Nxthvn Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
NXTHVN'S MISSION IS TO PLAY A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONAL ARTIST, FOSTER THE RETENTION OF HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL ART TALENT, AND ULTIMATELY SERVE AS A CATALYST IN HELPING NEW HAVEN BECOME A WORLD CLASS SUSTAINABLE ARTS COMMUNITY.
- Income
- $1.6 million
- Spending
- $3.5 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- -44 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 91%
- Employees
- 13
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $176,405, executive director - former
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 20 out of 100. Higher than 1% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 74% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 113% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 29% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 10 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 25% of charities in its peer group (arts and culture, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 13 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $2.9 million spent. IN MAY 2025, THE SIXTH COHORT OF NXTHVN FELLOWS COMPLETED THEIR FELLOWSHIPS, WHICH BEGAN IN AUGUST 2024. COHORT 06 STUDIO FELLOWS ENGAGED IN A COMPREHENSIVE YEAR-LONG FELLOWSHIP DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE THEIR CAREER BY PROVIDING DEDICATED STUDIO SPACE, STIPEND FUNDING, RIGOROUS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SESSIONS, AND AN EXPANDED NETWORK OF COLLECTORS, GALLERIES, AND INSTITUTIONS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, STUDIO FELLOWS PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS THAT FOCUSED ON PRACTICAL COMPONENTS OF SETTING UP AND MANAGING A SUSTAINABLE ART PRACTICE. THE STUDIO FELLOW EXPERIENCE CULMINATED WITH AN ACCLAIMED GROUP EXHIBITION AT JAMES COHAN GALLERY NEW YORK IN MAY OF 2025.THE CURATORIAL FELLOW RECEIVED CO-WORKING SPACE AND A STIPEND THROUGHOUT THE FELLOWSHIP YEAR. IN ADDITION TO CURATING AN EXHIBITION, THE CURATORIAL FELLOW DEVELOPED ADVANCED SKILLS IN THE LOGISTICS AND CONCEPTS OF EXHIBITION-MAKING, ENHANCED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP SKILLS. THE CURATORIAL FELLOW CONDUCTED RESEARCH AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITIONS STAFF AND ENGAGED IN A SERIES OF GROUP CRITIQUES, STUDIO VISITS, AND WORKSHOPS WITH ART WORLD PROFESSIONALS AND PRODUCED AN EXHIBITION AT NXTHVN IN MARCH OF 2025.IN AUGUST 2025, THE SEVENTH COHORT OF FELLOWS BEGAN THEIR FELLOWSHIP EXPERIENCE, ENGAGING IN THE SAME LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING AS THE PREVIOUS COHORT. THIS GROUP CONSISTED OF SEVEN STUDIO FELLOWS AND TWO CURATORIAL FELLOWS.DURING THE YEAR, NXTHVN PRODUCED WORLD-CLASS EXHIBITIONS INCLUDING:SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 2024: AWILDA STERLING-DUPREY: AESTHETICS OF DIS-ORDER. THIS A SOLO PRESENTATION OF WORKS BY NXTHVN'S VISITING ARTIST, AWILDA STERLING-DUPREY FOCUSED ON HER EXPLORATION OF ABSTRACTION FROM THE 1970S TO PRESENT. INCLUDED WORKS RANGE FROM PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS TO NEWLY RECOVERED ARCHIVAL AND EPHEMERAL MATERIALS, SUCH AS 35MM (KODAK EKTACHROME E100 FILM) SLIDES THAT PRESENT HER STUDY OF ABSTRACTION IN THE NATURAL AND UBIQUITOUS ENVIRONMENTS OF SAN JUAN, ALONG WITH VISUAL RECORDS OF HER EARLIEST ABSTRACT