New York · Nonprofit
USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS
USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,007,168 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($1,484,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $9.0M
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $7.4M
What Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts does
Mission
We invite people of all ages to experience the natural beauty of our campus and the transformative power of the arts. Usdan was founded on jewish values that inspire us to make the world more just and more beautiful. When we welcome the diverse group of passionate young artists here each summer the heart of usdan comes alive. Our goal is to instill in our community a desire and drive to contribute creatively to the world now and for the rest of their lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Usdan is the nation's preeminent not-for-profit day camp for the arts. The camp has been profiled in the new york times and time magazine, and has been named a "best of" camp by timeout ny/kids and ny metro parents. Usdan's parents and students describe usdan as "magical," "transforming, and "inclusive." nestled in a 140-acre forested oasis, usdan's mission is to invite people of all ages to experience the natural beauty of our campus and the transformative power of the arts. Since 1968, usdan has welcomed approximately 1,400 students each summer from across long island and nyc to participate in rigorous educational programs in theater, dance, music, visual arts, creative writing, nature and sustainability, chess, and recreation taught by world-class instructors and professional artists. (continued on schedule o)usdan's student population represents all different races, religions, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Roughly a third identify as neuro-divergent, broadly defined. The impact of usdan's 50,000 alumni extends far beyond the region with the vast majority of alumni becoming educators or practicing artists.
$5,700,788 spent$7,162,445 earned by the program73% of program spendingSince usdan's founding in 1968, a guiding value has been to provide access to usdan's arts education experience to students of all economic backgrounds. To continue to welcome as many children as possible regardless of their family's financial resources, usdan offers a robust scholarship and tuition assistance program each year. Usdan's generous scholarship initiatives are designed to enrich our community by making sure that no child who wishes to attend usdan will encounter cost as a barrier. In 2024, usdan offered $2.1 million in scholarships and tuition assistance to 57% of the student population.
$2,060,316 spentof which $2,060,316 as grants26% of program spendingRooted in principles such as inclusivity, sustainability, and freedom of creative expression, usdan actively engages with the community. Usdan offers multi-season access to our pristine woodland site and facilities to a diverse range of community partners. These partnerships include creative residencies for artists, cultural and nature-based programming available to the general public, as well as providing space for community members and organizations to host their own festivals, performances, celebrations, and cultural events
$101,809 spent$181,586 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,862,913.
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 2020 to 2021, from $8.0M to $9.1M (+14%).
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: 2020 23% · 2021 12% · 2022 9% · 2023 0% · 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
16% of USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 5 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
Lauren Brandt Schloss
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $157k → $418k.
4 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING 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
USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
83% 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 USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 84% · 2019 84% · 2020 56% · 2021 86% · 2022 69% · 2023 73% — 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
45% of USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 85% 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
93% of USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS'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. $173k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS's funding base is broadening — from 6 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$20k
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 USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS?
- USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS (New York) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,007,168 to it, the largest being UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC ($1,484,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,007,168 in grants to USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS?
- UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,484,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like USDAN CENTER FOR THE CREATIVE AND PERFORMING 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 13 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