Grants for visual arts nonprofits

Name: Top 25 grants made to visual arts nonprofit organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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766 visual arts nonprofit organizations received at least $2.3 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 1,071 grants made from 825 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 825 foundations, 85% made just a single grant to visual arts orgs, and 2% made grants to four or more visual arts orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$2,300,137

Total grant dollars given to visual arts nonprofits

1,071

Number of grants made annually to visual arts nonprofits

825

Number of grantmakers funding visual arts nonprofits

$1,500

Median grant size to visual arts nonprofits

Foundations that support visual arts nonprofit organizations

Out of all grants made to visual arts nonprofits, 73% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 10% of the dollar-value of grants to visual arts orgs. Foundations funding visual arts orgs also made grants to art museums, theaters, colleges, arts education nonprofits, and arts and culture promoters.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	606
Medium	117
Large	102

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	701
Corporate	44
Other	49

Grants made

Grants made to visual arts orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	706
2-3	98
4-10	18
11+	3

Top 10 foundations supporting visual arts nonprofit organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to visual arts orgs	Number of grants made to visual arts orgs	Median grant size
The Rhode Island Foundation	RI	Metro	0.1%	19	$1,500
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines	IA	State	0.0%	18	$655
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	17	$1,100
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation	NY	Metro	8.4%	9	$3,300
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	8	$50
Greater Worcester Community Foundation	MA	Metro	0.2%	7	$1,000
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.1%	7	$500
Vermont Arts Council	VT	State	3.9%	6	$5,000
Hampton Roads Community Foundation	VA	Metro	0.1%	6	$2,250
Rudin Management Company	NY	Metro	0.4%	5	$5,000

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Visual arts nonprofit organizations grantees

Visual arts nonprofits with more than $5 million in total revenues received 7% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 8% of all visual arts orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	1,071
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,225
$500k-$1M	$1,500
$1M-$5M	$1,500
>$5M	$1,005

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
New York	201
California	86
Illinois	76
Texas	55
Other	653

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
New York City	174
Chicago	75
San Francisco	43
Seattle	27
Other	600

Top 25 grants made to visual arts nonprofits

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
Mendocino Art Center	$5,000	Annual Grant for General Operating Support	Community Foundation of Mendocino County
Mendocino Art Center	$5,000	Ensuring the Development of the State-Of-The-Art Mac Online Presence	Community Foundation of Mendocino County
The Drawing Center	$5,000	General	Daniel L Nir and Jill E Braufman Family Foundation
Bakehouse Art Complex	$5,000	General Contribution	David and Francie Horvitz Family FNDN
The House Foundation for the Arts	$5,000	Arts, Culture, and Humanities	Santa Barbara Foundation
Climate Museum	$5,000	General	Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego
Chicago Architecture Center (CAC)	$5,000	Support General Operations	Jahn Foundation
Creative Alliance	$5,000	Covid19 Support	Fund for Educational Excellence
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation	$5,000	Support the Exempt Purpose Operations of the Organization	Silicon Valley Creates
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts	$5,000	General Purpose	Triangle Community Foundation
Cambridge Art Association	$5,000	Support	The Charles L and Joan M Hirsch Family Foundation
Oshkosh Fine Arts Association	$5,000	Ofaa Scholarship Fund	Theda and Tamblin Clark Smith Family Foundation
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA)	$5,000	Pica Youth Engagement Support	The Reser Family Foundation
After School Matters	$5,000	General Fund	Lavin Family Foundation
The Worcester Center for Crafts	$5,000	Youth Studio Programs	Greater Worcester Community Foundation
The Worcester Center for Crafts	$5,000	Krikorian Gallery	Greater Worcester Community Foundation
Clockshop	$5,000	Bowtie Storytellers	Liberty Hill Foundation
Self Help Graphics and Art	$5,000	General Support	Liberty Hill Foundation
Westcott Community Center	$5,000	The Westcott Center Runs An After School Program That Includes Tutoring, and Participation in Steam (Science, Engineering, Technology, Arts and Math) Activities As Well As Activities Geared Toward Learning About Their Outdoor Environment and Activities To Interact With Peers and Develop Physically, Mentally and Emotionally. They Will Work With Suny Esf, Su, Etc. Nutrition Education and Science Education Is Included.	Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation
The Worcester Center for Crafts	$5,000	General	The C Jean and Myles Mcdonough Charitable Foundation
The Art Center Highland Park	$5,000	General Support	Hecktman Family Foundation
Splashes of Hope	$5,000	Artwork To Transform Care Facilities	Salesforce Com Foundation
After School Matters	$5,000	Afterschool and Summer Programs for Teens	Salesforce Com Foundation
Kent Island Federation of Arts	$5,000	Programs	Mid-Shore Community Foundation
SOMArts	$5,000	Core Programs	California Humanities

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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 "Visual arts nonprofits" category for this page is determined by the "A40: Visual Art Organizations, Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.