Grants for arts councils

Name: Top 25 grants made to arts and humanities councils
Creator: Cause IQ
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684 arts and humanities councils received at least $12.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 854 grants made from 696 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,810. Of these 696 foundations, 89% made just a single grant to arts councils, and 2% made grants to four or more arts councils. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$12,436,056

Total grant dollars given to arts councils

854

Number of grants made annually to arts councils

696

Number of grantmakers funding arts councils

$1,810

Median grant size to arts councils

Foundations that support arts and humanities councils

Out of all grants made to arts councils, 74% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 86% of the dollar-value of grants to arts councils. Foundations funding arts councils also made grants to theaters, multiservice human service organizations, colleges, art museums, and arts education nonprofits.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	517
Medium	104
Large	75

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	24
Private	596
Corporate	35
Other	41

Grants made

Grants made to arts councils	Number of grantmakers
1	622
2-3	58
4-10	13
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting arts and humanities councils

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to arts councils	Number of grants made to arts councils	Median grant size
Community Foundation of North Central Wi	WI	Metro	0.7%	20	$500
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	11	$1,527
Albemarle Foundation	NC	National	0.3%	11	$1,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	9	$2,400
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	9	$2,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	6	$573
Community Foundation of North Texas (NTXCF)	TX	State	0.1%	5	$2,000
Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region	NY	Metro	0.2%	5	$1,506
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	5	$100
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation	MI	National	0.0%	5	$150

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Arts and humanities councils grantees

Arts councils with more than $5 million in total revenues received 86% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 6% of all arts councils.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	852
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	2

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,945
$100k-$500k	$2,000
$500k-$1M	$2,000
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,513

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	99
North Carolina	52
California	49
Texas	42
Other	612

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	66
Wausau	21
Philadelphia	18
Seattle	17
Other	562

Top 25 grants made to arts councils

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Arts and Science Council (ASC)	$7,063,753	Arts & Culture	Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust
John Michael Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC)	$3,506,438	Operating Fund and Arts Preserve Fund, Arts/industry Support	Kohler Foundation
Campanile Center for the Arts	$5,000	Ken's Kids Program	InFaith Community Foundation (ICF)
Tampa Bay Businesses for Culture and the Arts	$5,000	Donation	Bruck Family Foundation
Arts Empowerment Project	$5,000	Program Assistance	Albemarle Foundation
Greater Columbus Arts Council	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation
Wayne Center for the Arts	$5,000	Vitality Arts Programming	Charles W and Laura B Frick Irr
Anson County Arts Council	$5,000	Charitable	Smith Gen Wa TR Uw - Item Xxii
Greater Hartford Arts Council (GHAC)	$5,000	General Operations of Organization	Updike Kelly and Spellacy PC Charitable Foundation
Staten Island Arts	$5,000	General	Michael Tuch Foundation
Chapman Cultural Center	$5,000	General Support	Barnet Foundation
Arts Clayton	$5,000	Arts Clayton Education Initiatives	Georgia Power
Georgia Humanities Council	$5,000	Programmatic Support To Gather, Preserve, and Share Georgia's Distinctive Stories	Georgia Power
Art Pride New Jersey Foundation	$5,000	General Operating Support	Geraldine R Dodge Foundation
Lane Arts Council	$5,000	Cultural Support	Starseed Foundation
Kansas City Young Audiences (KCYA)	$5,000	General Op	Henry E Wurst Family Foundation
International Foundation for Art Research	$5,000	Further Donee's Exempt Purpose	The Abner Rosen Foundation
River City Sculptures on Parade	$5,000	Expand Muralproject	Farrer Endowment Foundation
Scottsdale Arts	$5,000	General Operating Support	Minneapolis Jewish Federation
Ahha Tulsa (AHCT)	$5,000	General Support	Burton Foundation
Salt Lake Arts Council Foundation	$5,000	Supporting Local Art	Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art	$5,000	Support the Arts	Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation
Utah Arts Festival (UAF)	$5,000	Utah Arts Festival	Lawrence & Janet Dee Foundation
Center for the Arts of Bonita Springs	$5,000	General Fund	Charles R and Nancy L Von Maur Charitable Foundation
Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance	$5,000	Reserve Fund	The William G Baker JR Memorial Fund

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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 councils" category for this page is determined by the "A26: Arts Council/Agency" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.