STUDIES CREATED ON CARDBOARD. AS A COMPLIMENT TO THIS PRESENTATION, STERLING-DUPREY GAVE A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE FROM HER SERIES "BLINDFOLDED," WHERE SHE BLINDFOLDED HERSELF AND MADE ABSTRACT MARKS ON PAPERS IN RESPONSE TO A MUSICAL SCORE. FOR THIS SPECIAL PERFORMANCE, STERLING-DUPREY WAS IN DIALOGUE WITH AN INTERGENERATIONAL GROUP OF LOCAL NEW HAVEN AND CT-BASED MUSICIANS PROVIDING IMPROVISATIONAL SOUNDS THAT DREW FROM JAZZ AND CARIBBEAN INFLUENCES. SHE ALLOWED HER BODY TO FEEL AND TRANSLATE THE MUSIC INTO RHYTHMIC BODILY MOVEMENTS ARTICULATED INTO BRIGHT PASTEL MARKINGS, LINES, AND TEXTURES ONTO BLACK CANVAS. ACCOMPANYING MUSICIANS INCLUDED JESSE HAMEEN II (DRUMS), JOHNATHAN MOORE (CELLO), NELSON BELLO (BARRIL), MICHAEL CARABELLO (KEYS), MORRIS TRENT (BASS), AND STEPHEN GRITZ KING (SAXOPHONE). MARCH-MAY 2025: ALL AT ONCE, REFLECTED THROUGH GLASS SHOWCASED THE ARTISTIC PRACTICE OF GLASS AS A MEDIUM OF RESISTANCE. UTILIZING THE MEDIUM FOR CRITICAL AND TRANSFORMATIVE STORYTELLING, THE INCLUDED ARTISTS' WORKS REFLECT ON SOCIAL ISSUES AND INEQUITIES WHILE CONNECTING WITH PERSONAL AND COLLECTIVE HISTORIES, CREATING A SPACE FOR DIALOGUE WITHIN A COMPLEX MULTICULTURAL WORLD.THIS EXHIBITION REVISITS THE INDUSTRIAL LEGACY OF NEW HAVEN'S DIXWELL NEIGHBORHOOD, CENTERING ON NXTHVN'S CAMPUS. ONCE HOME TO H. PUDDICOMBE & COMPANY (A MANUFACTURER OF ART AND LEADED GLASS FROM 1920 TO 1945) AND THE MACALASTER BICKNELL COMPANY (A KEY PRODUCER OF LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND GLASSWARE FROM THE 1940S TO 2012) THIS BUILDING IS A RELIC OF DIXWELL'S MANUFACTURING PAST, BEFORE ITS ADAPTIVE REUSE AND ESTABLISHMENT AS AN ARTS INCUBATOR IN 2019. BLENDING THE HISTORY OF GLASS PRODUCTION WITH NXTHVN'S MISSION TO DISRUPT THE ART WORLD'S STATUS QUO, THIS EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS RESISTIVE AND RADICAL ARTMAKING THROUGH GLASS. CURATED BY NXTHVN CURATORIAL FELLOW, RIGOBERTO LUNA. JUNE-NOVEMBER 2025: REVERENCE, AN ARCHIVAL ALTAR, GUEST CURATED BY ARVIA WALKER, IS A CAPTIVATING ART-BASED PROJECT THAT CELEBRATES THE UNIQUE STORIES OF THE EVERYDAY PEOPLE WE HOLD AS OUR "GREATS AND GIANTS" WITHIN THE LOCAL BLACK COMMUNITY. THROUGH THE MEMORY WORK OF STORY COLLECTION, REVERENCE BRINGS TOGETHER THE POWER OF ARCHIVAL PRESERVATION AND THE SACRED PRACTICE OF ANCESTOR VENERATION THROUGH ALTARS. MEMORY WORK IS HOLY AND SHOULD BE HELD AS SUCH. OUR ARCHIVES ARE ALTARS, AND THE ACT OF ALTAR BUILDING IS A DEEPLY POWERFUL PRACTICE THAT GROUNDS US IN THE BELIEF THAT ALL BLACK FOLKS DESERVE TO BE WITNESSED AND REVERED. REVERENCE, AN ARCHIVAL ALTAR FEATURES WORK BY KULIMUSHI "KULI" BARONGIZI, SYDNEY "SYD" BELL, MARQUIS BRANTLEY, MARSH JOHN, SHAUNDA HOLLOWAY, NADINE NELSON, JASMINE NIKOLE, AND MELISSA "MEL" PHILLIPS.IN MAY OF 2025, NXTHVN ANNOUNCED ITS SEVENTH COHORT OF FELLOWS, INCLUDING SEVEN STUDIO FELLOWS AND TWO CURATORIAL FELLOWS, SELECTED FROM OVER 1006 INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS.THROUGH NXTHVN'S CREATIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, ALL FELLOWS ENGAGED IN INTER-GENERATIONAL MENTORSHIP WITH NINE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. ALL GRADUATING APPRENTICES WENT ON TO FOUR-YEAR UNIVERSITIES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since July 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.
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