Grants for cultural awareness organizations

Name: Top 25 grants made to cultural and ethnic awareness organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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1,323 cultural and ethnic awareness organizations received at least $6.7 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,033 grants made from 783 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 783 foundations, 85% made just a single grant to cultural nonprofits, and 2% made grants to four or more cultural nonprofits. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$6,663,058

Total grant dollars given to cultural awareness organizations

1,033

Number of grants made annually to cultural awareness organizations

783

Number of grantmakers funding cultural awareness organizations

$1,500

Median grant size to cultural awareness organizations

Foundations that support cultural and ethnic awareness organizations

Out of all grants made to cultural awareness organizations, 72% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 70% of the dollar-value of grants to cultural nonprofits. Foundations funding cultural nonprofits also made grants to food banks, religious organizations, universities, boys and girls clubs, and youth development programs.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	570
Medium	102
Large	110

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	31
Private	622
Corporate	52
Other	78

Grants made

Grants made to cultural nonprofits	Number of grantmakers
1	673
2-3	87
4-10	18
11+	5

Top 10 foundations supporting cultural and ethnic awareness organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to cultural nonprofits	Number of grants made to cultural nonprofits	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	17	$110
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.1%	15	$5
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	14	$500
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.1%	12	$3,438
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	12	$500
Salesforce Com Foundation	CA	National	0.0%	9	$50
Chubb Charitable Foundation	PA	National	0.1%	8	$250
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.0%	7	$1,963
Bonfils-Stanton Foundation	CO	Metro	0.7%	6	$5,000
Rasmuson Foundation	AK	State	0.1%	6	$1,975

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Cultural and ethnic awareness organizations grantees

Cultural awareness organizations with more than $5 million in total revenues received 2% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 8% of all cultural nonprofits.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,032
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	1

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,500
$100k-$500k	$1,700
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,200

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	179
New York	138
Massachusetts	60
Texas	55
Other	601

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	133
Los Angeles	82
Chicago	51
San Francisco	45
Other	648

Top 25 grants made to cultural awareness organizations

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Canyonlands Field Institute	$4,500,000	Land Preservation	Palladium Foundation
Nuestras Raices	$5,000	General Purpose	The Peter Jennings Foundation
Hyde Park Jazz Festival	$5,000	Donation	The Joseph B Glossberg Foundation
The Murray Dranoff Foundation	$5,000	General Operations	The Batchelor Foundation
Agribusiness Freedom Foundation	$5,000	To Support Free Market Information and Education Efforts	Kansas Livestock Association
Delaware Chinese American Association	$5,000	Charitable Function	Bing and Rachel Zhang Family Foundation
Southampton Cultural Center	$5,000	Charity	The Dahlquist Foundation
National Puerto Rican Day Parade	$5,000	Supports 2016 National Puerto Rican Day Parade	The Carmelo Anthony Family Foundation
42 Samaj of Greater Kansas City	$5,000	Charitable	Rekha Larry and Sharda Baldevkumar Patel Family Foundation
Maroon Arts Group	$5,000	Arts and Humanities	The Columbus Foundation
Memphis in May International Festival	$5,000	Event Sponsorship	Delta Dental of Tennessee
Grand Rapids Asian-Pacific Festival	$5,000	Arts & Culture	DTE Energy Foundation
Maine Irish Heritage Center	$5,000	Unrestricted	Harold Alfond Foundation
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN FACTOR YOUTH LEADERSHIP INC Nyah Project	$5,000	Program Support	The Miami Foundation
Gaelic Athletic Association of Greater New York	$5,000	General Operating Support	The Corroy Foundation
Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association (BMBFA)	$5,000	Provide Funds To Support A Charitable Event, the Second Annual Motown Experience: Birth & Breastfeeding Conference, Which Highlights Local and National Maternal and Child Health Innovations That Focus on Meeting the Breastfeeding Support Needs of Black Women and Infants	W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF)
American Pakistani Education Foundation	$5,000	International Humanitarian Programs	Goldman Sachs Gives
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan USA	$5,000	Promoting Indian Culture, Values and Philosophy	KRISHNAMURTHY Tandon Foundation
BHS Sports Foundation	$5,000	Sat Review Program for High School Students	Mark Robert Boucher Memorial Fund
Areyvut	$5,000	To Further the Education of Children.	Zimmer Family Foundation
Greek 4 Kids	$5,000	Charitable	The 1434 Foundation
Irish Cultural Center of Western New England	$5,000	Charitable	The 1434 Foundation
Hana Cultural Center	$5,000	General Operating Support	Philadelphia Foundation (PF)
Oakland Heritage Alliance	$5,000	General Support	Delong-Sweet Charitable Foundation
The German School of Atlanta	$5,000	Annual Grant	The Halle 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 "Cultural awareness organizations" category for this page is determined by the "A23: Cultural, Ethnic Awareness" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.