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Grants for arts councils
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
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to arts councils | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting arts and humanities councils
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 | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
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 |
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.