EIN 23-7397946

Dia Arts Foundation

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
231
Year formed
1974
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
The Dia Arts Foundation is committed to advancing, realizing, and preserving the vision of artists through commissioned and supported projects. It maintains 11 permanent sites and locations, including three for changing exhibitions. It offers educational and public programs in Beacon and New York City with a team of 30 educators creating original programs. Public programs are held at its location on West 22nd Street in New York City.
Also known as...
Dia Center for the Arts
Total revenues
$37,212,649
2023
Total expenses
$20,191,928
2023
Total assets
$228,603,898
2023
Num. employees
231
2023

Program areas at Dia Arts Foundation

Exhibitions and long-term projects: Dia maintains 12 permanent sites and locations. Dia's three locations for presenting changing exhibitions are Dia beacon in beacon, ny; Dia bridgehampton, in bridgehampton, ny; and Dia chelsea in new york, ny. Dia's largest exhibition facility is Dia beacon, which houses 240,000 square-feet of exhibition and public program space used for public viewing of the permanent collection, temporary exhibitions, a bookshop and cafe. Dia bridgehampton and Dia chelsea present single-artist temporary exhibitions. Dia's long-term, site-specific projects are located across the united states and include: walter de maria's the lightning field (1977) located in new mexico, robert smithson's spiral jetty (1970) located in the great salt lake in Utah, nancy holt's sun tunnels (1973-76) located in the great basin desert in Utah, and cameron rowland's depreciation (2018); two permanent gallery installations in new york city by walter de maria, the new york earth room (1977) and the broken kilometer (1979), and the dan flavin Art institute located in bridgehampton, new york. These installations are free to the public, with the exception of the lightning field, for which an overnight stay is required. In fiscal year 2023, Dia beacon presented continued collection installations and individual exhibitions of larry bell, melvin edwards, charles gaines, joan jonas, imi knoebel, mario merz, charlotte posenenske, and dorothea rockburne, and opened new long-term presentations of stanley brouwn, senga nengudi, robert irwin, blinky palermo, lawrence weiner, as well as a presentation of jack whitten paintings. Dia bridgehampton presented an exhibition of work by leslie hewitt and opened an exhibition of new work by tony cokes. Dia chelsea presented a site-specific commission by camille norment, followed by an exhibition by chryssa.
Publications: in 2023, Dia published the lps carl craig: party/after-party and remix ready mix (lp) by deantoni parks and lucy raven as well as the books camille norment: plexus, chryssa & new york, jack whitten: the greek alphabet paintings, and joan jonas: next move in a mirror world.dia's publication program has produced over 75 volumes including monographs, anthologies, and collections of criticism and scholarship. Through these publications Dia has established a tradition of rigorous scholarship and strives to offer in-depth explorations of its exhibitions, sites, and permanent collection.
Public programs and education: Dia offers educational and public programs in beacon and new york city and employs 30 educators who design and lead original programs for wide-ranging public audiences. Across its sites based in new york, Dia offers a variety of hands-on, artist-led, public programming for all ages; artist-led tours; paid, year-round, artist-led programming for high-school aged youth (in nyc, in partnership with the city's department of youth and community development); and paid apprenticeship, fellowship, and internship programs for young people ages 18-26. Dia chelsea, located in new york city, hosts public programming including the artists on artists lecture series; the contemporary poetry series poetry &; and activations, an off-site intergenerational studio program in partnership with nyc's department of recreation and parks. Dia beacon, located in the hudson valley, hosts an annual Arts education program, an artist-in-schools partnership with every school in the beacon city school district; family-focused programming including play sets (in-gallery learning) and saturday studio (hands-on studio workshops); artist-led programming in partnership with evergreen minds, an organization centered on people with dementia and their care partners as well as environmental sustainability; seasonal diatalks; and professional development opportunities for local classroom educators. In relationship with its sites in the american west, Dia offers fieldwork, a program inviting young people participating in Dia's long-term youth and young adult initiatives to propose and develop original projects that critically engage with Dia's sites, mission, program, and organizational partners, and their related environments and communities. In a typical program year, approximately 10,000 people participate in public and educational programming at Dia. All educational programming is offered free of charge, and for programs serving youth and young adults, transportation and in-program meals are covered by Dia. Additionally, free admission is offered to all at Dia's new york city locations, while citizens of beacon and its neighboring communities receive free admission to Dia beacon; residents of the hudson valley receive free admission to Dia beacon on the last sunday of each month.
Curatorial research, press, marketing, printed materials, it support

Grants made by Dia Arts Foundation

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Mela FoundationProgram Operating Support - Operations of Dream House$121,000

Who funds Dia Arts Foundation

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Claws FoundationGeneral Support$1,500,000
The Minneapolis FoundationDonor-Recommended, Arts & Culture$890,250
Someland FoundationGeneral Support$750,000
...and 72 more grants received totalling $8,350,259

Personnel at Dia Arts Foundation

NameTitleCompensation
Rachel L PivnickDeputy Director and Chief Operating Officer$203,895
Michelle BedfordChief Financial Officer$252,938
James SchaeufeleDirector of Operations / Director of Beacon Operations / Operation Director$223,147
Sara TuckerDirector of It$144,233
Karey DavidDirector of Development$117,078
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for Dia Arts Foundation

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$30,083,580
Program services$2,074,096
Investment income and dividends$4,228,957
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$4,022
Net rental income$1,314,111
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-893,577
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$302,475
Miscellaneous revenues$98,985
Total revenues$37,212,649

Form 990s for Dia Arts Foundation

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-04-04990View PDF
2022-062023-05-15990View PDF
2021-062022-04-07990View PDF
2021-062022-03-16990View PDF
2020-062021-04-15990View PDF
...and 10 more Form 990s
Data update history
August 10, 2024
Received grants
Identified 14 new grant, including a grant for $450,000 from One Million Years Foundation
May 20, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 19, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 18, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $695,100 from Jewish Communal Fund
Nonprofit Types
Arts, culture, and humanities nonprofitsMuseumsCharities
Issues
Arts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsReceives government fundingEndowed supportGala fundraisersTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
535 W 22nd St 6 FL
New York, NY 10011
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
diaart.org/ 
Phone
(212) 989-5566
Facebook page
diaartfoundation 
Twitter profile
@diaartfndn 
IRS details
EIN
23-7397946
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1974
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
A51: Art Museums
NAICS code, primary
7121: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions
Parent/child status
Independent
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