California · Public charity
Academy of Country Music
To improve lives by connecting and engaging fans, artists and the industry.
- $400k
- Granted FY2021
- 1
- Grants FY2021
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Median grant, FY2021
- $400,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $400,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $14M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 0% of the organizations Academy of Country Music funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 1 | $400k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $546k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $722k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $502k | 77% |
| FY2017 | 5 | $565k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acm Lifting Lives | $2,478,028 | 5 | 64% |
| Leadership Music | $60,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Country Radio Broadcasters Inc | $35,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Saint Thomas Health Foundations | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Association of Independent Music Publishers | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Nashville Songwriters Association International | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tailgate Fest LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tj Martell Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pencil Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 15 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acm Lifting Lives | $2,478,028 | 5 | 64% |
| Leadership Music | $60,000 | 2 | 9% |
| Country Radio Broadcasters Inc | $35,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Saint Thomas Health Foundations | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Association of Independent Music Publishers | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Nashville Songwriters Association International | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Tailgate Fest LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hope | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tj Martell Foundation | $12,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pencil Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Opry Trust Fund Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Los Angeles Press Club | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Possibilities Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Valley Relics | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| St Pauls Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Academy of Country Music supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · Country Music Association Inc · Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Academy of Country Music
- How much does Academy of Country Music give?
- Academy of Country Music reported 1 grants totaling $400,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Academy of Country Music fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (51%), Health (37%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are Academy of Country Music's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Acm Lifting Lives ($2.5M), Leadership Music ($60k), Country Radio Broadcasters Inc ($36k).
- Does Academy of Country Music fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Academy of Country Music?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, Country Music Association Inc, Gibson Gives Foundation Dba Gibson Gives.
- Where is Academy of Country Music based?
- Academy of Country Music is based in CA.
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