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Arts Midwest Incorporated

Arts Midwest works collaboratively with private and public arts supporters to support, inform, and celebrate arts organizations and creative communities across the Midwest. Our mission is to build unprecedented opportunity across the Midwest by advancing creativity.

$5.6M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
149
Itemized grants FY2025
105
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$5.0M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
105 to 220
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
42
Total assets, FY2025
$12M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Arts Midwest Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $689k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving142$5.0M52%
FY2024105$2.2M37%
FY2023189$3.8M48%
FY2022145$3.8M30%
FY2021220$5.6M71%
FY2020148$2.7M21%
FY2019120$2.3M39%
FY2018127$2.3M54%
100% 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$21MEducation$5.3MPublic Benefit$1.3MCrime & Legal$505kCommunity Improvement$284kHuman Services$277kYouth Development$213kPhilanthropy$103kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
South Arts Inc$1,000,00017%
Tennessee Shakespeare Company$356,00095%
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey$330,00084%
Marin Shakespeare Company$330,00065%
Actors' Shakespeare Project$330,00087%
Pennyslvania Shakespeare Festival$309,00094%
Kentucky Shakespeare Inc$307,50077%
Southern Utah University 01-65$276,0008n/a
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$260,00081%
The Shakespeare Theatre$254,50080%
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All grantees of Arts Midwest Incorporated by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
South Arts Inc$1,000,00017%
Tennessee Shakespeare Company$356,00095%
Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey$330,00084%
Marin Shakespeare Company$330,00065%
Actors' Shakespeare Project$330,00087%
Pennyslvania Shakespeare Festival$309,00094%
Kentucky Shakespeare Inc$307,50077%
Southern Utah University 01-65$276,0008n/a
Theatre for a New Audience Inc$260,00081%
The Shakespeare Theatre$254,50080%
Barter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia$250,00081%
Idaho Shakespeare Festival Inc$250,00081%
Alley Theatre$240,00070%
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc$225,00091%
Regents of the University of Colorado$222,3565n/a
Shakespeare & Company Inc$215,00061%
California Shakespeare Theater$214,95772%
Amherst Glebe Arts Response Inc$211,750312%
Denver Center for the Performing Arts$200,00070%
Seattle Shakespeare Festival$200,00082%
A Noise Within$200,00071%
Cincinnati Shakespeare Company$200,00081%
Will Geers Theatricum Botanicum$200,00084%
Lantern Theater Company$200,00073%
Alabama Shakespeare Festival$200,00081%
Group I Acting Company Inc$200,00083%
Chicago Shakespeare Theater$200,00080%
African-American Shakespeare Company$200,000815%
The Theater at Monmouth$195,000615%
Ohio Arts Professionals Network$181,000430%
Quintessence Theatre Group Inc$180,50056%
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$177,75060%
Nashville Shakespeare Festival$175,00074%
Great Lakes Theater Festival Inc$175,00071%
Montana State University$175,0007n/a
American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc$175,00070%
Shakespeare Behind Bars Inc$160,000658%
Seven Stages Inc$157,00088%
Miami Dade College$155,0008n/a
Pennyroyal Arts Council Inc$154,50076%
Hope College$152,00080%
Artreach St Croix$150,000816%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$150,0006n/a
Orlando Shakespeare Theater Inc$145,14951%
Lewis & Clark Library$139,0008n/a
Massillon Museum$139,00081%
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks$136,0008n/a
Vigo County Public Library$136,0008n/a
Heartland Performing Arts Inc$135,000219%
Orange County Library Board of Trustees$132,3005n/a
Sisseton Arts Council Inc$130,750357%
Wichita Public Library Foundation Inc$130,00074%
Park Square Theatre$125,00051%
Aquila Theatre Company$125,00055%
Atlanta Shakespeare Company Inc$125,00051%
Nebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc$125,00056%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$125,00050%
Fishtrap Inc$117,50084%
University of Central Florida$116,0006n/a
Kilgore College$115,8574n/a
