Michigan · Public charity
Arts Council of Greater Lansing
Promotion of the public interest in the arts and support of other art organizations.
- $330k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $203k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $7,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Arts Council of Greater Lansing funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k 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 | 20 | $203k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $202k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $208k | 48% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $273k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $112k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $208k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $164k | 36% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $110k | 55% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $171,858 | 9 | n/a |
| Lansing Symphony Association | $147,143 | 9 | 2% |
| Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center | $128,972 | 5 | 10% |
| Capital City Film Festival | $125,125 | 7 | 53% |
| The Capitol Collective | $112,636 | 6 | 39% |
| Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art | $93,661 | 7 | 50% |
| Impression 5 Science Center | $91,625 | 6 | 2% |
| Old Town Commercial Association | $64,906 | 7 | 16% |
| Reach Studio Art Center | $62,095 | 6 | 4% |
| Williamston Theatre | $54,899 | 7 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan State University | $171,858 | 9 | n/a |
| Lansing Symphony Association | $147,143 | 9 | 2% |
| Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center | $128,972 | 5 | 10% |
| Capital City Film Festival | $125,125 | 7 | 53% |
| The Capitol Collective | $112,636 | 6 | 39% |
| Michigan Institute for Contemporary Art | $93,661 | 7 | 50% |
| Impression 5 Science Center | $91,625 | 6 | 2% |
| Old Town Commercial Association | $64,906 | 7 | 16% |
| Reach Studio Art Center | $62,095 | 6 | 4% |
| Williamston Theatre | $54,899 | 7 | 1% |
| Lansing Art Gallery and Education Center | $51,938 | 2 | n/a |
| Grit Glam and Guts | $34,440 | 2 | n/a |
| All-Of-Us Express Children's Theatre | $33,537 | 5 | 20% |
| City of East Lansing | $29,879 | 4 | n/a |
| Center Park Productions | $25,175 | 3 | 1% |
| East Lansing Art Festival | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Reo Town Commercial Association | $24,234 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Lansing | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| East Lansing Art Festival | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Potter Park Zoological Society | $19,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Happendance Inc | $18,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Ourspace Foundation | $16,760 | 2 | n/a |
| Against All Odds | $14,750 | 2 | 11% |
| All of the Above Hip Hop Academy | $13,875 | 2 | 2% |
| R E Olds Transportation Museum Association Inc | $11,830 | 2 | 1% |
| Lansing Matinee Musicale | $11,688 | 2 | n/a |
| Holt Community Arts Council | $9,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Circle Players Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Peppermint Creek Theatre Co | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Focus on Love Foundation | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lansing Childrens Choir | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Clinton County Arts Council Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 10% |
| The Lansing Womens Chorus | $7,500 | 1 | 12% |
| Cracked Pot Studio Tour | $7,500 | 1 | 88% |
| The Poetry Room | $6,418 | 1 | n/a |
| Capitol Harp Ensemble | $6,250 | 1 | 53% |
| The Army of Survivors | $6,250 | 1 | 5% |
| Michigan Dance and Movement Collective | $5,625 | 1 | n/a |
| Native American Arts & Crafts Council | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nokomis Learning Center | $900 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($14k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Arts Council of Greater Lansing supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 22 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: Capital Region Community Foundation · Lansing Economic Area Partnership · Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation · Desk Drawer Fund · Re Olds Foundation · McLaren Greater Lansing · Jackson Charitable Foundation Inc · Credit Unions Chartered in the State of 222 Lake Trust Credit Union · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Arts Council of Greater Lansing
- How much does Arts Council of Greater Lansing give?
- Arts Council of Greater Lansing reported 21 itemized grants totaling $203,260, out of $329,532 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Arts Council of Greater Lansing fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (92%), Community Improvement (5%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Arts Council of Greater Lansing's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Michigan State University ($172k), Lansing Symphony Association ($147k), Lansing Art Gallery & Education Center ($129k).
- Does Arts Council of Greater Lansing fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arts Council of Greater Lansing?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Capital Region Community Foundation, Lansing Economic Area Partnership, Greater Lansing Destination Development Foundation.
- Where is Arts Council of Greater Lansing based?
- Arts Council of Greater Lansing is based in MI.
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