NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC

EIN 23-7129564 NEW YORK, NY

Revenue 2023: $16,045,374
Expenses 2023: $13,525,831

Program services were 87.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: A120
Classification: 1000
Street: 29 W 38TH STREET 9TH FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

ESTABLISHED IN 1971, THE MISSION OF THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA) IS TO EMPOWER ARTISTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES, AS WELL AS CULTURAL WORKERS, TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS ON THEIR OWN TERMS BY PROVIDING CRITICAL SUPPORT, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES. NYFA ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE ARTISTS THRIVE IN THE PRACTICE AND EXPRESSION OF THEIR CREATIVE WORK, A WORLD THAT CELEBRATES AND SUPPORTS THEM. OUR WORK CENTERS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY, WHICH IS SERVED THROUGH FOUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS: LEARNING, AWARDS & GRANTS, FISCAL SPONSORSHIP, AND ONLINE RESOURCES. WE SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILLION CONSTITUENTS IN PERSON AND ONLINE, ANNUALLY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO EMPOWER ARTISTS IN ALL DISCIPLINES, AS WELL AS CULTURAL WORKERS, TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS ON THEIR OWN TERMS BY PROVIDING CRITICAL SUPPORT, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES.

FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS: SINCE 1976, NYFA HAS PROVIDED FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS TO INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND EMERGING ORGANIZATIONS, MAKING IT THE OLDEST PROGRAM OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY. IT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT NOT-FOR-PROFIT STATUS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR UPCOMING FILMS, THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES, ART INSTALLATIONS, AND OTHER PROJECTS.

Expenses $5,376,018 · Grants $4,961,428 · Revenue $570,918
NYC MADE IN NY WOMEN'S FILM: THE NYC WOMEN'S FUND FOR MEDIA, MUSIC, AND THEATRE ("WOMEN'S FUND"), ADMINISTERED BY THE NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS (NYFA) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF NEW YORK MAYOR'S OFFICE OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT (MOME), IS PART OF A GROUNDBREAKING SERIES OF INITIATIVES THAT ADDRESS THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN FILM, MUSIC, TELEVISION, AND THEATRE. THE FUND PROVIDES GRANTS TO ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT THE CREATION OF CONTENT THAT REFLECT THE VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES OF ALL WHO IDENTIFY AS WOMEN.

Expenses $1,157,135 · Grants $1,065,144
NYFA LEARNING: NYFA LEARNING PROVIDES ARTISTS WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE PROVIDED THROUGH WORKSHOPS, MENTORING PROGRAMS, NETWORKING EVENTS, COLLABORATIONS, AND A VARIETY OF RESOURCES.

Expenses $866,170 · Revenue $140,772
OTHER PROGRAMS: OTHER PROGRAMS PROVIDED BY THE FOUNDATION INCLUDE FELLOWSHIP GRANTS, THE RAUSCHENBERG MEDICAL RELIEF GRANTS TO ARTISTS AND DANCERS, AND ARTIST FUNDS SUCH AS THE LATINX FELLOWSHIP FUNDED TO THE MELLON AND FORD FOUNDATIONS.

Expenses $4,454,970 · Grants $3,130,423 · Revenue $1,072,655

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

MARC J JASON

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
J WESLEY MCDADE

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
J WHITNEY STEVENS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
MYRNA CHAO

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

5
FEDERICO ACUNA

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JOE BAKER

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CAROLINE BLACK

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LESLIE BOYCE

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ALEXANDRA CHASIN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ANNA DEAVERE SMITH

BOARD MEMBER, THRU 10/2023

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ALESSANDRA DIGIUSTO

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CHRISTOPHER DONINI

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MICHAEL FINDLAY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LESLEY-ANNE GLIEDMAN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
GRACE ANGELA HENRY

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
EUNBI KIM

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
MARY LANG

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
RICARDO ALBERTO MALDONADO

BOARD MEMBER, THRU 1/2024

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CHRISTOPHER RUDD

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SAID SAYREFIEZADEH

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
JUSTIN TOBIN

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
CARMELITA TROPICANA

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
LUIS H VALDERAS

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
ELIZABETH VON HABSBURG

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
SARAH YOUNG O'DONNELL

BOARD MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2023

Revenue

$16,045,374

Expenses

$13,525,831

Contributions

$14,268,608

Grants paid

$9,156,995
2022

Revenue

$15,086,974

Expenses

$15,580,055

Contributions

$13,111,811

Grants paid

$11,487,062

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2023	$16,045,374	$13,525,831	$14,268,608	$9,156,995
2022	$15,086,974	$15,580,055	$13,111,811	$11,487,062

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

2021 · 990

Revenue

$30,608,340

Expenses

$28,190,863

Assets (EOY)

$12,251,951
2020 · 990

Revenue

$10,995,267

Expenses

$9,680,430

Assets (EOY)

$8,779,392
2019 · 990

Revenue

$10,665,982

Expenses

$10,553,673

Assets (EOY)

$9,170,806
2018 · 990

Revenue

$8,519,683

Expenses

$8,471,030

Assets (EOY)

$6,090,298
2017 · 990

Revenue

$7,727,232

Expenses

$8,199,259

Assets (EOY)

$5,516,742
2016 · 990

Revenue

$7,840,628

Expenses

$7,990,835

Assets (EOY)

$5,014,280
2015 · 990

Revenue

$8,452,997

Expenses

$8,535,455

Assets (EOY)

$5,699,638
2014 · 990

Revenue

$8,396,210

Expenses

$7,965,375

Assets (EOY)

$5,347,524
2013 · 990

Revenue

$7,325,396

Expenses

$8,375,741

Assets (EOY)

$5,503,351
2012 · 990

Revenue

not reported

Expenses

$13,390,146

Assets (EOY)

$6,668,387

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$30,608,340	$28,190,863	$12,251,951
2020	990	$10,995,267	$9,680,430	$8,779,392
2019	990	$10,665,982	$10,553,673	$9,170,806
2018	990	$8,519,683	$8,471,030	$6,090,298
2017	990	$7,727,232	$8,199,259	$5,516,742
2016	990	$7,840,628	$7,990,835	$5,014,280
2015	990	$8,452,997	$8,535,455	$5,699,638
2014	990	$8,396,210	$7,965,375	$5,347,524
2013	990	$7,325,396	$8,375,741	$5,503,351
2012	990	not reported	$13,390,146	$6,668,387

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

LENAPE CENTER

$649,673

2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
THE MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION INC

$296,000

2022 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
LENAPE CENTER

$190,161

2022 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
CUBAN ARTIST FUND

$151,506

2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
DRUMSONGS PRODUCTIONS INC

$121,488

2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
CUBAN ARTIST FUND

$88,961

2022 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
DRUMSONGS PRODUCTIONS INC

$85,328

2022 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
PARTHENIA

$70,315

2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
YOUTH ARTS NEW YORK INC

$56,785

2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS
MINERVA FOUNDATION FOR FIGURE DRAWING

$44,374

2023 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP TO ALLOW EMERGING ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO FUNDRAISE UNDER NYFA AND ACCOMPLISH THEIR ART PROJECTS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

$4,906,888

2024 FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST

$750,000

2024 FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$305,700

2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$256,030

2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$231,000

2024 Arts & Culture
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

$212,500

2023 Arts & Culture
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

$169,000

2024 CULTURE & ARTS
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

$158,310

2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

$154,750

2023 FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
FJC

$100,000

2023 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.