commitment and support for the organization. There are over 350 rac members who receive various benefits including discounts on classes and promotional offerings with local businesses.
$18,768 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,339,670.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.2M to $2.7M (+120%).
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 4% · 2019 5% · 2020 5% · 2021 14% · 2022 10% · 2023 2% · 2024 3% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
44% of THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Adam Levi
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 15 funders, grant income rose $78k → $140k.
8 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% 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 RYE ARTS CENTER INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. 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 RYE ARTS CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 24% 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
47% 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 RYE ARTS CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 28% · 2018 58% · 2019 33% · 2020 61% · 2021 38% · 2022 32% · 2023 29% — 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.
How long its funders stay
52% of THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
94% of THE RYE 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. $312k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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 RYE ARTS CENTER INC is better cushioned than half of the 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,230 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC
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
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC?
- THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,188,434 to it, the largest being The Wallace Fox Foundation ($289,720). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $1,188,434 in grants to THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RYE ARTS CENTER INC?
- The Wallace Fox Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $289,720 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RYE 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 36 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