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Filing year 2023

NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC

New York, New York·EIN 23-7129564·NTEE A120 · Arts, Culture & Humanities·3
Total revenue
$16M
Total assets
$18M
Total expenses
$13.5M
Reported officers
30
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.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 5 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Chief Executive Officer
$450k
$506k
Base
$313k
Bonus
$118k
Other
Benefits
$7k
Of Finance & Administration
officer (unspecified)
$166k
$186k
Base
$120k
Bonus
$25k
Other
Benefits
$16k
Chief Operating Officer
$118k
$133k
Director of Technologies
highest compensated employee
$107k
$120k
Director of Development
$102k
$114k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 25 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Arts, Culture & Humanities

Up 2%
from 2022

From $439k in 2022 to $450k in 2023.

$439k
2022
$450k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 1% in real terms$512k to $506k

Estimated with New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

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