YoungArts 2022-23 Annual Report
Letter from Our President
Since joining YoungArts in early 2023, I’ve been thrilled to become part of this brilliant community and devote my energy to dreaming about how we can support YoungArts award winners, from the moment they declare “I’m an artist” and for the rest of their lives. Reflected in this report are small snapshots from the past season that reveal a path toward the world we envision: one where artists are valued, nurtured, mentored, resourced, and ultimately, embraced as vital to our humanity. But we are just getting started.
Our successes in the 2022-23 season provide a launching pad from which to dream forward. As you experience the stories that follow, I invite you to join me in considering these questions:
- In the years that come, how might we expand our resources in partnership with others to meet the needs of artists no matter where they live and work?
- How could we better equip young artists with interdisciplinary skills, career-advancing tools and knowledge of contemporary practices so they can take part in a more collaborative, interdependent ecosystem?
- And how will we broaden our definition of artistic excellence to include more artists and aesthetics and imagine a more expansive and interconnected community?
With our minds on these possibilities, the future we build with and for artists becomes limitless.
Thank you to all who made the 2022-23 season a resounding success. I hope you share my enthusiasm for what lies ahead.
Clive Chang
President, YoungArts
Who We Are
Mission
YoungArts identifies exceptional young artists, amplifies their potential, and invests in their lifelong creative freedom.
Vision
A world that embraces artists as vital to our humanity.
Our Values
Our core values are excellence, collaboration, inclusivity, experimentation, respect and integrity. These concepts underpin our efforts to provide artists with space, funding, mentorship, professional development and community. We strive to incorporate and communicate them throughout all of our programs.
2022-23 At A Glance
Artists engaged throughout the 2022-23 season1
Over 10,000
Young artists applied to the competition2
6,159
New YoungArts award winners3
702
Artists directly supported4
1,614
Active users on YoungArts Post5
3,896
Paid to artists in grants, awards and fees for service6
$1,782,487
1Over 10,000 artists engaged with YoungArts throughout the season by applying to the competition, attending or leading programs, and receiving funds.
27,010 applications from 50 states and 27 countries submitted for the national arts competition.
3736 awards granted to 702 artists. For a full listing of 2023 winners, visit youngarts.org/winners.
4Awarded funds, attended programs, or hired to lead programs
5YoungArts Post is a free, private, online platform for award winners to connect, share their work and discover new opportunities.
6Paid to artists in grants, awards and fees for service including YoungArts Week and LABs; creative opportunities, such as residencies, exhibitions, and publications; space grants and microgrants; and professional development trainings
Who Are the 2023 YoungArts Winners*
Discipline
Demographic
Gender Identity
*Figures represent numbers of awards made in the 2022-23 season. One winner can receive multiple awards.
Text Only Chart Data: 2023 YoungArts Winners
2023 YoungArts Awards by Discipline
Classical Music: 143 awards (19.43%);
Dance: 57 awards (7.74%);
Design: 21 awards (2.85%);
Film: 53 awards (7.20%);
Jazz: 85 awards (11.55%);
Photography: 36 awards (4.89%);
Theater: 42 awards (5.71%);
Visual Arts: 33 awards (4.48%);
Voice: 133 awards (18.07%);
Writing: 133 awards (18.07%).
2023 YoungArts Awards by Demographic
Arab American, North African or Middle Eastern: 35 (4.8%);
Asian or Asian American: 240 (32.6%);
Black or African American: 65 (8.8%);
Hispanic or Latino: 83 (11.3%);
Native American or Native Alaskan: 10 (1.4%);
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander: 5 (0.7%);
Prefer Not to Answer: 23 (3.1%);
Two or More Races: 74 (10.1%);
White, non-Hispanic: 201 (27.3%).
2023 YoungArts Awards by Gender Identity
Female: 452 (61.41%);
Male: 259 (35.19%);
Non-Binary: 22 (2.99%);
Not Listed: 3 (0.41%).
