Art Matters

Art Matters is a 501(c)(3) private foundation based in New York City that provides fellowships to artists, with priority given to artists whose work experiments with form and addresses social issues.

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3), Private Foundation
Website: artmattersfoundation.org
Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 13-3271577
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $101,361 Revenue: $516,167 Expenses: $516,994

Art Matters is a 501(c)(3) private foundation based in New York City that provides fellowships to artists, with priority given to artists whose work experiments with form and addresses social issues.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $101,361 $516,167 $516,994 View
2023 $103,106 $398,798 $426,377 View
2022 $126,624 $415,905 $429,483 View
2021 $141,947 $451,807 $355,355 View
2020 $47,719 $400,736 $409,734 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Abbey WilliamsDIRECTOR$97,155

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $2,995,280
  • Number of Grants: 14
  • Number of Funders: 3

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$100,0002020 The Good Works FoundationDONATION

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $570,005
  • Number of Grants: 88
  • Number of Recipients: 59

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$10,0002020 Recess Activities IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$8,0002024 MIDDLE EAST CHILDRENS ALLIANCEFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$8,0002024 Opencollective FoundationFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$7,5002024 Recess Activities IncOPERATING SUPPORT
$7,5002023 Episcopal Diocese of Eastern OregonFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$7,5002023 Recess Activities IncOPERATING SUPPORT
$7,5002022 Ezra – USAFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$7,5002022 Recess Activities IncGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$7,5002021 Recess Activities IncRELIEF GRANT
$5,0002021 Carolyn LazardFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$5,0002021 Mel ChinFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$5,0002020 Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, IncRELIEF GRANT
$5,0002020 Crenshaw Dairy Mart LLCFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$5,0002020 Dancers GroupFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$5,0002020 Indigenous ShowcaseFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$5,0002020 Life 4 All IncFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$3,7502021 Sisters of WattsFELLOWSHIP TO CREATE ARTWORK
$2,5052021 Visual AIDS for the Arts IncRELIEF GRANT

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