Name

The Laundromat Project

Legal name

The Laundromat Project

Website

https://laundromatproject.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Grants: The organization receives grant funding from foundations to support its nonprofit operations, artist development programs, and community initiatives. Example: $250,000 from MetLife Foundation's Accelerating Commitment to Equity Innovation Fund.
2. Donations and Memberships: Individual donations through Catalyst Circle membership program and general support donations. The organization is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
3. Merchandise Sales: Online shop selling merchandise to support artists and neighbors in communities of color.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Laundromat Project is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit arts organization that runs artist development and community-building programs in New York City. It offers paid membership through Catalyst Circle, fellowships and residencies for artists of color, rapid-response grants via the Creative Action Fund, and neighborhood-based creative initiatives. Its storefront at 1476 Fulton Street, Brooklyn serves as a community hub for artists, neighbors, and partners.

Product overview

The Laundromat Project is an arts organization that advances artists and neighbors as change agents in their own communities. The organization operates a portfolio of artist development and community-building programs, including the Create Change Fellowship (artist development), Create Change Residency (artist-in-residence), and Creative Action Fund (rapid-response grants). Additional offerings include Catalyst Circle (sustained membership), The LP Initiatives, Neighborhood Voices, and ART&. Together, these programs support artists of color through funding, mentorship, skill-building, and community-building initiatives across New York City neighborhoods including Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Chinatown.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Create Change Fellowship: The Create Change Fellowship is an artist development program that gives artists support, knowledge, tools, and networks to use creativity to address critical social issues.
• Create Change Residency
• Catalyst Circle
• Creative Action Fund

Products and services

• Create Change Fellowship A multi-year artist development program that gives artists of color the support, knowledge, tools, and networks to use creativity to address critical social issues. Includes annual cohorts of fellows working in collaborative, community-based, socially-engaged creative practice.
• Create Change Residency An artist residency program providing sustained support for artists engaged in collaborative, community-based, and socially-engaged creative practice. Currently in its 20th year (2026) with the 2026 Create Change artists-in-residence and fellows announced.
• Creative Action Fund A rapid-response funding mechanism that provides project-based grants to artists for time-sensitive creative projects addressing emerging community needs.
• Catalyst Circle A sustained monthly membership program for change makers and supporters who invest in the development of emerging artists of color committed to social change. Members receive annual letters from CC Fellow, behind-the-scenes looks at Create Change programming, and website recognition. Monthly donation tiers range from $5 to $250.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Loisaida CentercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021The Loisaida Center serves as the host location for the Haus of Dust garden installation and community programming. The project supports and educates Queer Latinx communities struggling with substance use in the Lower East Side.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA): NYFA is a New York-based nonprofit that provides grants, fellowships, and professional development to artists across disciplines. Like The Laundromat Project, it operates artist-development programs and community-facing services within the NYC arts ecosystem, making it a direct functional peer.
• Creative Capital: Creative Capital provides grants and career development to socially engaged and innovative artists, with a strong NYC presence. Both organizations fund artists of color and align artistic practice with social impact, making Creative Capital a closely comparable peer in mission and funding approach.
• Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC): LMCC provides artist residencies, workspace, and community arts programming in Manhattan. It shares The LP's model of combining artist development with place-based community engagement, though it serves a different geographic sub-area within NYC.
• United States Artists: United States Artists provides unrestricted fellowships to artists across the U.S., including many artists of color working in community-engaged practice. Its fellowship-and-alumni model is structurally similar to The LP's Create Change Fellowship.
• Asian American Arts Centre: A NYC-based community arts nonprofit serving Asian American artists through exhibitions, archives, and programming. Like The LP, it centers artists of color in specific NYC neighborhoods and combines cultural production with community organizing.
• A Blade of Grass: A Blade of Grass supports socially engaged art through fellowships and field-building resources. The LP's Media & Storytelling Manager previously worked at A Blade of Grass, evidencing direct talent and programmatic overlap in the socially engaged arts space.

Broad incumbents

• Creative Time: Creative Time commissions and presents public art projects across NYC with a focus on social justice themes. It is a larger, more established incumbent in the same socially engaged public-art space as The LP, with broader programming scale.
• Bronx Museum of the Arts: The Bronx Museum is a larger institution serving artists of color and Bronx communities through exhibitions, residencies, and education. It overlaps with The LP's community-of-color arts mission in The Bronx and is a relevant regional incumbent peer.
• National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC): NALAC is a national advocacy and grantmaking organization supporting Latino arts and culture organizations. While broader in geography, it addresses a similar mission of resourcing artists and communities of color through funding and capacity-building programs.

Emerging players

• Black Lunch Table: Black Lunch Table is a smaller, emerging artist-collective project focused on Black artists, archives, and community knowledge production. It is an early-stage peer with significant thematic and demographic overlap with The LP's POC-centered community-art practice.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/LaundromatProj
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-laundromat-project
• Instagraminstagram.com/laundromatproj

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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