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Graphic Artists Guild

A national advocacy organization for graphic artists and illustrators, defending creators' rights and setting pricing and ethical standards through its Handbook.

77named by peers

Financial profile

Graphic Artists Guild · EIN 13-2876085 · 501(c)(6)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$326,112$26,716$116,979$150,441$126,198Dec 2023
FY2022$232,485$0$113,939$208,439$-49,473Dec 2022
FY2021$251,412$0$128,048$262,426$-73,519Dec 2021
FY2020$234,658$0$101,038$240,875$-62,505Dec 2020
FY2019$192,877$0$78,575$245,085$-56,288Dec 2019
FY2018$186,335$0$82,081$275,570$-4,080Dec 2018

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Peer societies

Five societies Graphic Artists Guild is read alongside.

AAIGA

AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts)

The design profession organizing its own craft, its own canon, and its own conscience

9 companies named

SI

Society of Illustrators

A historic New York society and museum for the art of illustration, conferring recognition through its juried…

24 companies named

APA

American Photographic Artists

A chapter based community of professional photographers that advocates, educates, and elevates the working…

11 companies named

SCSBW

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

A global community and professional home for children's book writers, illustrators, and translators, offering…

2 companies named

SEGD

Society for Experiential Graphic Design

The multidisciplinary professional community for experiential graphic design, advancing wayfinding…

31 companies named

Who backs GAG

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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Who backs Graphic Artists Guild's peers, but not Graphic Artists Guild

Companies named publicly by at least one of Graphic Artists Guild's five peer societies, and not found in Graphic Artists Guild's reviewed public records.

CompanyAAIGASIAPASCSBWSEGDPeers
Abrams ComicArtsNamed1 of 5
AdobeNamed1 of 5
Agency AccessNamed1 of 5
archetypePlatinum Industry Partners1 of 5
Athenaeum Comic ArtNamed1 of 5
AVI-SPLSilver Industry Partners1 of 5
Blazing EditionsNamed1 of 5
Blick Art MaterialsNamed1 of 5
Bologna Children’s Book FairNamed1 of 5
BookBabyNamed1 of 5
C&G PartnersSilver Contributors1 of 5
capture1Named1 of 5
CellaNamed1 of 5
Cloud GehshanSilver Contributors1 of 5
Color-Ad Signs and ExhibitsPlatinum Industry Partners1 of 5
Comics KingdomNamed1 of 5
Cradoc fotoSoftwareNamed1 of 5
CREOSilver Industry Partners1 of 5
DaktronicsPlatinum Industry Partners1 of 5
Darden StudioNamed1 of 5
DCL (Design Communications Ltd.)Platinum Industry Partners1 of 5
DE Powder Coated GraphicsSilver Contributors1 of 5
DesigntexSilver Contributors1 of 5
Echo DesignNamed1 of 5
FantagraphicsNamed1 of 5
FigmaNamed1 of 5
FoundNamed1 of 5
Gable CompanySilver Contributors1 of 5
Gelberg SignsSilver Contributors1 of 5
HelvetiqNamed1 of 5
Hodgson Russ LLP/Joseph GoldbergNamed1 of 5
ImageRightsNamed1 of 5
ImagineArtNamed1 of 5
iZone ImagingSilver Contributors1 of 5
King Features Unit of HearstNamed1 of 5
Kolar DesignGold Contributors1 of 5
Levon Graphics Corp.Named1 of 5
Mad SystemsBronze Industry Partners1 of 5
MATTERNamed1 of 5
Mayer/ReedSilver Contributors1 of 5
Midtown ComicsNamed1 of 5
ModulexBronze Industry Partners1 of 5
Moss, IncSilver Industry Partners1 of 5
Motto by HiltonNamed1 of 5
NanolumensPlatinum Industry Partners1 of 5
Nova PolymersBronze Industry Partners1 of 5
OnPress PrintingNamed1 of 5
PAM WayfindingSilver Industry Partners1 of 5
ParadisoNamed1 of 5
Peak PromoNamed1 of 5
PentagramPlatinum Contributor1 of 5
Peregrine OKBGold Industry Partners1 of 5
PhaidonNamed1 of 5
PhotoShelterNamed1 of 5
PRINTNamed1 of 5
Rockstar Games, Inc.Named1 of 5
Rolly Poly StudiosNamed1 of 5
RSM DesignGold Contributors1 of 5
S+D CorpSilver Industry Partners1 of 5
SignAgent, Inc.Gold Industry Partners1 of 5
SNA DisplaysSilver Industry Partners1 of 5
SonyNamed1 of 5
StashNamed1 of 5
StickerAppNamed1 of 5
Tangram DesignGold Contributors1 of 5
Tether ToolsNamed1 of 5
TFN Architectural SignageBronze Industry Partners1 of 5
The Illustrated Gallery/Jordan BermanNamed1 of 5
Think TankNamed1 of 5
Thought ProcessBronze Industry Partners1 of 5
Unclaimed BaggageNamed1 of 5
Upstate MerchNamed1 of 5
VestaboardBronze Industry Partners1 of 5
Warby Parker, Inc.Named1 of 5
Wine IconsNamed1 of 5
WorkbookNamed1 of 5
XencelabsNamed1 of 5

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The outside view

A national advocacy organization for graphic artists and illustrators, defending creators' rights and setting pricing and ethical standards through its Handbook.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Inward
  • Volunteer

Their shape

The Guild

Where mastery is the price of belonging.

The Guild is the keeper of a craft and its standards, where belonging means meeting a real bar. Its gift is depth and trusted expertise, its challenge is opening up to newcomers and new ways.

Also reads toward The Movement and The Republic.

Strengths

→Deep loyalty and a strong sense of belonging.
→Standards and credentials carry real weight.
→Expertise and trusted credential in the field.

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