New York · Nonprofit
WILDARTS INC
WILDARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,665 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($152,465). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $153k
- Net assets
- $-427601
What Wildarts Inc does
Mission
Wildarts provides arts education programs to new york city students after school and in day camps to promote positive youth development in areas of self-confidence, problem-solving and creative expression.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Core program/pre-k - wildarts afterschool programs help students collaborate, speak-up, problem solve, grow through failure, try anyway, and work backward from a shared creative goal. We transform our schools into spaces of fun, creativity, and friendship for students when the academic day is done.
$1,286,138 spent$963,927 earned by the program77% of program spendingGeneral programs - wildarts general programs support wildarts afterschool, day camps and summer camps efforts in pursuit of our mission to make arts education affordable and accessible to all who wish to learn.
$181,093 spentof which $974 as grants$4,660 earned by the program11% of program spendingEnrichment programs - wildarts enrichment classes offer more specialized instruction than our regularly scheduled core program activities. Enrichment classes are a great way to learn in a small group setting.
$97,275 spentof which $350 as grants$154,545 earned by the program6% of program spendingOther programs - day/break camps, summer camp, residencies.
$105,294 spent$434,685 earned by the program6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,669,800.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $269k to $479k (+78%).
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 0% · 2022 51% · 2023 5% · 2024 16% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
20% of WILDARTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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
Joni Wildman
Executive director
Board chair
Therese Mai
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $97k → $51k.
From the IRS filings of WILDARTS 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
WILDARTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
100% of WILDARTS 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. 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
WILDARTS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WILDARTS 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WILDARTS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WILDARTS INC?
- WILDARTS INC (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $152,665 to it, the largest being THE FORD FOUNDATION ($152,465). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WILDARTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $152,665 in grants to WILDARTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WILDARTS INC?
- THE FORD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $152,465 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WILDARTS 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 2 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