Virginia · Public charity
Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc
Artsfairfax is dedicated to expanding support for and access to arts and culture opportunities for all of fairfax county.
- $810k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 33
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 31
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $718k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $14,296
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $66,080
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 35
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k 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 | 33 | $718k | 6% |
| FY2024 | 31 | $768k | 13% |
| FY2023 | 35 | $652k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $489k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $480k | 13% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $506k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 31 | $460k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $420k | 27% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Stage Inc | $410,358 | 9 | 6% |
| The Elden Street Players DBA NextStop Theatre Co | $378,471 | 9 | 12% |
| McLean Project for the Arts | $336,496 | 9 | 6% |
| Creative Cauldron Inc | $326,663 | 9 | 6% |
| American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras | $318,241 | 9 | 6% |
| Traveling Players Ensemble Inc | $308,020 | 9 | 10% |
| Balletnova Center for Dance | $285,648 | 9 | 4% |
| Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art | $272,484 | 8 | 10% |
| Workhouse Arts Foundation Inc | $223,012 | 9 | 2% |
| Fairfax Symphony Orchestra | $164,680 | 7 | 4% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 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: Latino Economic Development Corporation · The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc
- How much does Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc give?
- Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc reported 33 itemized grants totaling $717,569, out of $809,726 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 35 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (85%), Public Safety & Disaster (7%), Youth Development (2%).
- Who are Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: 1st Stage Inc ($410k), The Elden Street Players DBA NextStop Theatre Co ($378k), McLean Project for the Arts ($336k).
- Does Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Latino Economic Development Corporation, The Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Inc, Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee.
- Where is Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc based?
- Arts Council of Fairfax County Inc is based in VA.
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