Pennsylvania · Nonprofit
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,049,337 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($105,420,281). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $100M
- Funders on record
- 104
- Grants received
- $116M
- Net assets
- $123M
What The University of the Arts does
Mission
The arts have the power to transform society. They play an essential role in ensuring and enhancing the quality of life. The University of the Arts is committed to advancing human creativity and to inspiring, educating and preparing innovative artists and creative leaders for the arts of the 21st century.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction - expenses incurred in providing academic instruction through our innovative curriculum to our 1,300 students, who are enrolled in 37 undergraduate and graduate programs across our six schools (the school of art, school of dance, school of design, school of film, school of music, and the ira brind school of theater arts) and the division of graduate and professional studies.
$49,640,536 spentof which $31,495,261 as grants$65,259,277 earned by the program65% of program spendingAcademic support - costs incurred with the maintenance of programs and activities for faculty and students, including academic advising, our nine performance venues, 11 art galleries, the university libraries system, a wide range of studios and workshops, and technological resources and support.
$18,753,455 spentof which $11,380,774 as grants25% of program spendingStudent services - costs incurred with programs that support our student body, including dining services, residential facilities and programming, health services, mental health counseling, student activities including clubs and organizations, exercise and wellness resources, leadership training, career counseling, and accessibility services for students with disabilities.
$7,490,134 spentof which $138,254 as grants$7,979,162 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2022 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $75,884,125.
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 2017 to 2018, from $169M to $182M (+8%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 4% · 2022 5% · 2023 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
17% of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Judson A Aaron
Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 27 funders to 49 funders, grant income rose $13M → $16M.
14 of 104 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $707k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest The University of the Arts). These are real filings, and they are not money THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS raised.
From the IRS filings of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 104 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 UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 97% · 2018 96% · 2019 94% · 2020 90% · 2021 91% · 2022 90% · 2023 81% — 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
41% of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% 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 UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Pennsylvania, across 19 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS's funding base is broadening — from 27 funders to 49 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 650 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2023
Government funding THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.6M on record — $9.3M federal, $274k state.
- Department of Education$9.3M
- National Endowment for the Humanities$10k
- NJ$254k
- DE$18k
- CT$2k
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 UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS
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 Pennsylvania
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Viola Foulke Trust · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS?
- THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS (Pennsylvania) receives grants from 104 organizations whose IRS filings report $116,049,337 to it, the largest being The Pew Charitable Trusts ($105,420,281). 57 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 104 organizations giving $116,049,337 in grants to THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, 57 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS?
- The Pew Charitable Trusts is the largest funder on record, with $105,420,281 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Pennsylvania. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 104 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