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Arts in Stark

The mission of artsinstark is to use the arts to advance community goals around economic development, tourism, well-being and education, in order to make stark county a thriving and vibrant region.

$857k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$136k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$6.6MEducation$105kHealth$13kPublic Benefit$9kCommunity Improvement$8kEnvironment$7k
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $667,541, the rows itemized in this filing. The $856,763 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $189,222 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $522k
$43,629
Median grant
1
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA$136,496
THE BLUECOATS$126,137
CANTON MUSEUM OF ART$104,280
MASSILLON MUSEUM$81,004
CANTON BALLET$74,469
CANTON PALACE THEATRE$48,373
SING STARK$43,629
CANTON CITY SCHOOLS$10,660
NATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY & MUSEUM$7,500
DOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP$7,500
CHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$7,500
BEECH CREEK BOTANICAL GARDEN$7,493
ARLIN GRAFF STUDIOS$7,000
PHOENIX RISING BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE$5,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 14%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 14%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $342k → 13%Canton Symphony Orchestra: $341k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $329k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $182k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $182k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $182k → 13%CANTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $136k → 13%Canton Museum of Art: $265k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $264k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $257k → 13%Players Guild Theatre: $203k → 13%PLAYERS GUILD THEATRE: $193k → 13%PLAYERS GUILD THEATRE: $192k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $142k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $142k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $142k → 13%Canton Ballet: $137k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $132k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $131k → 13%CANTON MUSEUM OF ART: $104k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $74k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $72k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $72k → 13%CANTON BALLET: $72k → 13%Canton Palace Theater: $49k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE: $48k → 13%Voices of Canton Inc: $48k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATER: $46k → 13%VOICES OF CANTON INC: $45k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE: $45k → 13%SING STARK: $44k → 13%SING STARK: $44k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE: $25k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE: $25k → 13%CANTON PALACE THEATRE: $25k → 13%VOICES OF CANTON INC: $24k → 13%SING STARK: $24k → 13%SING STARK: $24k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $81k → 13%Massillon Museum: $72k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $67k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $65k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $36k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $36k → 13%MASSILLON MUSEUM: $36k → 13%CANTON CITY SCHOOLS: $22k → 13%THE BLUCOATS: $1.3M → 13%THE BLUECOATS: $126k → 13%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.7M · 9 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
5

Total granted

$6.7M
$41k

Still filing today

89%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CB
    CANTON BALLET
    9× · 2017–2025 · $692k · revenue +3%
  • MM
    MASSILLON MUSEUM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $392k · revenue +78%
  • CP
    CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $263k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AURICLE
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • LC
    LOUISVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
    one grant, 2023 · $9k
  • MC
    MASSILLON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION
    one grant, 2017 · $9k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra

Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra (CCO) creates intimate, transformative experiences that connect the musically curious.

Arts & Culture
2
Columbus Area Arts Council Inc

To enhance the quality of life in the community by stimulating community interest in art, fostering creation and inquiry throughout columbus, and leading a vibrant arts culture tied to our unique history.

Arts & Culture
3
Kansas City Ballet Association

To inspire and engage through the beauty, power and passion of dance

Arts & Culture
4
The Dayton Art Institute

The dayton art institute is committed to enriching the community by creating meaningful experiences with art that are available to all.

Arts & Culture
5
Minnetonka Center for the Arts

In the belief that the visual arts are indispensable to a healthy community, it is the mission of the minnetonka center for the arts to provide teaching excellence, quality exhibitions, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages,…

Arts & Culture
6
Minnesota Brass Inc

Minnesota Brass shares a unique passion for the live performing arts by producing ensembles and events that challenge our members to reach their full potential while inspiring our audiences.

Education
7
Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce

Advancement of the economic, industrial, professional, cultural and civic welfare of stark county and its surrounding region and the promotion and preservation of the competitive free enterprise system.

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8
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

The mission of the cincinnati symphony orchestra is to seek and share inspiration.

Arts & Culture
9
Sandusky State Theatre Inc

The sandusky state theatre was originally created in 1928 and was reinvented several times since its inception. the arts, particularly the performing arts, are a reflection and a documentation of our culture and society. therefore, in…

Arts & Culture
10
Cincinnati Arts Association

The Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA), a not-for-profit, was founded in 1990 to serve as a manager, presenter and educator. CAA's mission is to present a broad range of high quality performing and visual arts programs, develop diverse…

Arts & Culture
11
Cleveland Public Theatre Inc

To raise consciousness and nurture compassion through ground-breaking performances and life-changing educational programs

Arts & Culture
12
Chicago a Cappella

Chicago a cappella advances the art and appreciation of ensemble singing. the organization produces an annual series of concerts in the greater chicago area, produces educational outreach programs, creates studio recordings as well as live…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Canton Ballet; the most unlike its peers is Sing Stark Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

14 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 14 of the 20 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Canton Symphony Orchestra Association: $1,694,838 · Arts & CultureCanton Symphony Orchestra AssociationBluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc: $1,416,977 · Arts & CultureBluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps IncCanton Museum of Art: $1,316,377 · Arts & CultureCanton Museum of ArtCANTON BALLET: $692,232 · Arts & CultureCANTON BALLETPLAYERS GUILD OF CANTON INC: $587,780 · Arts & CulturePLAYERS GUILD OF CANTON INCCANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $262,860 · Arts & CultureSING STARK INC: $253,049 · Arts & CultureMASSILLON MUSEUM: $391,749 · OtherCANTON CITY SCHOOLS: $83,240 · Other+7 more: $55,300 · OtherNATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY: $7,500 · EducationDOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP INC: $7,500 · Community ImprovementBotanical Garden Association Inc: $7,493 · EnvironmentPHOENIX RISING BEHAV HEALTHCARE: $5,500 · Health
Arts & Culture$6,224,113Other$530,289Education$7,500Community Improvement$7,500Environment$7,493Health$5,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCanton Symphony Orchestra Association: $1,694,838 over 9y, 32% of budgetBluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc: $1,416,977 over 2y, 23% of budgetCanton Museum of Art: $1,316,377 over 9y, 23% of budgetCANTON BALLET: $692,232 over 9y, 22% of budgetPLAYERS GUILD OF CANTON INC: $587,780 over 5y, 35% of budgetMASSILLON MUSEUM: $391,749 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetCANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION: $262,860 over 9y, 6.7% of budgetSING STARK INC: $253,049 over 9y, 41% of budgetCHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP INC: $7,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPHOENIX RISING BEHAV HEALTHCARE: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds Canton Symphony Orchestra Association ↗
  • Who funds Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps Inc ↗
  • Who funds Canton Museum of Art ↗
  • Who funds CANTON BALLET ↗
  • Who funds PLAYERS GUILD OF CANTON INC ↗
  • Who funds MASSILLON MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds CANTON PALACE THEATRE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds SING STARK INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILD & ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FIRST LADIES LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN CANTON PARTNERSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds Botanical Garden Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX RISING BEHAV HEALTHCARE ↗

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.

Stark Community Found…Stark County Conventi…Hoover Foundation Inc…Timken Foundation of …Diebold Employees Cha…Timken Co Charitable …The Bank of America C…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Stark Community FoundationOH38.5× affinity16 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Stark Community Foundation · Stark County Convention & Visitors' Bureau · Hoover Foundation Income Account · Timken Foundation of Canton · Diebold Employees Charitable Fd Ta · Timken Co Charitable & Educational Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arts in Stark funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arts in Stark. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 20 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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