The Flow Chart Foundation Inc

What The Flow Chart Foundation Inc does

The Flow Chart Foundation Inc is a private nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1998 and headquartered at 348 Warren Street, Hudson, NY. The foundation preserves and promotes the literary and artistic legacy of American poet John Ashbery (1927-2017), whose work intersects with visual arts, theatre, and film. Its core asset is the Ashbery Resource Center (ARC), a physical library, archival repository, and online catalog functioning since 1998 that houses books, rare publications, music recordings, visual art, and personal ephemera — built on David Kermani's comprehensive 1976 bibliography of Ashbery's work. Harvard's Houghton Library holds 250 linear feet of Ashbery manuscripts, and the 5,000+ volume John Ashbery Reading Library was donated to Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room.

The foundation operates a portfolio of cultural programming rather than a unified software product. Core offerings include the John Ashbery's Nest digital humanities project (a virtual 360-degree tour of Ashbery's Hudson home built with Yale Digital Humanities Lab, VRH Solutions, and Yale ITS), Close Readings virtual workshops launched during the pandemic, Annual Gatherings symposiums on New York School poetry launched in 2022, the Amtrak Poetry public installation program (2020-2025, with CREATE), and rotating exhibitions at the Flow Chart Space. The foundation is governed by a board of trustees including David Kermani (executor of the Ashbery Estate) and led by Executive Director Jeffrey Lependorf with Archivist Nina Boutsikaris.

Revenue is generated primarily through donations solicited via the foundation's website, supplemented by occasional event ticket sales (e.g., $15 admission for Flow Chart Cabaret Cinema events co-presented with Hudson Hall). The organization serves academic researchers studying Ashbery and the New York School of poetry, practicing poets and poetry enthusiasts, and the general arts audience in the Northeast US, with earned media coverage in outlets including the New York Times, The Atlantic, and Poetry Foundation.

Name

The Flow Chart Foundation Inc

Legal name

The Flow Chart Foundation

Website

https://flowchartfoundation.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Flow Chart Foundation is a nonprofit that preserves poet John Ashbery's legacy through the Ashbery Resource Center, digital humanities projects, exhibitions, and public programming. It serves academic researchers, poets, and arts audiences in the Northeast US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Literary Arts Foundation

NAICS

Libraries and Archives (519210), Museums (712110)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Poetry Workshops (EDAMAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ), Writing Retreats & Intensive Bootcamps (EDAMAMAK), Digital Teaching Resources & Lesson Plan Libraries (EDAGAEAK)

Keywords

• Literary archival services
• Poetry preservation programs
• Cultural foundation programming
• Digital humanities projects
• Arts education events

Headquarters

HQ city

Hudson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Support: The foundation operates as a nonprofit and accepts donations through its website. No formal donation tiers or amounts are specified in the available source material.
2. Event Ticket Sales: Some public events charge admission fees. For example, the Flow Chart Cabaret Cinema event at Hudson Hall had tickets priced at $15.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Flow Chart Foundation preserves and presents John Ashbery's literary and artistic legacy through the Ashbery Resource Center, a physical and online archival catalog functioning since 1998, alongside a portfolio of public cultural programming including virtual poetry workshops, symposiums, rotating exhibitions, and public installations. The foundation serves scholars, poets, and the general public through free and ticketed programs anchored at its Hudson, NY Flow Chart Space.