Quincy Public Library$113,5507n/a
Nacogdoches Public Library$110,7737n/a
Arts Connection$109,920623%
New Haven International Festival of Arts and Ideas Inc$109,26061%
Broward Public Library Foundation Inc$107,00062%
Attleboro High School City of Attleboro$104,0006n/a
Olney Theatre Corporation Inc$102,03531%
Racing Magpie$102,000211%
Pueblo City-County Library District$100,90040%
La Luz Hispana$100,000137%
For the Love of the Arts Inc$100,000181%
Amherst College Trustees$100,00040%
Write Out Loud$100,000521%
Sacred Pipe Resource Center$100,00017%
Youth Art Team$97,000210%
Shakespeare-San Francisco$96,80043%
Golden Isles Arts & Humanities Association Inc$94,00069%
Milwaukee Repertory Theater Inc$91,00030%
Poughkeepsie Public Library District$89,7505n/a
Delaware Shakespeare Festival Inc$87,00056%
City of Waukesha$85,0005n/a
Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles$85,00024%
National Museum of Mexican Art Fka Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum$85,00030%
City of Ellsworth$81,2005n/a
University of North Carolina at Wilmington - College of Health & Human Serv$80,0004n/a
The Mercantile Library Association of the City of New York Inc$79,00041%
County of Orange$79,0005n/a
Illinois Humanities Council Inc$78,90040%
Red Bull Theater Inc$77,75023%
The Black Hills Playhouse Inc$77,50033%
Leon County Supervisor of Elections$76,8265n/a
Hartford Public Library$76,32050%
American Shakespeare Center$75,00031%
The Great Northern Winter Festival$75,00034%
City of Anaheim$75,0005n/a
Redhouse Arts Center Inc$75,00032%
The Shakespeare Festival of Dallas dba Shakespeare Dallas$75,00033%
Trinity Repertory Company$75,00030%
The Honeywell Foundation Inc$73,00020%
Art on the Prairie$73,0002n/a
City of Marquette$71,6004n/a
Rutgers the State University$69,4904n/a
City of Galesburg$68,8007n/a
Public Library of MTV - Knox$68,4283n/a
Sead Project$68,00027%
Spirit Room$68,000351%
Masa Center$67,000121%
Tbey Arts Center Inc$67,0001n/a
Bi-Okoto Drum & Dance Theatre$67,000114%
South Asia Institute$67,000112%
River West Theatre Inc$67,000124%
Victoria Theater Arts Center dba 825 Arts$67,0001n/a
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Inc$65,00020%
Kent State University$60,6003n/a
Kansas City Public Library$60,0003n/a
City of Irving$60,0004n/a
McMahon Auditorium Authority$60,000310%
Lone Star College System$60,0002n/a
County of Volusia$60,0004n/a
City of Las Vegas Office of Cultural Affairs$60,0003n/a
Youth Arts Unlocked$60,000314%
Muscogee County Friends of Libraries Inc$60,000424%
Eastern Connecticut State University$59,0003n/a
St Louis Shakespeare Festival$57,37522%
Billings Cultural Partners$56,9004n/a
Marginal Entropy Inc$55,0001n/a
Rock The Rez$55,000167%
Allied Media Projects Inc$55,0001n/a
Indigenous Association$55,0001n/a
Dayton Contemporary Dance Company$55,00013%
Ukwakhwa Inc$55,0001n/a
Fuerzas Culturales Ballet Folklorico de Cedar Rapids Inc$55,0001n/a
Black Alphabet Nfp$55,00018%
Bemidji Community Arts Council Inc$55,0001n/a
The Englert Civic Theatre Inc$55,0001n/a
Oh Sew Powerful Inc$55,0001n/a
Trustees of the Free Public Library of Pennington$54,750318%
Saginaw Valley State University$53,7502n/a
Round House Theatre Inc$52,75020%
Staten Island Outloud$51,0006n/a
Sistema Universitario Ana G Mendez Incorporado$50,90030%
Oye Group Inc$50,85719%
The Youngstown Playhouse$50,000117%
Asante Art Institute of Indianapolis Inc$50,00019%
Csc Repertory Ltd D/B/A Classic Stage Company$50,00021%
Red Cloud Indian School$50,0001n/a
New York Mills Arts Retreat$50,000123%
Passion Works$50,00018%
Plains Art Museum$50,00012%
Epic Theatre Center Inc$50,00023%
Indigenous Roots$50,00019%
Heritage Works$50,00017%
Threewalls$50,00017%
Marion Community School of the Arts$50,00019%
Friends of the Ramsdell$50,000113%
Hartford Stage Company Inc$50,00020%
Theater Mu Incorporated$50,00013%
Enrich Chicago$50,00017%
Cleveland Public Theatre Inc$50,00012%
Artstart Inc$50,000117%
Congo Square Theatre Company$50,000110%
The Classical Theatre of Harlem Inc$50,00021%
Stuarts Opera House$50,00014%
Art of the Rural$50,00018%
Su Teatro Inc$50,00032%
International Music Camp$50,00016%
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum$50,00011%
Grandville Avenue Arts and Humanities Inc$50,00015%
ACT 2 Inc$50,00016%
Karamu House Inc$50,00011%
Oneida Tribe of Indians Wisconsin$50,0001n/a
Indianapolis Shakespeare Company Inc$50,00024%
