Grants for arts and culture promoters

Name: Top 25 grants made to arts and culture promoting and producing organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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4,227 arts and culture promoting and producing organizations received at least $68.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 4,594 grants made from 2,925 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,800. Of these 2,925 foundations, 77% made just a single grant to arts promoters, and 4% made grants to four or more arts promoters. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$68,666,302

Total grant dollars given to arts and culture promoters

4,594

Number of grants made annually to arts and culture promoters

2,925

Number of grantmakers funding arts and culture promoters

$1,800

Median grant size to arts and culture promoters

Foundations that support arts and culture promoting and producing organizations

Out of all grants made to arts and culture promoters, 77% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 85% of the dollar-value of grants to arts promoters. Foundations funding arts promoters also made grants to arts education nonprofits, theaters, cultural awareness organizations, food banks, and youth development programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	2,265
Medium	388
Large	271

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	65
Private	2,518
Corporate	124
Other	218

Grants made

Grants made to arts promoters	Number of grantmakers
1	2,280
2-3	519
4-10	102
11+	24

Top 10 foundations supporting arts and culture promoting and producing organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to arts promoters	Number of grants made to arts promoters	Median grant size
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.3%	61	$2,500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.1%	50	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	35	$546
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.2%	33	$1,509
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.2%	33	$500
Community Foundation of North Central Wi	WI	Metro	1.3%	32	$750
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.7%	32	$212
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.1%	31	$110
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.1%	28	$100
Arkansas Community Foundation	AR	State	0.1%	27	$1,000

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Arts and culture promoting and producing organizations grantees

Arts and culture promoters with more than $5 million in total revenues received 72% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 12% of all arts promoters.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	4,587
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	7

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,846
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$2,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	685
California	513
Massachusetts	208
Texas	195
Other	2,993

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	594
Los Angeles	211
San Francisco	140
Boston	129
Other	2,931

Top 25 grants made to arts and culture promoters

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Flint Cultural Center Corporation	$19,452,855	Cash Value	Flint Cultural Center Foundation
Flint Cultural Center Corporation	$17,977,055	See Part Iv	Flint Cultural Center Foundation
Arts and Science Council (ASC)	$7,063,753	Arts & Culture	Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust
Canyonlands Field Institute	$4,500,000	Land Preservation	Palladium Foundation
John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC)	$3,506,438	Operating Fund and Arts Preserve Fund, Arts/industry Support	Kohler Foundation
Memphis Music Initiative	$3,350,000	General Operational Support	Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
Crosstown Arts	$2,614,549	Program Support	Christian Community Foundation of Memphis and the Mid-South
Notes for Notes	$5,000	Outreach Grant	Santa Barbara Bowl Foundation
Adaire Theatre	$5,000	To Support Mission of the Organization	The Community Foundation of the New River Valley (CFNRV)
Second Street Gallery	$5,000	Underwriting the February-March Exhibition	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Second Street Gallery	$5,000	The Lady Painters Exhibit	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
The Soho Center	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Pro Art Association	$5,000	General Operations	Bella Vista Foundation / Marcia & Marvin Gilliam JR FDN
Virginia Highlands Festival	$5,000	General Operations	Bella Vista Foundation / Marcia & Marvin Gilliam JR FDN
Artists for Humanity	$5,000	Arts and Cultural Program Support	The Bruce and Julie Menin Charitable Foundation
Anson County Arts Council	$5,000	Charitable	Smith Gen Wa TR Uw - Item Xxii
Wayne Center for the Arts	$5,000	Vitality Arts Programming	Charles W and Laura B Frick Irr
Juxtaposition Arts	$5,000	Support Local Community Organizations and Assist Them in Rebuilding After Civil Unrest	Graywolf Press
African Cultural Services	$5,000	General	Marion L Decrow Foundation
Arts Engagement Foundation of Kansas City	$5,000	Operating Support	The Estelle S and Robert A Long Ellis Foundation
Gold Coast Arts Center (GCAC)	$5,000	Financial Resources for Student Educational Services in the Visual and Performing Arts	Gaels Baseball Foundation
Barrier Island Group for the Arts	$5,000	Artist in Residence	Leo Rosner Foundation
Farhang Foundation	$5,000	Public Support of Organization Mission	Shulamit Nazarian Foundation
The Ministry of the Kordada	$5,000	Public Support of Organization Mission	Shulamit Nazarian Foundation
Rochester Contemporary Art Center	$5,000	Unrestricted General	Mary S Mulligan Charitable Trust

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Arts and culture promoters" category for this page is determined by the "A20: Arts, Cultural Organizations" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.