The Laundromat Project is a left-of-center 501(c)(3) nonprofit located in Brooklyn, New York that primarily supports artists.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses Year Total Assets Total Revenue Total Expenses Filing 2024 $9,191,092 $2,424,145 $2,877,587 View 2023 $9,703,556 $5,734,078 $2,676,945 View 2022 $6,598,573 $1,824,950 $2,033,921 View 2021 $6,741,143 $5,175,800 $1,954,593 View 2020 $3,577,635 $2,488,024 $1,235,765 View
Prior year filings: 2019 , 2018 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011
Revenue Detail
Expenses Detail Employee Compensation Highest Earning Employees Employee Title Total Compensation Ayesha Williams Executive Director $169,851
Grant Activity Grants Received Grants Given
All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $18,980,002 Number of Grants: 238 Number of Funders: 77 Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $2,500,000 2023 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support general operations $2,078,631 2021 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund For grant recipient's exempt purposes $2,000,000 2021 MacKenzie Scott MacKenzie Scott made an unrestricted grant of $2,000,000 to The Laundromat Project. Mission: The Laundromat Project is an arts organization that advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. $1,000,000 2020 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation To support anchoring in community and the Create Change artist development program $525,000 2023 The Wallace Foundation To participate in the Wallace Arts Initiative that will support arts organizations of color. $431,000 2025 The Wallace Foundation To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative $400,000 2021 The Ford Foundation General support to use arts and culture to build community networks, solve problems, and enhance sense of ownership in the places where people live, work, and grow $382,000 2024 The Wallace Foundation To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative. $331,000 2026 The Wallace Foundation To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Arts initiative $300,000 2023 The Bay and Paul Foundations Inc To support infrastructure development and general operations, BedSty programs, and artistic development $300,000 2023 SURDNA FOUNDATION INC The purpose of this grant is general operating support. $300,000 2022 The Bay and Paul Foundations Inc To support infrastructure development and general operations, Bed-Sty programs and artistic development $300,000 2021 The Bay and Paul Foundations Inc To support infrastructure development and general operations, Bed-Sty programs and artistic development $300,000 2020 The Ford Foundation General support to use arts and culture to build community networks, solve problems, and enhance sense of ownership in the places where people live, work, and grow $288,000 2022 The Wallace Foundation A planning grant to prepare for implementation work as part of a new Arts initiative. $200,000 2025 SURDNA FOUNDATION INC GENERAL SUPPORT $200,000 2024 SURDNA FOUNDATION INC General Support $175,000 2021 The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc DIGITAL PROGRAMS $170,000 2024 Tides Foundation HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES $150,000 2024 The Ford Foundation General support to use arts and culture to build community networks, solve problems, and enhance sense of ownership in the places where people live, work, and grow $150,000 2021 The Ford Foundation To create a database and interactive map of New York City-based cultural entities founded by, led by, and serving BIPOC communities, in collaboration with Hester Street and Museum Hue $149,530 2024 Swiss Institute COALITION EFFORT OF MID-SIZED ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY. $134,000 2022 Tides Foundation HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES $120,000 2021 Booth Ferris Foundation Capacity support to provide greater access to The LP’S work through increased accessibility initiatives and rebrand/redesign our website $117,000 2025 South Arts FY25 NEA ArtsHERE
More + Less – All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
Total Grant Value: $152,500 Number of Grants: 6 Number of Recipients: 5 Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
Amount Year Funder Subject $105,000 2021 HESTER STREET See Part IV $10,000 2021 Blackspace Urbanist Collective Inc See Part IV $10,000 2021 Literary Freedom Project, Inc. See Part IV $10,000 2021 New York Foundation For the Arts See Part IV $10,000 2021 Open Space Institute Land Trust Inc See Part IV $7,500 2022 HESTER STREET Mapping BIPOC
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