Walkers Pointe Center for the Arts$50,000156%
The Commonwealth Shakespeare Co Inc$50,00022%
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre$50,00021%
North Dakota Museum of Art$50,00013%
Catskill Mountain Shakespeare Ltd$50,000159%
Iowa Arts in Education Dba Artforce Iowa$50,000110%
American Indian Center$50,0001n/a
Hmong Cultural Center$50,00019%
Central Arkansas Library$49,8003n/a
County of Nevada$49,7003n/a
City of Germantown$48,6004n/a
Museum of Childrens Art$48,00031%
Safford City-Graham County Library$47,4003n/a
Troy University$46,6003n/a
University of Texas at El Paso$45,0003n/a
Missoula Parks & Recreation$45,0003n/a
See Stories$45,00022%
Toms River Regional Schools$45,0003n/a
Friends of the Auditorium$45,000218%
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$45,00030%
Fox Cities Book Festival Inc$45,0003n/a
The Neo Political Cowgirls Inc$45,000213%
Maysville & Mason Co Library Historical & Scientific Association$45,00032%
St Louis University$45,00030%
Pirates Alley Faulkner Society Inc$44,0003n/a
Lincoln County Public Library$43,6003n/a
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association$43,50014%
Chatham University$43,00030%
Village of Menomonee Falls$42,8003n/a
White Bear Center for the Arts$41,88021%
Young Men's Christian Association of San Francisco$41,00030%
East Carolina University$40,0002n/a
Public Media Institute$40,00014%
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop$40,00017%
Muscogee County School District$40,0002n/a
City of Santa Barbara Public Library$40,0002n/a
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc$40,00011%
County of Erie$40,0002n/a
Gablestage Inc$40,00021%
Artists Reenvisioning Tomorrow Inc$40,000110%
Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association$40,000215%
Friends of the Library of Tampa - Hillsborough County Inc$40,000213%
Grace Bible Church$40,0002n/a
Teatro Experimental Yerbabruja Inc$40,000216%
Artspace Lima$40,000120%
University of Hawaii System$40,0002n/a
Bard College$39,97020%
Framingham State Univ$39,9402n/a
Central Washington University$39,8903n/a
Montgomery County Council for the Arts$39,8571n/a
Columbia State Community College$38,6002n/a
Pennsylvania State University$38,2501n/a
The Ferguson Library$38,02030%
Four Bands Community Fund Incorporated$37,7502n/a
Illinois Arts Alliance$37,50021%
City & Borough of Juneau$37,1004n/a
Arkansas Craft School$36,00025%
Shakespeare Play on Santa Cruz Shakespeare$36,00021%
Mpt Foundation Inc$35,00020%
Kenosha Public Library$35,0002n/a
Aberdeen Area Arts Council$35,000217%
Black Hills Powwow Association$35,0001n/a
Black Swamp Arts Festival Inc$35,0001n/a
The N'Namdi Center for Contemporary Art$35,00018%
Traverse Area District Library$34,7062n/a
City of Las Cruces$34,0002n/a
The Matthews Opera House and Arts Center$33,000214%
Western Alliance of Arts Administrators Foundation$32,50022%
Friends of the Homer Public Library Inc$32,080318%
Minot Area Council of the Arts$31,000217%
City of Fergus Falls$30,7602n/a
City of Santa Fe$30,0002n/a
Reuben McMillan Free Library Association$30,00020%
Shawnee Summer Theatre of Greene County Inc$30,000136%
The Luther F Carson Four Rivers Performing Arts C$30,0002n/a
County of Fresno$30,0002n/a
College of Lake County$30,0002n/a
City of Paterson$30,0002n/a
Harmony South Dakota Inc$30,000113%
Lighthouse Writers Workshop Inc$30,00021%
Ko-Thi Inc$30,000126%
Black Arts & Cultural Center$30,000112%
Community Access Television for Malden Inc$30,00022%
Brownbody$30,000110%
City of Dearborn$30,0002n/a
Hillsborough County Dept of Aging Services$30,0002n/a
Dickinson State University$30,0002n/a
Seattle Pacific University$30,00020%
City of Oceanside$30,0002n/a
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center$30,00017%
Columbia Gorge Community College$30,0002n/a
Scenic Regional Library$30,0002n/a
Worcester County Library Foundation Inc$30,000273%
Center for Hmong Arts and Talent$30,000110%
Woodland Pattern Inc$30,00023%
City of Dallas$30,0002n/a
Shake Rag Alley Inc$30,00026%
Flint River Regional Library$29,6002n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$29,4903n/a
City of Corona Fire Department$29,2002n/a
National Steinbeck Center$28,77023%
County Of Lake$28,7004n/a
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe$28,6662n/a
Welcome Center Inc$27,83527%
Lonesome Pine Regional Library$27,5302n/a
Arthaus Inc$26,50027%
Junior Players Guild$25,8571n/a
Drama Club Inc$25,85713%
Southwest Shakespeare Company Inc$25,85716%
Prime Stage$25,50027%
Rosy Simas Danse Inc$25,00019%
Asian Economic Development Association$25,00011%
Manidoo Ogitigaan$25,000110%
Boys & Girls Club of the Missouri River Area$25,00013%
Pillsbury United Communities$25,00020%
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Inc$25,00013%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc$25,00011%
Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc$25,00010%
Friends of Montana Shakespeare in the Parks$25,00013%
African Economic Development Solutions$25,00020%
Region Five Development Commission$25,0001n/a
Iibada Dancers Inc$25,0001n/a
Threads Dance Project$25,000110%
Seattle Repertory Theatre$25,00010%
State Center Community College Foundation$25,00011%
The People's Light & Theatre Company$25,00011%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros$25,00021%
Arts For All of Northern Michigan$25,000125%
Northern Lakes Arts Association$25,0001n/a
American Conservatory Theatre Foundation$25,00010%
Cape Fear Regional Theatre at Fayetteville Inc$25,00012%
Piqua Arts Council Inc$25,00016%
Centerville Development Corporation$25,000114%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$25,00010%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$25,00010%
Red Cedar Chamber Music$25,000115%
The Warehouse Theatre$25,00013%
Portland Center Stage$25,0001n/a
Indiana Repertory Theatre Inc$25,00010%
San Pedro Playhouse$25,00011%
Pittsburgh Public Theater Corporation$25,00010%
Two River Theatre Company Inc$25,00010%
Freetown Village Inc$25,000112%
Shakespeare in Detroit$25,0001n/a
Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc$25,00011%
The Repertory Theatre of St Louis$25,00010%
Create Portage County Inc$25,00013%
Project Fine$24,96513%
Town of Clayton NC$24,7962n/a
Columbia College Chicago$23,50020%
E-Danza$23,0001n/a
Cante Waunsilpi Wi Ta Ominiciye$23,0001n/a
North Dakota Asian-American Arts and Cultural Initiative$23,0001n/a
Pine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce$23,00015%
Miami Police Athletic League Inc$22,80022%
Lawrence Public Library$22,8002n/a
Art Opportunities Inc$22,37520%
Columbus Children's Theatre$21,50011%
Afro American Development Association$20,7401n/a
Athens-Limestone Public Library$20,4002n/a
Artsboston Inc$20,00011%
Move for America$20,00018%
Charlotte Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural and Service Center Inc$20,00011%
Urban Music Theatre Inc$20,00017%
Girls Write Now Inc$20,0001n/a
Sftc Nonprofit$20,0001n/a
North Dakota Humanities Council$20,00011%
Mighty Writers$20,00010%
US Marshals Museum Inc$20,0001n/a
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem$20,00012%
The Enchanted Circle Inc$20,00013%
Pangea World Theater$20,00011%
Northern California Center for the Arts$20,0001n/a
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Taos Center for the Arts$20,0001n/a
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Inc$20,0001n/a
Fairmont Opera House Inc$20,00022%
Athens-Clarke County Library$20,0001n/a
Featherstone Center for the Arts Inc$20,00012%
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundationinc(Fka Greater Boston Corp)$20,000140%
Hamilton Wings$20,00013%
Masscreative Inc$20,00014%
Aberdeen Library Foundation$20,000122%
Art for US Inc$20,000157%
Friends of Athens-Clarke County Library$20,000126%
The Hyde Square Task Force Inc$20,00011%
Ormaco Inc$20,000115%
University of St Thomas$20,0001n/a
United Way of Hall County Inc$20,00011%
Youth Activism Project$20,0001n/a
Nuestra Palabra Latino Writers Having Their Say$20,0001n/a
Mechanics' Institute$20,00011%
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Inc$20,00010%
Merrimack College$20,00010%
Northern Arizona Bookfestival Inc$20,000131%
Riverside Theatre Co$20,00013%
New Hampshire Humanities Council$20,00011%
New York Scores$20,00012%
El Ballet Folklorico Estudiantil$20,000115%
Delta State University$20,0001n/a
Station 1 Records$20,000147%
Marshall County Arts and Culture Allianc Dba Arts Culture Alliance$20,000110%
Museum of Glass$20,00010%
Teatro Vision$20,00013%
St Louis Arts Chamber of Commerce$20,000113%
Public Space One$20,00013%
North Dakota Council on the Arts$20,0001n/a
Emerson College$20,00010%
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc$20,00010%
Toledo Community Theatre Guild D/B/A Wieting Theatre$20,000110%
Touchstone Theatre$20,00013%
American Composers Forum$20,00012%
Taller Comunidad la Goyco Inc$20,0001n/a
Rochester Institute of Technology$20,00010%
New Castle County$20,0001n/a
The Word A Storytelling Sanctuary Inc$20,00015%
Santa Fe Public Library$20,0001n/a
Fitchburg Art Museum$20,00012%
Art House Inc$19,90015%
University of Arizona$19,9001n/a
Sandy Spring Museum Inc$19,80011%
Northeast Community College Foundation$19,50011%
University of Maine System Inc$19,3001n/a
Shelton-McMurphey Johnson Associate$19,100117%
Jackson-Madison County Library$18,4001n/a
South Haven Art Association$18,250112%
South Dakota State University$18,0001n/a
City of Charleston South Carolina$17,5001n/a
Majestic Galleries$17,2501n/a
Texas Lutheran University$17,00020%
Central Washington University Foundation$16,40010%
Stage Left Players Inc$16,375210%
Springfield Museum of Art$16,3001n/a
City of Peoria$16,2752n/a
University Settlement Inc$16,25010%
Peters Township$16,1002n/a
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley$16,0001n/a
Library Foundation of Jacksonville Inc$16,000111%
Paint Creek Center for the Arts$15,75012%
Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network$15,750110%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$15,6262n/a
Valley Shakespeare Festival$15,080114%
Montrose Regional Library District$15,0302n/a
Jersey City Health Dept$15,0001n/a
Friends of South Dakota Public Broadcasting$15,00010%
Old Dominion University Research Foundation$15,00010%
Maroon Arts Group$15,00011%
Sweet Tea Shakespeare Inc$15,000111%
Drexel University$15,00010%
Sixty Inches From Center Nfp$15,00011%
City of Farmers Branch$15,0001n/a
Schaumburg Township District Library$15,0001n/a
Grassroots Shakespeare Company$15,0001n/a
Essex County Library Directors Inc$15,0001n/a
Chattanooga State Community College$15,0001n/a
Sinclair Lewis Foundation$15,000149%
The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc$15,00010%
Nisto Incorporated$15,00019%
The American Writers Museum$15,00010%
Nelson County Arts Council$15,000163%
City of Wichita$15,0001n/a
Cordial Eye Gallery and Artist Space Inc$15,00014%
University of Arkansas Fort Smith$15,0001n/a
Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities$15,00010%
Majestic Theatre Inc$15,00018%
Indian Music Society Ofminnesota$15,000117%
St Historical Society of Iowa$15,0001n/a
Black Hills Community Theatre Inc$15,00013%
Central Rappahannock Regional Library$15,0001n/a
Beachfront Dance School Inc$15,000124%
Stillwater Public Library$15,0001n/a
Harmony Project Productions Inc$15,00011%
Mid-Columbia Libraries$15,0001n/a
Omaha Theater Company$15,00010%
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Sioux Falls Arts Council$15,00017%
Longwood University$15,0001n/a
Hutchinson Center for the Arts$15,000116%
Voices Without Borders Inc$15,0001n/a
Turtle Mountain Indian Historical Society$15,0001n/a
Pacific Historic Parks$15,00010%
Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance$15,00012%
University of Baltimore Foundation Inc$15,00010%
FutureHeights Inc$15,00014%
Big Lou Holdings LLC$15,0001n/a
Barn Raising Media Inc$15,00014%
Eden Performing Arts$15,0001n/a
The Tiny News Collective Inc$15,00010%
Chesapeake Childrens Museum Inc$15,000114%
Salina Public Library$15,0001n/a
Odessa Council for the Arts & Humanities$15,00014%
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences of Wv Inc$15,00010%
Prairie Cultural Commons$15,000116%
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro$15,0001n/a
Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives$15,0001n/a
Wave Pool Corp$15,00013%
Eugene Public Library$15,0001n/a
Twin Cities Carifest Inc$15,0001n/a
Thief River Falls Area Community Theater$15,000112%
Dayton International Peace Museum Inc$15,00018%
Long X Arts Foundation$15,000116%
Just Buffalo Literary Center Inc$15,00011%
Broome Community College$15,0001n/a
Georgia College & State University$15,0001n/a
Gamut Theatre Group$15,0001n/a
Ukrainian Cultural Institute$15,0001n/a
Lorain County Community College$15,0001n/a
Arts Consortium of Carver County Inc$15,0001n/a
The Buckeye Flame$15,00014%
The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatre$15,00011%
HolaIowacom$15,0001n/a
Foster-Glocester Regional School District$15,0001n/a
United Plant Savers$15,00012%
Universidad del Turabo Sistema Universitario$15,0001n/a
City of Red Wing$15,0001n/a
Duluth Art Institute Assoc$15,00012%
Land Studio Inc$15,00010%
Young Space LLC dba Dovertail Magazine$15,0001n/a
Her Voice Productions dba Twin Cities Womens Choir$15,00018%
Northern Valley Youth Orchestras$15,000115%
Center for Arts-Inspired Learning$15,00011%
Issue Media Group LLC$15,0001n/a
Mask and Rose Womens Theatercollective$15,0001n/a
Higher Ground Church of God in Christ$15,0001n/a
Texas International Theatrical Arts Society$14,90011%
Lake Superior State University$14,8501n/a
The Berry Center Inc$14,70011%
The Community Hall Foundation Inc Dba Akron Civic Theatre$14,55010%
The Great Lakes Childrens Museum$14,50013%
LGAA-Locust Grove Arts Alliance$14,4751n/a
Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati$14,25010%
Fireseed Alliance$14,0001n/a
University of Wisconsin$14,0001n/a
Shakespeare At Play$14,0001n/a
City-Rancho Cucamonga$14,0001n/a
Genesee District Library$14,0001n/a
City of Milwaukee$14,0001n/a
Gloucester County Health Dept$14,0001n/a
Terminal Radio Inc$14,00014%
Gateway Technical College$14,0001n/a
Mary Lyon Foundation Inc$14,000111%
Paramount Arts Center Inc$14,00011%
Lawrence Public Library Friends and Foundation$14,00012%
Brooklyn Public Library$14,00010%
University of Georgia$14,0001n/a
Indian River State College$13,9001n/a
Neutral Zone$13,87011%
Chillicothe Public Library$13,4802n/a
Indiana University School of Medicine$13,4001n/a
Cascade Public Library$13,1301n/a
Beloit Public Library$13,0001n/a
City of Sheboygan$13,0001n/a
Grand Cities Childrens Choir$12,9531n/a
Dakota Pro Musica$12,8302n/a
Washington University$12,70010%
Arts & Culture El Dorado$12,50013%
Washington Pavilion Management Inc$12,50010%
Rapid City Fine Arts Council Inc$12,50012%
Community Playhouse Inc$12,50013%
The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated$12,30011%
Jefferson Community & Technical College$12,1001n/a
Youth Arts Alliance$12,00012%
Wonderfool Productions Inc$12,0001n/a
African Drum & Dance Parents Association$12,00017%
Wauwatosa Neighborhood Association Council Inc$12,0001n/a
AuSable Artisan Village$12,00014%
Enter Stage Right Inc$12,00017%
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park$11,80010%
The Contemporary Arts Center$11,80010%
Yellow Springs Arts Council$11,800117%
Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa$11,26012%
Black Story Tellers of San Diego$11,2001n/a
Southside Virginia Community College Foundation Inc$11,13811%
Buckeye Authors Book Fair Committee Inc$11,0001n/a
New Mexico Highlands University$11,0002n/a
Friends of Patagonia Library$10,7002n/a
South Bend Museum of Art$10,40011%
City of Edwardsville Edwardsville Public Library$10,3001n/a
County of Burlington$10,3001n/a
Tarrant County College District$10,2001n/a
Mississippi Valley State University$10,1501n/a
Freeport Fire Department$10,1001n/a
Ironwood Downtown Art Place Inc$10,000114%
Mabel Tainter Literary Library and Educational Society Inc$10,00011%
Paper Circle$10,000119%
National Independent Venue Foundation$10,00014%
African Arts Arena$10,0001n/a
Forsyth County$10,0001n/a
Paramount Center for the Arts$10,00011%
Forward Theater Company$10,00011%
Woodland Indian Art Inc$10,000115%
Marquette University$10,00010%
City of Rushville$10,0001n/a
Rockingham Library Association$10,00010%
Riverfolk Music & Arts Organization$10,000117%
Sculpture Milwaukee Inc$10,00011%
3rd Eye Youth Empowerment Inc$10,00017%
Minnesota Marine Art Museum$10,00011%
Logan County Landmark Preservation Inc$10,00011%
Friends of the Bohm Theatre$10,0001n/a
The Neville Public Museum Foundation Inc$10,00012%
Crystal Theatre Cultural Association$10,000114%
Ironwood Theatre Inc$10,00013%
North House Folk School$10,00010%
Tai Village Inc$10,00016%
Carbondale Community Arts Incorporated$10,00012%
Culturesource$10,0001n/a
County of Mendocino$10,0001n/a
Pierre Players Inc$10,000113%
The Cedar Cultural Center Inc$10,00011%
Chautauqua Craftsmen and Artisans of the Blac$10,000112%
Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Ltd$10,00010%
Firefish Arts Inc$10,000119%
The Community Library Association Inc$10,00010%
Enhancing and Strengthening North Dakota Nonprofits$10,00011%
Florentine Opera Company Inc$10,00010%
Sculpturewalk Inc$10,00012%
Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra Inc$10,00010%
Next Act Theatre Inc$10,00011%
Jennings County Public Library$9,8001n/a
Jamestown Fine Arts Association Inc$9,60113%
East Georgia State College$9,6001n/a
Franklin Pierce University$9,50010%
Town of Garner$9,3001n/a
Town of Vail$9,1501n/a
Mendelssohn Club$9,00014%
Uptown United$9,00011%
Oakton Community College$9,0001n/a
Millikin University$9,00010%
Superior District Library$9,0001n/a
Oak Park Public Library$9,0001n/a
The Point Community Development Corporation$9,0001n/a
McKendree University$9,00010%
Mercy University$8,70010%
White Bird$8,6001n/a
Des Moines Public Library Foundation$8,59211%
The Art Institute of Chicago$8,50010%
Hyde Park Jazz Festival$8,50012%
Legacy Theater Foundation Inc$8,50013%
Village of Park Forest$8,5001n/a
Village Arts Inc$8,500113%
Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance$8,50010%
Constellation Performing Arts$8,50012%
Center for International Performance & Exhibition$8,38013%
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville$8,3001n/a
Mississippi Valley Blues Society$8,300114%
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Inc$8,00010%
Stage Aurora Theatrical Company Inc$8,0001n/a
Weill Center Foundation Inc$8,00011%
The Grand Oshkosh Inc$8,00011%
Aurora University$8,00010%
Fox Cities Performing Arts Center$8,00010%
Overture Center Foundation Inc$8,00010%
John Michael Kohler Arts Center Inc$8,00010%
Thelma Sadoff Center for the Arts Inc$8,00011%
People for Palmer Park$8,0001n/a
Viterbo University$8,00010%
City of Charlottesville$7,7001n/a
Illinois Art Alliance$7,5001n/a
Lewis University$7,50010%
City of Paris$7,5001n/a
Guarneri Hall NFP$7,50013%
Summer of the Arts$7,50011%
Kuumba Storytellers of Georgia Inc$7,5001n/a
Montclair Free Public Library Foundation Inc$7,50011%
Ashland Library$7,3401n/a
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Inc$7,12010%
Pump House Regional Arts Center$7,00012%
Festival City Symphony Inc$7,00013%
City of Miami$6,6001n/a
Cuyahoga Community College Foundation$6,20010%
South Dakota Historical Society Foundation$6,00010%
Gateway to Science Center Inc$6,00010%
Friends of Levitt Pavilion Dayton$6,00011%
Lillian and Coleman Taube Museum of Art$6,00014%
Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association$6,00011%
University of Utah$6,0001n/a
Dakota Media Access Inc$6,00011%
Trustees of Purdue University$6,0001n/a
Fargo Moorhead Ballet$6,0001n/a
University of Denver$6,00010%
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra$6,0001n/a
Pickerington Public Library$6,0001n/a
Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System$6,00010%
Cultural Diversity Resources$6,00019%
Native Pop People of the Plains$6,0001n/a
Regents of the University of Colorado$6,0001n/a
Sleepy Hollow Theatre & Arts Park$6,00012%
The Cleveland Modern Dance Association$5,90011%
Dakota Legacy$5,6181n/a
The Arts Federation Inc$5,50010%
Morton Public Library$5,3081n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Arts Midwest Incorporated supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 19 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouth Arts Inc: $1,000,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetTennessee Shakespeare Company: $356,000 over 9y, 5.5% of budgetShakespeare Theatre of New Jersey: $330,000 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetMarin Shakespeare Company: $330,000 over 6y, 4.6% of budgetActors' Shakespeare Project: $330,000 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetPennyslvania Shakespeare Festival: $309,000 over 9y, 4.3% of budgetKentucky Shakespeare Inc: $307,500 over 7y, 6.6% of budgetTheatre for a New Audience Inc: $260,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetThe Shakespeare Theatre: $254,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBarter Foundation Inc State Theatre of Virginia: $250,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetIdaho Shakespeare Festival Inc: $250,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetAlley Theatre: $240,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc: $225,000 over 9y, 0.8% of budgetShakespeare & Company Inc: $215,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetCalifornia Shakespeare Theater: $214,957 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetAmherst Glebe Arts Response Inc: $211,750 over 3y, 12% of budgetDenver Center for the Performing Arts: $200,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSeattle Shakespeare Festival: $200,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetA Noise Within: $200,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCincinnati Shakespeare Company: $200,000 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetWill Geers Theatricum Botanicum: $200,000 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetLantern Theater Company: $200,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetAlabama Shakespeare Festival: $200,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetGroup I Acting Company Inc: $200,000 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetChicago Shakespeare Theater: $200,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAfrican-American Shakespeare Company: $200,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetThe Theater at Monmouth: $195,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetOhio Arts Professionals Network: $181,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetQuintessence Theatre Group Inc: $180,500 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetOregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: $177,750 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNashville Shakespeare Festival: $175,000 over 7y, 4.1% of budgetGreat Lakes Theater Festival Inc: $175,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetAmerican Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc: $175,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetShakespeare Behind Bars Inc: $160,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetSeven Stages Inc: $157,000 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetPennyroyal Arts Council Inc: $154,500 over 7y, 5.6% of budgetHope College: $152,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetArtreach St Croix: $150,000 over 8y, 16% of budgetOrlando Shakespeare Theater Inc: $145,149 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetMassillon Museum: $139,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetHeartland Performing Arts Inc: $135,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSisseton Arts Council Inc: $130,750 over 3y, 57% of budgetWichita Public Library Foundation Inc: $130,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetPark Square Theatre: $125,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAquila Theatre Company: $125,000 over 5y, 4.7% of budgetAtlanta Shakespeare Company Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetNebraska Shakespeare Festival Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 6.3% of budgetGuthrie Theater Foundation: $125,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

The Shubert Foundation IncNY73.1× affinity61 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Shubert Foundation Inc · The Bush Foundation · Theater League Inc · The McKnight Foundation · Minnesota Humanities Center · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Terra Foundation for American Art · Propel Nonprofits · South Arts Inc · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Jerome Foundation Inc · Play on Shakespeare

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.

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About Arts Midwest Incorporated

How much does Arts Midwest Incorporated give?
Arts Midwest Incorporated reported 149 itemized grants totaling $5,008,062, out of $5,643,782 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 105 and 220 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Arts Midwest Incorporated fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (72%), Education (18%), Public Benefit (4%).
Who are Arts Midwest Incorporated's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: South Arts Inc ($1.0M), Tennessee Shakespeare Company ($356k), Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey ($330k).
Does Arts Midwest Incorporated fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Arts Midwest Incorporated?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Shubert Foundation Inc, The Bush Foundation, Theater League Inc.
Where is Arts Midwest Incorporated based?
Arts Midwest Incorporated is based in MN.

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 667 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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