New York · Nonprofit
UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC
UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,844 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($20,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $197k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $104k
- Net assets
- $93k
What Unison Learning Center Inc does
Mission
Unison arts is a vibrant community arts hub that provides transformative, accessible arts experiences for people of all ages and backgrounds. Through artist-led programs, exhibitions, and educational opportunities, unison fosters inclusive, collaborative, and experiential learning while connecting artists and communities at its historic site in the cultural heart of the hudson valley.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Gallery/sculpture garden- unison presented fourteen (14) gallery exhibitions throughout the year, showcasing the work of local artists at various stages of their careers, including two (2) exhibitions featuring suny new paltz students. In addition, a new collaborative project with regional artists was launched with support from a national endowment for the arts (nea) grant. The sculpture garden remained open year-round, offering an inviting space for community members and artists to explore, reflect, and connect. Intro to woodcarving, introduction to watercolor, chinese brush painting, layering light, and re/make: collage with everyday plastics. Many of these programs were offered free of charge or on a sliding scale.
$53,300 spent$820 earned by the program47% of program spendingWorkshops and classes- unison offered a dynamic range of creative and personal development programs throughout the year: -life drawing sessions provided artists of all skill levels the opportunity to work with professional models in a safe, welcoming, and non-instructional environmentideal for honing individual practice and creative exploration. -improvisational comedy encouraged participants to cultivate presence, spontaneity, and awareness both on stage and in everyday life. -art spark: visual storytelling, held weekly in partnership with the ulster county sheriffs office, engaged justice-involved individuals in creative expression. -during the summer, wild clay offered free, hands-on activities for participants of all ages. -additional seasonal workshops included intro to woodcarving, introduction to watercolor, chinese brush painting, layering light, and re/make: collage with everyday plastics. Many of these programs were offered free of charge or on a sliding scale.
$35,635 spent$4,712 earned by the program32% of program spendingPerformances- showcasing local artists, unison presented an eclectic lineup of eventsincluding open mics, film screenings, improvisational comedy, garage jams, and performance artoffering engaging experiences for all ages and interests.
$6,100 spent$515 earned by the program5% of program spendingThe organization offers community space in its galleries to organize and perform their own arts. Community members are invited to use the organizations spaces at below market rates for photography shoots, life-drawing, dance, and design studios. And among other program activities.
$17,482 spentof which $9,500 as grants$515 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $112,517.
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 $33k to $409k (+1150%).
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 1% · 2019 5% · 2021 26% · 2022 57% · 2023 32% · 2024 31% · 2025 61%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
89% of UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Maria Elena Ferrer-Harrington
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $250 → $32k.
3 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC’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
UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
64% 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 UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 89% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 69% · 2023 47% — 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
60% of UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 50% 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
82% of UNISON LEARNING 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. $36k 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.
Against its field
UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $81k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$81k
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 UNISON LEARNING 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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
84%
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 UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC?
- UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $103,844 to it, the largest being THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($20,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $103,844 in grants to UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNISON LEARNING CENTER INC?
- THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNISON LEARNING 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 10 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