Product overview

The Flow Chart Foundation Inc is a non-profit cultural organization that preserves and promotes the legacy of American poet John Ashbery (1927-2017). The organization operates the Ashbery Resource Center (ARC), a physical library, archival repository, and online catalog containing books, rare publications, music recordings, visual art, and personal ephemera. Core programs include Close Readings in a Virtual Space (participatory online poetry workshops), Amtrak Poetry (poetry poster installations at Hudson Amtrak station), Annual Gatherings (day-long poetry symposiums), and rotating Exhibitions at the Flow Chart Space (348 Warren Street, Hudson, NY). The organization also supports John Ashbery's Nest, a digital humanities virtual tour project created with Yale University. The portfolio does not represent a unified software product but rather a collection of cultural preservation and educational programming services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ashbery Resource Center (ARC) A physical library, archival repository, and online catalog functioning as a reference hub for all things Ashbery, containing books, rare publications, music recordings, visual art, personal ephemera, and objects from John Ashbery's domestic environments. Available to researchers by appointment at the Flow Chart Space and online through the ARC catalog search.
• John Ashbery's Nest A digital humanities website and virtual tour of John Ashbery's Hudson, NY home featuring 360-degree photography, panoramas, still photography, and audio recordings of Ashbery and David Kermani discussing each room. Created in collaboration with Yale Digital Humanities Lab, VRH Solutions, and Yale ITS under guidance of biographer Karin Roffman.
• Close Readings in a Virtual Space A series of participatory virtual workshops in which poets lead intimate group explorations of single poems, concluding with readings by guest poets. Conducted via Zoom during the pandemic and may resume in the future. Open to poets and poetry enthusiasts.
• Amtrak Poetry A collaborative public art program with CREATE featuring installations of poetry posters displayed inside the Amtrak station in Hudson, NY, reaching commuter audiences with poetry content. Ran from 2020 through 2025.
• Annual Gatherings Day-long symposiums dedicated to specific topics about the New York School of Poetry, typically held in spring or summer at the Flow Chart Space in Hudson, NY. Designed for poets, scholars, and poetry enthusiasts.
• Exhibitions Rotating exhibitions at the Flow Chart Space featuring artifacts, ephemera, artworks, and materials related to John Ashbery and his artistic connections. Open to the public on select Saturdays during exhibition runs.
• Ashbery's Created Spaces Documentation and virtual exploration of the two domestic environments where John Ashbery lived and worked longest, located in Hudson, NY and New York, NY, providing insights into his art and creative processes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,000 books and archival materials in the Ashbery Resource Center collection
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CREATE (Council for Resources to Enrich the Arts, Technology, and Education)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Collaborative partner for the Amtrak Poetry program that ran from 2020 through 2025, featuring installations of poetry posters displayed inside the Amtrak station in Hudson, NY. This partnership enabled public poetry installations reaching commuter audiences.
• Hudson HallcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019Partnership with Hudson Hall (home of the Hudson Opera House) for public events including Flow Chart Cabaret Cinema: A Night of Neo-Benshi, poetry installations during the 2020 pandemic, and general event co-presentation.
• Yale Digital Humanities LabcoreTechnology or IntegrationCollaboration to create 'John Ashbery's Nest' - a website and virtual tour of John Ashbery's Hudson, NY home with 360-degree photography, panoramas, audio recordings, and archival information. The project also involved VRH Solutions and Yale ITS under guidance of biographer Karin Roffman.
• WGXC Radio for Open EarsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerRadio partner providing live streaming of Annual Gatherings and other events, with archives available for later playback. Extended the foundation's reach beyond in-person attendees to a wider radio audience.
• Harvard Houghton LibrarycoreOthersHarvard's Houghton Library acquired Ashbery's papers in 1986, with the final portion delivered in December 2018. The 250 linear feet of materials include manuscripts, letters, and memorabilia. The John Ashbery Reading Library (5,000+ books) was donated to Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• The St. Mark's Poetry Project: NYC-based nonprofit supporting experimental poetry through readings, workshops, and publications rooted in the New York School lineage. Comparable mission around experimental poetry programming, education, and community, with similar workshop-format programming.
• The Emily Dickinson Museum: Historic-house museum and literary nonprofit preserving and interpreting poet Emily Dickinson's home. Closely comparable model of a single-poet-focused nonprofit combining historic site preservation, museum exhibitions, and literary programming.

Broad incumbents

• MacDowell: National artists' residency nonprofit in New Hampshire supporting writers and all genres of artists. Comparable as an established arts nonprofit sustaining creative work via facilities, residencies, and donor support, though with broader artistic scope than the Flow Chart Foundation.
• PEN America: Major literary and free-expression nonprofit running programs, awards, and advocacy around writers. Comparable as a literary nonprofit steward serving writers and the public, though broader in scope than the Flow Chart Foundation's single-poet focus.
• Lannan Foundation: Family foundation supporting innovative art, literature, and cultural freedom through grants and programs. Comparable as a private arts-and-culture foundation funding literary work, though operating at a significantly larger scale and via grantmaking.
• Yaddo: Historic artists' retreat and nonprofit in Saratoga Springs, NY, offering residencies to writers, composers, and visual artists. Comparable as a New York State arts nonprofit supporting literary creation with programming, residencies, and donor-supported operations.

Others

• Woodberry Poetry Room (Harvard): Special collections room at Harvard Library that received Ashbery's 5,000+ book personal library and holds related poetry recordings. An adjacent institutional partner and partial steward of Ashbery-related materials, relevant as a peer archive rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Academy of American Poets: National literary nonprofit that runs poets.org, the Poem-a-Day series, and Poets' Prize, plus educational and grantmaking programs. Closely comparable mission around sustaining American poetry and supporting poets, scholars, and the public.
• The Frost Place: A New Hampshire-based poetry nonprofit operating from Robert Frost's former home, running residencies, workshops, and seminars on a single canonical American poet. Closely comparable model of a small, single-poet-focused literary nonprofit with physical site, workshops, and gatherings.
• Poetry Foundation: The largest U.S. nonprofit dedicated to poetry, publisher of Poetry magazine and operator of poetry programs and grants. Directly comparable to The Flow Chart Foundation as a poetry-focused nonprofit steward with educational programming and public engagement.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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