Brooklyn Arts Council Inc
Brooklyn, NY · EIN 23-7072915. Reported 108 grants totalling $1,167,759 to 80 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Brooklyn Arts Council Inc, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A260) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 80 distinct organizations, with 6% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 18% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $10,000 and $10,325; the smallest was $5,430 and the largest $26,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
24 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $267,000 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baileys Cafe Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $68,880 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Youth Company Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $46,635 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Raga Massive Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $36,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| One Whale's Tale LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Gung Ho Projects LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $34,683 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Fam Festival of Arts and Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $34,449 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $32,225 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National Queer Theater Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oye Group Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $24,564 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Continuum Culture & Arts Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Something Positive Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $21,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bushwick Workshop Space Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Circus Amok Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Dancing Crane Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Future River Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Grand Pistachio Arts Corp | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parle Endeavors Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Redhawk Indian Arts Council Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rooted Theater Company Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Yaa Samar Dance Theater | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mckoy Dance Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $19,360 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Brass Band Collective Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chamberqueer | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Flex Dance Program Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Speciwomen Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tilly & William LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| White Bird Productions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women Make Movies Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Academy of Medical and Public Health Services | Brooklyn, NY | $13,493 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Afrolatin Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $11,847 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African Peach Arts Coalition | Forest Park, GA | $11,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Saving Our Babies Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,325 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arteeast Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts & Democracy Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Canarsie Community Development Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dancers Unlimited | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dominicans Love Haitians Movement | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dreamstreet Theatre Company Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Emit Theatre Inc | Bronx, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Falconworks Artists Group | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fund for the City of New York Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Grow Brownsville Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lampblack Literary Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| My People Tell Stories LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Music Cooperative | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Shakespeare Festival | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Noosphere Arts Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Powrplnt Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Stoops Art & Community LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Summertime Gallery Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tww Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Vp Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| What Will the Neighbors Say | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Idesygn Creative LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $9,850 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Parsnip Ship Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $9,683 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salute to Youth Project of the Brooklyn Chapter of the Links | Brooklyn, NY | $9,666 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Renegade Performance Group Productions LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $9,627 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| One Breath Rising Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $9,566 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| L Atelier Theatre Ny Inc | Bronx, NY | $9,450 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Unique Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $9,395 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Curatorial Program for Research Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $8,899 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dishman & Co Choreography Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Via Collaborative Arts Corporation | Brooklyn, NY | $7,613 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Essence Theatre-Studio | Brooklyn, NY | $7,553 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art Yard Bklyn | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bronx Council on the Arts Inc | Bronx, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island | Staten Island, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Perennial Muse | Brooklyn, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queens Council on the Arts Inc | Astoria, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sisters With Purpose Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $6,135 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Live Arts Inc | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Arts Gowanus Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,921 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fulton Art Fair Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,512 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Artistic Talent Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,498 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creative Developments LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $5,430 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
20 of 80 (25%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Bailey's Cafe Inc
BROOKLYN ARTS FUND, LOCAL ARTS SUPPORT - Grand Pistachio Arts Corporation
BROOKLYN ARTS FUND, CREATIVE EQUATIONS FUND, LOCAL ARTS SUPPORT - Brooklyn Youth Company Inc
NYC DCLA RE-GRANT FOR BROOKLYN ARTS FUND PROJECT - Mckoy Dance Project Inc
NYSCA REGRANT FOR LOCAL ARTS SUPPORT - Fractured Atlas Inc
NYC DCLA REGRANT FOR BROOKLYN ARTS FUND - Raga Massive Inc
NYC DCLA REGRANT FOR BROOKLYN ARTS FUND PROJECT
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 61 of 80 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | $30,000 | $7,500 |
| 2021 | 23 | $233,792 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 35 | $366,967 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $267,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 22 | $270,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
99% of its giving went to organizations in New York. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Brooklyn Arts Council Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 22 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 10 Lafayette Ave 4, Brooklyn, NY, 11217.
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