Nxthvn

What it reported doing in 2024

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

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $10.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 76.9%; rating input score 77; 17th 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: Pass
  • 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: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -112.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.53; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 27.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 18.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings