Mission
TO FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ARTISTS AND THE PUBLIC TO CREATE BOLD PUBLIC ART EXPERIENCES THAT OPEN MINDS, CONVERSATIONS, AND SPACES ACROSS BOSTON, RESULTING IN A MORE OPEN, EQUITABLE, AND VIBRANT CITY.
Public Charity
BOSTON PUBLIC ART TRIENNIAL INC
Based in BOSTON, MA, BOSTON PUBLIC ART TRIENNIAL INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $3.3M in revenue, $3.5M in expenses, $3.7M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 29 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $4.3M.
EIN: 042712823
BOSTON, MA
Arts & Culture
NTEE: A20
Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.3M
Total Expenses$3.5M
Total Assets$3.7M
Grant Records29
Funding Total$4.3M
Filing Years2020–2024
Where $100 goes at Boston Public Art Triennial Inc
How Boston Public Art Triennial Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.
$78
Programs
the work itself
$12
Management
running the organization
$10
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $78 for programs
$53
In 2024, the Boston Public Art Triennial preprepared for a six-month public art exhibition to be held in 2025 that will be dedicated to supporting artists and communities…
$16
The public art accelerator is a skill-building and grant-funding program designed to support early-to-mid-career Boston-based artists in creating temporary public art projects in one of Boston's neighborhoods
$9
Lot lab is an outdoor, 24/7 experimentation zone for site-specific contemporary public art created with the Boston community
Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.
Sample Grants Received
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$825,415
Operating Support/Annual Fund
$232,500
$75,000
BEATRIZ CORTEZ: NOMAD 2
$75,000
CULTURE & ARTS
$10,000
Showing up to 5 of 29 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
DIRECTOR
Charla Jones
BOARD CHAIR
Jesse Baerkahn
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Katherine Gilbert
TREASURER
Kathy Sharpless
DIRECTOR
Lee Ann Gilligan
PROJECT AND EXHIBITIONS DIRECTOR
Leo Crowley
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.3M | $3.5M | $3.7M |
| 2023 | $3.1M | $2.0M | $3.9M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $1.6M | $2.7M |
| 2021 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $999K |
| 2020 | $1.3M | $1.3M | $1.1M |
Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.3M to $3.3M (+153%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.7M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.