2022-23 Highlights
National YoungArts Week returned in person after two years of being held virtually.
From January 8 to 15, 2023, 138 young artists from 26 states traveled to Miami (all expenses paid) to National YoungArts Week. While in Miami, they participated in seven days of interdisciplinary and discipline-specific programming with nationally and internationally recognized guest artists, including conductor Gerard Schwarz, jazz saxophonist Charles McPherson, poet Richard Blanco, actor BD Wong and multi-hyphenate performance artist Taylor Mac.
Microgrants provided vital funding to 209 artists in 32 states and Washington D.C., as well as 4 additional countries.
Akenya Seymour, a 2011 winner in Voice from Chicago, IL, won a YoungArts Creative Microgrant in June 2023. Akenya’s $5,000 microgrant covered recording costs and legal fees, allowing her to finish her debut album, Moon in the 4th. Akenya said that receiving the microgrant was “affirming” and that with the launch of her album will “allow [her] to make a statement about who [she is] and what [she] can do creatively.”
Creative and emergency microgrants provided $300,000 in funding in the 2022-23 season.
YoungArts launched a new national partnership with Anthropologie.
YoungArts launched a new national partnership with Anthropologie to provide the Leading with Creativity Award—an unrestricted $10,000 grant—to five talented artists, along with the opportunity for them to work with members of Anthropologie’s creative team—including store window design for the holiday campaign, score development for a commercial, and the design of a candle capsule collection, the proceeds from which will benefit YoungArts. Artists selected for the inaugural year of this partnership include: Priscilla Aleman (2009 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), Coco Allred (2016 Visual Arts), Isabela Dos Santos (2011 Film), Oscar Garay (2020 Visual Arts) and Anton Kot (2019, 2020, 2021 Jazz).
Photo by Ben Draper.
YoungArts offered artists avenues to experiment and present work through partnerships nationwide.
Through arts and cultural institutions like Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, Fountainhead Arts, Jacob’s Pillow, Joe’s Pub and more, YoungArts expanded opportunities and exposure for artists across the country. At Baxter St, Priscilla Aleman (2009 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts), participated in a residency to bring her exhibition In a Field of Ancient Stars to life.
YoungArts’ Artist Fellowship Program provided a full year of custom support to emerging artists.
The Artist Fellowship Program offers a practicing artist personalized support—funding, space, networking and project consultation—for the development of a new work. Boston, MA-based actor and writer Noah Putterman (2005 Winner in Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts) used his fellowship experience to research and develop the script of Roxbury’s Hidden Figures, a play he is co-creating with collaborator Collin Knight, who grew up in Roxbury, MA. The play, which is currently still in development, aims to uncover and share some of the lesser-known stories of Black women and their contributions to society.
“I can’t stress enough how vital it was that YoungArts never pressured me to force the process to a pre-determined “product.” The project is continuing to evolve, and the fact that they understood that my initial proposal was far too ambitious for a single fellowship, yet they still recognized its promise and potential, speaks to their understanding of the creative process and their faith in artists.”
— Noah Putterman, 2022-23 Artist Fellow
2022–23 Financials
Revenue
Expenses
Text-Only Chart Data: 2022-23 Financials
2022-23 Revenue
Individuals: FY22 ($2,148,072), FY23 ($3,187,385);
Corporations: FY22 ($1,299,315), FY23 ($1,264,714);
Foundations: FY22 ($7,456,695), FY23 ($7,751,889);
Government: FY22 ($252,069), FY23 ($356,771);
Earned Income: FY22 ($101,409), FY23 ($146,118);
Endowment Income: FY22 (-$6,802,895), FY23 ($3,225,420).
2023 Expenses
Programs: $10,279,060 (76%);
General and Administrative: $1,152,535 (9%);
Advancement: $2,050,362 (15%).
2022-23 Expenses
Programs: FY22 $8,401,736 (75%), FY23 $10,279,060 (76%);
General and Administrative: FY22 $827,198 (7%), FY23 $1,152,535 (9%);
Advancement: FY22 $2,031,193 (18%), FY23 $2,050,362 (15%).
| Assets | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $6,829,199 | $5,417,288 |
| Contributions and other receivables | $1,327,209 | $1,441,487 |
| Prepaid expenses and other assets | $396,586 | $339,642 |
| Interest in charitable remainder unitrust | $121,834 | $118,681 |
| Investments | $48,446,319 | $47,485,363 |
| Property and equipment, net of depreciation | $25,868,384 | $25,850,714 |
| Total Assets | $82,989,531 | $80,653,175 |
| Liabilities and Net Assets | 2023 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Liabilities | ||
| Accounts payable | $527,322 | $641,306 |
| Total Liabilities | $527,322 | $641,306 |
| Net Assets | ||
| Without donor restrictions | $39,318,116 | $38,052,462 |
| With donor restrictions | $43,144,093 | $41,959,407 |
| Total Net Assets | $82,462,209 | $80,011,869 |
| Total Liabilities and Net Assets | $82,989,531 | $80,653,175 |
The information presented reflects the consolidated 2022–2023 audited financials which include both the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Inc. (d.b.a. YoungArts) and the National YoungArts Foundation Supporting Organization.
Thank You
Many people make YoungArts programming a reality, and we are grateful for the time, energy and experience you share.
Board of Trustees
as of June 30, 2023
Sarah Arison | Board Chair
Richard Kohan | President of The Board
Natalie Diggins | Secretary
Richard S. Wagman* | Treasurer
Derrick Adams
Doug Blush, 1984 Film
Hampton Carney
Linda Coll
Kristy Edmunds
Jonathan Flack
Danielle Garno, Esq.
Rosie Gordon-Wallace
Michi Matter Jigarjian
Jason Kraus
Steven Marks, Esq.
Lauren Matthiesen
Michael McElroy, 1985 Theater
Dr. Joan Morgan
John J. O’Neil, Esq.
Glenda Pedroso
Victoria Rogers
Jean Shin, 1990 Visual Arts & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Zuzanna Szadkowski, 1997 Theater & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Sandra Tamer
Debi Wisch
Maurice M. Zarmati
Trustees Emeritus
Armando M. Codina
Meryl Comer
Justin DiCioccio
Agnes Gund
John J. Kauffman
Dr. Ronald C. McCurdy
Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón
Desmond Richardson, 1986 Dance & U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts
Marcus Sheridan
*Denotes Trustee Emeritus
YoungArts Staff
2022–23 Donors
We are grateful to the many individuals, foundations, corporations and government entities that provided support for YoungArts programming during the 2022-23 season.
$1M+
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Sidney and Florence Stern Family Foundation
$500,000-$999,999
7G Foundation / Michi and Charles Jigarjian
Anthropologie
$100,000-$499,000
Micky and Madeleine Arison Family Foundation
Sarah Arison and Thomas Wilhelm
Jeffrey Davis and Michael Miller
State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture
Agnes Gund
Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
Northern Trust
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Psycho Bunny
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Sandra and Tony Tamer
Bruce and Ellie Taub
Truist Wealth
$50,000-$99,999
Aon
Jay Franke and David Herro
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
Leslie and Jason Kraus
Ashley Longshore
The Jorge M. Pérez Family Foundation
Podhurst Orseck, P.A.
Prada
Jen Rubio and Stewart Butterfield
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
$25,000-$49,999
Jody and John Arnhold
The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
The Batchelor Foundation, Inc.
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Jill Braufman and Daniel Nir
Franco Da Costa Gomez and Denise Weinstein
David Dechman and Michel Mercure
Natalie Diggins and Oren Michels
The Fine and Greenwald Foundation, Inc.
Hearst Corporation
Paul Wilmot Communications*
PYRO Communications LLC
$10,000-$24,999
291 Agency
Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation
Braman Miami
Rona and Jeffrey Citrin
Meryl Comer
Yulia I. Dultsina and Kirill Goncharenko
Dana Farouki and Mazen Makarem
Lynn and Martin Halbfinger Charitable Fund
JP Morgan
Richard and Amy Kohan
Daniel R. Lewis and Valerie Dillon
Olivia Marciano
Lauren Matthiesen
City of Miami Beach, Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council
Miami Downtown Development Authority
Sami and Hala Mnaymneh
Red Butterfly Foundation
Corey Robinson
Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn and Nicolas Rohatyn
Laurie Tisch
TOTAH
Olivia Walton
Debi and Steven Wisch
Randi Wolfson and Chris Adamo
$5,000-$9,999
Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.*
Hampton Carney and Florent Bonadei
Sebastian and Elisabeth Bentel Carpenter
The Alvah H. and Wyline P. Chapman Foundation
Charina Foundation, Inc.
Brian Donnelly and Julia Chiang
Edward Fisher
Frank and Jennifer Graziano
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Philip Margolius
Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation, Inc.
Joanne Rosen and Amy Cappellazzo
Richard Roth
Sheldon and Susan Schneider
Troy and Miriam Templeton
Terlato Wine Group Ltd.*
Trivest Partners, L.P.
Verity Partners
$1,000-$4,999
Derrick Adams and Michael Chuapoco
Americans for the Arts
Greg Avis
Spencer Bailey
Bal Harbour Village
Alec Batis
BDT Capital Partners, LLC
Theodore and Lynne Bernstein
Bloomberg
Jill Brienza
Dawn Burgess-Krop and Harry Krop
James Cesare and Claudia Carulla Cesare
Victoria Cochran
Corwin Family Charitable Foundation
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Jennifer Deason
Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz
Eleanor Flomenhaft
Julia Fowler
Casey Fremont
Danielle and Gregory Garno
Rosie Gordon-Wallace and Roy Wallace
Hannah Gottlieb-Graham
Andrea Guttag
Ronnie Heyman and Ward Blum
Daniel Hoag
Phyllis Hollis
Sarah Hoover
The Hostetler / Wrigley Foundation
Sheree Hovsepian and Rashid Johnson
Glen R. Irani and Edith Beaucage-Irani
Thomas Keller
Irene Kim
Sharon Kirkpatrick
Marley Lewis
Lourdes Lopez and George Skouras
LTK
Bernard Lumpkin and Carmine Buccozzi
MASS MoCA
Richard Massey
The Miami Foundation
Thea and Robert Mitzman
Kara and James Moore
New York Live Arts
Matt Nielson
Natalie Norfus
Dalia Oberlander
Marta Olchyk
Sheila O’Malley
Anne Pasternak
Charlie Pohlad
Matthew Putman
Ben Rodriguez-Cubeñas
Lisa Roumell and Mark Rosenthal
The Debra and Dennis Scholl Fund
Jenna and Paul Segal
Walid Sfeir
Carla Shen
Dee Dee Sides and Michael Weissman
Laurie Silverman
Snøhetta
Robert and Jamie Soros
Clifford Stober
Bonnie Su
Douglas Summer
The Armory Show
Sandy Thoyer and Inson Wood
Tuchman Family Foundation
Devyn Tyler
Anu Wahi and Jasmine Wahi
Terry and Jason Zucker
Up to $999
Frederick Abeles
Cheryl and Ted Abernethy, Jr.
