Illinois · Public charity
3arts Inc
Founded in 1912, with a history centered on women artists, 3Arts, Inc. (the Organization) is an Illinois not-for-profit organization that supports artists working in the performing, teaching, and visual arts in the Chicago metropolitan area, including women artists, artists of color, and deaf and disabled artists. By providing…
- $909k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $59k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,400
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $32,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $12M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 33% of the organizations 3arts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $59k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $48k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $97k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $75k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $75k | 57% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $82k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $88k | 71% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $86k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist Communities Alliance | $229,950 | 8 | 5% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $181,160 | 8 | 0% |
| Free Street Theater | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| National Lead for America Inc | $23,635 | 2 | 0% |
| Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Native Futures | $11,265 | 2 | 1% |
| Deeply Rooted Productions Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jazz Institute of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Links Hall Inc | $9,496 | 1 | 2% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist Communities Alliance | $229,950 | 8 | 5% |
| University of Illinois Foundation | $181,160 | 8 | 0% |
| Free Street Theater | $30,000 | 2 | 4% |
| National Lead for America Inc | $23,635 | 2 | 0% |
| Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art | $12,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Center for Native Futures | $11,265 | 2 | 1% |
| Deeply Rooted Productions Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jazz Institute of Chicago | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Links Hall Inc | $9,496 | 1 | 2% |
| Tellin Tales Theatre | $7,620 | 1 | 7% |
| Ayodele Drum and Dance Nfp | $7,000 | 1 | 8% |
| NY2Dance | $6,827 | 1 | n/a |
| Backbones | $6,662 | 1 | 8% |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | $6,183 | 1 | 0% |
| Hedwig Dances Inc | $6,137 | 1 | 2% |
| Luftwerk Ltd | $5,572 | 1 | n/a |
| Asian Improv Arts Midwest | $5,180 | 1 | n/a |
| A House Unbuilt % Victoria Bradford Styrbicki | $5,171 | 1 | n/a |
| The Bach & Beethoven Experience | $5,153 | 1 | 14% |
| Haiku Festival Chicago | $5,122 | 1 | n/a |
| Honey Pot Performance | $5,080 | 1 | 3% |
| Red Clay Dance Company Inc | $5,025 | 1 | 3% |
| Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Inc | $5,004 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 3arts Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Field Foundation of Illinois · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · The Joyce Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Walder Foundation · The Map Fund Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Weasel Fund · The Richard H Driehaus Foundation
How this is measured
About 3arts Inc
- How much does 3arts Inc give?
- 3arts Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $58,848, out of $909,197 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does 3arts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Education (30%), Public Benefit (4%).
- Who are 3arts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Artist Communities Alliance ($230k), University of Illinois Foundation ($181k), Free Street Theater ($30k).
- Does 3arts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 3arts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust, Field Foundation of Illinois.
- Where is 3arts Inc based?
- 3arts Inc is based in IL.
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