Public Charity

A BLADE OF GRASS FUND

A BLADE OF GRASS FUND is a Public Charity headquartered in LONG ISLAND CITY, NY. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $503K revenue, $806K expenses, $1.6M total assets. 6 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $79K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 274311567 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$503K
Total Expenses$806K
Total Assets$1.6M
Grant Records6
Funding Total$79K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

A BLADE OF GRASS FUND NURTURES SOCIALLY ENGAGED ART. WE PROVIDE RESOURCES TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED ARTISTS. ROOTED IN CO-CREATION AND DIALOGUE, OUR PROGRAMS-RANGING FROM FUNDING TO RESEARCH-ARE DESIGNED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND ADAPTIVE TO THE EVOLVING LANDSCAPE.

Where $100 goes at A Blade of Grass Fund

How A Blade of Grass Fund divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$57 Programs the work itself
$27 Management running the organization
$16 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $57 for programs

$57
This year we continued three programs to support artists and creative practitioners throughout the country with resources including funding such as field funds, micro grants, and unrestricted fellowships
All program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

SECRETARY Ashley Sparks
BOARD MEMBER (TO JAN. 2025) Brett Cook
CO-CHAIR Diya Vij
BOARD MEMBER Elissa Moorhead
TREASURER Gregory Sale
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Lu Zhang

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$62,450 4 grants
Arts & Culture
$7,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$9,200 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $503K $806K $1.6M
2024 $1.6M $690K $1.8M
2023 $269K $463K $780K
2022 $618K $434K $939K
2021 $199K $535K $977K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $199K to $503K (+153%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.6M.

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