Krizia L. Alba
Madeline Alemi
Kelly Anderson
Mike Baird
Bakehouse Art Complex
John and Federico Beadel
Dena R. Benavidez
Michelle Bennett
Teresita Bermudez
Stefania Bethlen
Thomas C. Bolton
Shelley Booken
Richard Bookman
Robert and Deborah Brailas
Madyson Bryan
Barbara Burnstine
Students of the Art Club, Choate Rosemary Hall
Chris Weinberg Events
Briana Ciraulo
Joseph Coconate
Lee Cohen Hare
David Cross
Silvia Karman Cubiñá and Alfredo Cubiñá
Nick DaCosta
Yuko Darcy
Anthony Dargahi
Crystal Davis
Maisy Dewey
Ali Diaz
Peter and Bonnie Dockter
Raphael Donofrio
Jebsen Dorgilus
Donna Lane and James Downey
Eliana Du
Chandel and David Dundee
Amanda Ens Lipton
Jonathan and Melinda Fagan
Bari Fisher
George Fletcher
Hayley Foppiani
Deborah J. Gander
Lisa Garcia
Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
Nancy and Ron Gelles
Paul Ginter
Angela Goding
The Goldbas Family
Alan L. Gordon
Christian Gordon
Cristina Grajales and Isabelle Kirshner
Sarah Watson Gray
Anna Groves
*Denotes in-kind support
Matt Haggman and Danet Linares
Amanda Halpern
Jeffrey and Candace Halpern
Beei Harrison
Michelle Hellman
Cecilia Hevia
Jordan Huelskamp
Melissa Hunter Davis
Christine Heesun Hwang
Mina Iskarous
Edward and Judith Joyce
Julie Ann Jurrjens
Jesse Karp
Karen and Alan Katz
Carolyn Keer
Aubrey Kessler
Zeenat Khan
V. Wensley and Wendy Koch
Dominika Koziol
Tom Krauskopf
Beth Kreider
Janet Krop
Alyssa Krop-Brandfon and Joshua Brandfon
Rebekah Lanae Lengel
Daniel Levy
Karelle Levy
Elizabeth Loeper
Kayla Mak
Jewel and Adam Malone
Josybel Martinez
William McCrery
Bonnie J. McGarr and Michael B. Lesser
Hilit Mechaber
Marieclaire and Alex Mellen
Kathryn and Dan Mikesell
Alison Miller
Jennifer and Jay Mills
Kevin Milner and Jasmine Hernandez
Kemp M. Minifie
Farah Moinuddin and Farhan Khan
Hana Naiem
Robert Newman and Judi Prokop Newman
Blanche Nonoo
Student Cooperative Association, Ocean Lakes High School
Mireya Palacios
Susan L. Papa
Elizabeth Petersen Hoelle and Will Hoelle
David Phillips
Ellen Pilelsky and Roy Oppenheim
Pilgrim School
Tara Prakash
Carly and Michael Rahaman
Cecile Raubenheimer
Leslie Reed
Tanya Reid
Mauricio Rivera
Curren and Kip Robbins
Victoria M. Rogers
Timothy Rogier
Debra and Joseph Rogoff
William and Toby Rohrer
Margaret Romero
Johanna Rousseaux
Rebecca Rovirosa-Capote
Debra Rusch
Mary Sabbatino
Federico Sandoval
Martin Schultz
Hans Schuster
Vernon L. Scott
Wendy Shanker
Nicole Shenouda
Marlene R. Sholod
Sandra Simon
Franklin and Jessica Sirmans
Josh Sotos
Deborah Spiegelman
Stephen and Sue Spinelli
Suzanne and Henry Stolar
LoRae Stolpp
Julia Stutts and Jeff Schweiger
Sunrise Production Rentals LLC
Thomas Szumowski
Robert Tappe
Anya Tatum
Scott Teeter and Peg McCarthy
Britney Tokumoto
Michael Trach and Lisa Manning
Jackie Traurig
Gwendolyn Tulloch
Madeline Vera
Very Good Puzzle
Jasmine Wahi
Robert L. Weitz
Susan Westfall
Christopher Williams
Allison and James Wilt
THE WORK by Ava
Lin Xu
Linda Yu Lam and Terence Lam
Mary Jo Zimmer, MD
Stephanie Zoppina