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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$11Mrevenue
FY2025 · +61% in 3 yrs133staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−82.7%
Months of reserve3.4mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+3.8%
Middle half of peersMedianWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Where the money goes FY2025 · $19M spent
Programs$16M84%Management and general$1.6M8%Fundraising$1.4M7%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Deficits in 3 of the last 3 years
−$7.9M in FY2023, −$9.9M in FY2024 and −$8.7M in FY2025. Cash covers 3.4 months, above the peer median of 3.2.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Strong governance
35 of 37 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIA history of government grants
Government grants on 9 of its 9 returns, 10% of revenue in FY2025. $122k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending101funders
$2.0Ma year, last 3 years
32%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Woodward Cg Uw-Ttees Trinity-AeSince FY2019$421k$507k$491k$580k$424kConnecticut Humanities Council IncOn and off$25k$25k$45k$510k$36kCheryl Chase & Stuart Bear Family Foundation IncEvery year since FY2017$56k$66k$75k$80k$50k$66k$56kThe Saunders Foundation Co Shipman & GoodwinOn and off$28k$48k$18k$115k$60k$110kThe Zachs Family Foundation IncEvery year since FY2017$72k$26k$51k$26k$26k$26k$126kEdgemer Foundation IncOn and off$25k$100k$100k$25kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$576k$599k$608k$372k$813k$597k$628k77 other fundersUp to $250k a year each$105k$101k$221k$861k$411k$371k$405k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund