Blank Forms Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Blank Forms provides comprehensive support to emerging and underrepresented artists and archives, offering resources and platforms for their work. In the fiscal year January 1December 31, 2025, Blank Forms presented 42 events and 3 exhibitions, and published 7 books and records, while stewarding artist estates and archives behind the scenes. Programs were held at the organizations two venues in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, as well as off-site across New York City and Los Angeles, as well as internationally in Paris and Stockholm.Blank Forms continued to expand its archival services across 2025, formalizing our stewardship of the legacies of Catherine Christer Hennix and liane Radiguetwo artists whose work the organization has long commissioned, presented, published, and preserved. The Etymon Foundation was created for the study and advancement of Hennixs life and work, while Blank Forms announced its representation of Radigues early work for magnetic tape, created from 1968 to 1999. Blank Forms will oversee the live concerts and installations of these electronic compositions, in partnership with Franois J. Bonnet and Ina GRMGroupe de Recherches Musicales. Additionally, Blank Forms hosted residencies by the artist Tom Thayer and self-taught producer and illustrator Gobby, and programmed a wide range of performances including a collaboration by Maia + Douglas R. Ewart Duo; a commemorative day-long program honoring the life and practice of Catherine Christer Hennix; and an evening with Theo Parrish, a cornerstone of the Detroit house music scene. Solo concerts hosted in Blank Forms space in Clinton Hill included a balance of national and international voices such as Brooklynbased clarinetist, Madison Greenstone; and Italian pianist Agnese Toniutti. The gallery featured an exhibition of work by Loren Connors and a painting show by the collaborators Julia Dzwonkoski and Kye Potter. In 2025, Blank Forms engaged over 500,000 people through performances, exhibitions, publications, and widespread digital access to its recordings and online journalextending its reach across local, national, and international audiences. Reflecting the organization's commitment to affordability and inclusive public access, 57% of events were offered free of charge, and books were distributed at no cost to public libraries, schools, and prisons through a partnership with Arts Resources Transfer. Through these and other efforts, Blank Forms works to expand public access to artists and practices historically excluded from mainstream arts institutions and markets.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
• Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Fail
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -9.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings