Maryland · Public charity
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer
The ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL OF MONTGOMERy county, in partnership with the community, cultivates and supports excellence in the arts and humanities, expands access to cultural expression, and contributes to economic vitality in the region.
- $5.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 98
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 97
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $23,750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 69 to 101
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $199k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 97 | $5.4M | 5% |
| FY2024 | 97 | $5.3M | 11% |
| FY2023 | 101 | $7.8M | 13% |
| FY2022 | 78 | $4.7M | 6% |
| FY2021 | 96 | $8.8M | 25% |
| FY2020 | 70 | $5.1M | 4% |
| FY2019 | 71 | $4.5M | 10% |
| FY2018 | 69 | $4.8M | 16% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc | $5,531,798 | 9 | 9% |
| Olney Theatre Corporation Inc | $3,677,052 | 9 | 4% |
| Round House Theatre Inc | $2,837,222 | 9 | 10% |
| Imagination Stage Inc | $2,572,977 | 9 | 10% |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | $2,357,198 | 9 | 2% |
| Levine Music Inc | $1,820,381 | 9 | 3% |
| National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale of Montgomery County Inc | $1,622,427 | 9 | 14% |
| Adventure Theatre Inc | $1,537,126 | 9 | 19% |
| Montgomery Community Television Inc | $1,428,173 | 7 | 7% |
| Maryland Youth Ballet Inc | $1,342,000 | 9 | 10% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 25 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 107 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: Nora Roberts Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Jim and Carol Trawick Foundation Inc · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · Maryland Humanities Council Inc · Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts · The Carl M Freeman Foundation Inc · Sanford and Doris Slavin Foundation Inc · Maryland Historical Society Inc
How this is measured
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About Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer
- How much does Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer give?
- Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer reported 98 itemized grants totaling $5,397,248, out of $5,871,737 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 69 and 101 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (91%), Youth Development (3%), Public Safety & Disaster (2%).
- Who are Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc ($5.5M), Olney Theatre Corporation Inc ($3.7M), Round House Theatre Inc ($2.8M).
- Does Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Nora Roberts Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
- Where is Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer based?
- Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomer is based in MD.
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