Indiana · Public charity
Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc
To champion arts and culture.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2023
- 74
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 72
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $1.4M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 61 to 81
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $8.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 14% of the organizations Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $139k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 72 | $1.4M | 14% |
| FY2022 | 81 | $2.8M | 14% |
| FY2021 | 75 | $6.7M | 36% |
| FY2020 | 61 | $5.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc | $802,303 | 5 | 8% |
| The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc | $802,303 | 5 | 2% |
| Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Inc | $801,803 | 5 | 2% |
| Indiana State Museum Foundation Inc | $786,411 | 5 | 17% |
| Newfields Inc | $717,008 | 3 | 1% |
| Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media Inc | $594,887 | 5 | 3% |
| Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Foundation Inc | $590,392 | 2 | 5% |
| Indiana Historical Society | $552,803 | 3 | 8% |
| Drum Corps International Inc | $540,637 | 4 | 5% |
| Indianapolis Zoological Society Inc | $529,437 | 5 | 2% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 86 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: Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc · The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Eugene & Marilyn Glick Foundation · Arthur Jordan Foundation · Richard M Fairbanks Foundation Inc · Lumina Foundation for Education Inc · Lacy Foundation · Maurer Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc
- How much does Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc give?
- Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc reported 74 itemized grants totaling $1,405,000, out of $1,546,700 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 61 and 81 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (95%), Animals (3%), Public Safety & Disaster (0%).
- Who are Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc ($802k), The Children's Museum of Indianapolis Inc ($802k), Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Inc ($802k).
- Does Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Allen Whitehill Clowes Charitable Foundation Inc, The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, Nicholas H Noyes Jr Memorial Foundation.
- Where is Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc based?
- Arts Council of Indianapolis Inc is based in IN.
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