Grants for arts services organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to arts services and facilities organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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170 arts services and facilities organizations received at least $516,957 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 251 grants made from 221 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 221 foundations, 92% made just a single grant to arts service orgs, and 1% made grants to four or more arts service orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$516,957

Total grant dollars given to arts services organizations

251

Number of grants made annually to arts services organizations

221

Number of grantmakers funding arts services organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to arts services organizations

Foundations that support arts services and facilities organizations

Out of all grants made to arts services organizations, 65% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 14% of the dollar-value of grants to arts service orgs. Foundations funding arts service orgs also made grants to art museums, theaters, food banks, universities, and history museums.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	144
Medium	45
Large	32

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	11
Private	185
Corporate	15
Other	10

Grants made

Grants made to arts service orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	204
2-3	13
4-10	4
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting arts services and facilities organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to arts service orgs	Number of grants made to arts service orgs	Median grant size
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	5	$1,000
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)	TN	Metro	0.0%	5	$1,100
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation	NY	Metro	3.9%	4	$4,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	4	$500
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	3	$1,500
The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation	NY	Metro	0.1%	3	$1,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	3	$50
Koret Foundation	CA	Metro	0.0%	2	$4,000
Newman's Own Foundation	CT	National	0.0%	2	$3,750
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation	CT	National	0.3%	2	$3,500

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Arts services and facilities organizations grantees

Arts services organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 14% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 15% of all arts service orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	251
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$752
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,000
$1M-$5M	$2,000
>$5M	$2,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	72
California	20
Maryland	12
Minnesota	11
Other	136

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	58
San Francisco	15
Minneapolis	10
Chicago	10
Other	131

Top 25 grants made to arts services organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Village Arts and Humanities	$5,000	For General Support.	David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation
The Corporation of Yaddo	$5,000	General Operating Support	J M Kaplan Fund
United States Artists	$5,000	General Support	Poetry Foundation
Power House Productions	$5,000	This Grant Will Provide General Operating Support To Power House Productions, One of 66 Organizations That Are A Part of the 2016 Detroit Arts Support Initiative.	Kresge Foundation
The Shed / Shed Nyc Inc	$5,000	Charitable Purpose	R and H Healy Family Foundation
Manchester Craftsmen's Guild Youth and Arts (MCG)	$5,000	Education	The Clark Hunter Foundation
United States Artists	$5,000	Charitable	Lee and Debbie Stuart Family Foundation
The Muse Machine	$5,000	Miscellaneous	The Berry Family Foundation
Djerassi Resident Artists Program (DRAP)	$5,000	Residency Assistance	Alliance of Artists' Communities
The Ballroom Cultural Arts Foundation	$5,000	Charitable Exempt Purpose	The William H Pitt Foundation
Headlands Center for the Arts	$5,000	General & Unrestricted	Westridge Foundation
The Muse Machine	$5,000	See Attachment	Bill and Jackie Lockwood Family Foundation
Umbrella Community Arts Center	$5,000	Arts	The Boston Foundation (TBF)
Fishers Island Community Center	$5,000	Unrestricted Operating Support	Case Western Reserve University
Headlands Center for the Arts	$5,000	No Specific Purpose	Fred Craves Family Foundation
Arthelpsheal NFP	$5,000	Educational Contribution	Chicago Teachers Union Foundation
Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA)	$5,000	General Support	Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
The Corporation of Yaddo	$5,000	General Support	Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Studio in A School Association	$5,000	Charitable	Parsons Family Foundation
The Shed / Shed Nyc Inc	$5,000	Supporting Cultural Programs for Social and Racial Justice	Forward Vision
The Performance Zone	$5,000	General	Heil Family Foundation
As220	$5,000	Unrestricted	The Hassenfeld Family Foundation
Creative Portland Corporation	$5,000	Contribution To Support Programs	The Bob Crewe Foundation
Learning Through An Expanded Arts Program	$5,000	General Operating Support	The Kind Foundation
Artists Striving To End Poverty	$5,000	General Operations	Newman's Own Foundation

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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 services organizations" category for this page is determined by the "A90: Arts Service Organizations and Activities" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.