Rhode Island · Public charity
Artist Communities Alliance
Believing the cultivation of new art and ideas is essential to human progress, our mission is to advocate for and support artists' communities, in order to advance the endeavors of artists.
- $543k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $331k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $70,018
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.7M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Artist Communities Alliance funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 84% 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 | 18 | $331k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $34k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $76k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $28k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $36k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing in the Streets Inc | $70,018 | 1 | 13% |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | $49,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Camargo Foundation | $49,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Montalvo Association | $34,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Civitella Ranieri Foundation Inc | $31,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Florida State University Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crosstown Arts | $24,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Kala Art Institute | $21,250 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dancing in the Streets Inc | $70,018 | 1 | 13% |
| Headlands Center for the Arts | $49,500 | 4 | 1% |
| The Camargo Foundation | $49,500 | 6 | 2% |
| Montalvo Association | $34,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Civitella Ranieri Foundation Inc | $31,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Inc | $31,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Florida State University Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Crosstown Arts | $24,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Kala Art Institute | $21,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Art Omi Inc | $19,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Santa Fe Art Institute Inc | $18,750 | 3 | 1% |
| The Wassaic Project Inc | $16,250 | 2 | 1% |
| Djerassi Resident Artists Program | $15,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ucross Foundation | $14,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Bloomfield-Garfield Corporation | $14,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Hedgebrook | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Penland School Of Craft | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Surf Point Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Women's Studio Workshop Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| As 220 | $4,470 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($29k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Artist Communities Alliance 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: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Sustainable Arts Foundation · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Chicago Community Trust · Marin Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Artist Communities Alliance
- How much does Artist Communities Alliance give?
- Artist Communities Alliance reported 18 itemized grants totaling $331,018, out of $542,801 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Artist Communities Alliance fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (84%), Housing & Shelter (6%), Education (6%).
- Who are Artist Communities Alliance's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Dancing in the Streets Inc ($70k), Headlands Center for the Arts ($50k), The Camargo Foundation ($50k).
- Does Artist Communities Alliance fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Artist Communities Alliance?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc, Sustainable Arts Foundation, The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation.
- Where is Artist Communities Alliance based?
- Artist Communities Alliance is based in RI.
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