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THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,743 to it, the largest being CLOUDSPLITTER FOUNDATION ($32,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.2M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$122k
Net assets
$3.2M
4/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 6%
01What it does

What The Strand Center for the Arts does

Mission

The organization's mission is to unite arts with community through education and presentation by creating a culture where art is essential and accessible to everyone.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. To provide exposure to the arts through performances and use of space for artistic presentations and usage

    $999,802 spent$904,701 earned by the program
    91% of program spending
  2. To provide classes in dance and arts to the community

    $91,060 spent
    8% of program spending
  3. To provide exposure to the arts through art work exhibitions

    $13,517 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,104,379.

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 ($670k) Expenses 100 ($781k) Net assets 100 ($3.5M)2018 Revenue 83 ($557k) Expenses 96 ($748k) Net assets 94 ($3.3M)2019 Revenue 151 ($1.0M) Expenses 164 ($1.3M) Net assets 87 ($3.0M)2020 Revenue 32 ($214k) Expenses 57 ($447k) Net assets 80 ($2.8M)2021 Revenue 268 ($1.8M) Expenses 107 ($835k) Net assets 108 ($3.7M)2022 Revenue 111 ($742k) Expenses 123 ($964k) Net assets 101 ($3.5M)2023 Revenue 162 ($1.1M) Expenses 154 ($1.2M) Net assets 98 ($3.4M)2024 Revenue 179 ($1.2M) Expenses 172 ($1.3M) Net assets 93 ($3.2M)
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Revenue (179)Expenses (172)Net assets (93)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 2020 to 2021, from $3.7M to $4.5M (+21%).

$3.9M
$3.9M
$3.8M
$3.7M
$4.5M
$4.1M
$4.0M
$3.8M
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 12% · 2018 14% · 2019 7% · 2020 18% · 2021 75% · 2022 8% · 2023 10% · 2024 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

23% of THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 5,377 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$111k
’17
−$192k
’18
−$268k
’19
−$232k
’20
$958k
’21
−$222k
’22
−$117k
’23
−$149k
’24
0.5
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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Listed1010101312111413
Joined·+6+3+6+1+3+6+8
No longer listed·6332439
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $35k → $20k.

3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 31% 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 STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS’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 STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 27% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 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 STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS.

27%
largest funder
72%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 71% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 59% · 2021 37% · 2022 89% · 2023 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.

How long its funders stay

60% of THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

70% of THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY
FL

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

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’23
New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS has grown faster than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−12% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.5mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 13%Fundraising 5%

Governance

13
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS?
THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS (New York) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,743 to it, the largest being CLOUDSPLITTER FOUNDATION ($32,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $121,743 in grants to THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS?
CLOUDSPLITTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $32,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE STRAND CENTER FOR THE ARTS 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 8 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