Nebraska · Nonprofit
THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC
THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,652,125 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($3,945,050). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $14M
- Net assets
- $9.3M
What The Union for Contemporary Art Inc does
Mission
The union for contemporary art strengthens the cultural and social landscape of our community by using the arts as a vehicle to inspire positive social change.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Youth outreach: to date, the union has provided over 2,000 hours of free cultural programs to north omaha youth, which provide access to visual and performance art opportunities. Our after-school programs, summer camps, and our saturday art club help our young artists find thier individual voice, empowering them to be agents for change in their personal lives and communities.
$296,668 spent14% of program spendingPerfoming arts: the union's performing arts program is dedicated to the development of professional theatre artists and thought-provoking productions that reflect authentic and diverse narratives about experiences within the african diaspora. To date, we have produced 8 works for the stage, many exploring the untold history of our north omaha community.
$208,773 spent10% of program spendingSupport for artists: through the co-op studios, fellowship, exhibition, populus fund and other public programs, the organization provided opportunities for over 10,000 community members to connect with the arts over the past five years. The union serves over 1,000 artists, each year, through our programs and professional development initiatives.
$709,071 spent34% of program spendingSupport for community: the union's abundance garden includes 960 square feet of raised garden beds, a geodesic dome greenhouse for seedlings and off-season growing, a small fruit-tree orchard, composting facilities, a performance space, and an outdoor classroom used for community events and the union's youth engagement programs. We have grown and freely distributed nearly 4000 lbs. Of produce since the garden opened in 2018. And, through community-driven projects that focus on neighborhood-level relationship building, the union's neighborhood arts initiative provides local artists with opportunities for professional growth and north omaha residents, of all ages, with an array of opportunities to actively engage in creative practices, neighborhood rejuvenation, and building more postiive community narratives through participation in the arts.
$843,302 spentof which $43,000 as grants41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,057,814.
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 2021 to 2022, from $4.1M to $9.6M (+135%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 0% · 2019 5% · 2020 8% · 2021 9% · 2022 5% · 2023 40% · 2024 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Board chair
Shavonne Washington-Krauth
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $833k → $4.3M.
5 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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 UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 72% · 2018 60% · 2019 52% · 2020 20% · 2021 31% · 2022 35% · 2023 49% — 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
48% of THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
81% of THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC's grant income comes from Nebraska funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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 UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC has grown faster than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $310k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$310k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART 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 Nebraska
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC?
- THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC (Nebraska) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $13,652,125 to it, the largest being THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION ($3,945,050). 25 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $13,652,125 in grants to THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC, 25 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC?
- THE SHERWOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,945,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE UNION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Nebraska. 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 43 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