North Carolina · Public charity
Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc
Foster an inclusive, sustainable, culturally rich and engaged community where arts, science, and history play a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of life for all.
- $6.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 92
- Itemized grants FY2025
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $482,850
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.4M
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2025 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc | $482,850 | 1 | 89% |
| Andreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation | $343,195 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornelius Arts Community Center Inc | $323,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Raptor Center Inc | $292,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Charlotte Ballet | $275,211 | 1 | 1% |
| Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | $237,936 | 1 | 1% |
| The Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Inc | $236,303 | 1 | 6% |
| Mint Museum of Art Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Discovery Place Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Charlotte Museum of History | $225,000 | 1 | 16% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc | $482,850 | 1 | 89% |
| Andreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation | $343,195 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornelius Arts Community Center Inc | $323,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Raptor Center Inc | $292,500 | 1 | 17% |
| Charlotte Ballet | $275,211 | 1 | 1% |
| Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc | $237,936 | 1 | 1% |
| The Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Inc | $236,303 | 1 | 6% |
| Mint Museum of Art Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Discovery Place Inc | $225,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Charlotte Museum of History | $225,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Matthews Playhouse of the Performing Arts Inc | $203,500 | 1 | 14% |
| Davidson Community Players | $184,500 | 1 | 13% |
| Opera Carolina | $159,876 | 1 | 13% |
| Clayworks Inc | $148,995 | 1 | 13% |
| Charlotte Mecklenburg Afro-American Cultural and Service Center Inc | $123,000 | 1 | 4% |
| ArtsPlus | $122,380 | 1 | 3% |
| Sullenberger Aviation Museum | $115,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Digi-Bridge | $115,000 | 1 | 6% |
| North Carolina Performing Arts Center at Charlotte Foundation | $115,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Museum of the New South Inc | $115,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Caroline Calouche & Co | $93,389 | 1 | 17% |
| Theatre Gap Initiative | $60,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Jazzarts Charlotte | $57,500 | 1 | 5% |
| McColl Center for Art Innovation | $57,500 | 1 | 4% |
| Lorien Academy of the Arts Inc | $57,500 | 1 | 44% |
| B Music Youth LLC | $48,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Order My Steps | $47,231 | 1 | n/a |
| Number Drummer Inc | $46,690 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Baroque Orchestra | $43,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Mint Hill Historical Society | $43,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Smithville Community Coalition Inc | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robin Antoinette Arts for All | $32,176 | 1 | 31% |
| Ziad Presents LLC | $29,510 | 1 | n/a |
| Queen City Robotics Alliance Inc | $29,109 | 1 | 10% |
| Criss Cross Mangosauce LLC | $28,336 | 1 | n/a |
| Janeva Tyree LLC | $28,236 | 1 | n/a |
| Dear Soul Music Co LLC | $27,066 | 1 | n/a |
| J Stacy Utley Art LLC | $26,086 | 1 | n/a |
| Airboat Inc Dba Depea Studio | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mint Hill Arts | $24,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Canada Global Enterprises Inc | $23,476 | 1 | n/a |
| Tamara Ladonna Moving Spirits Inc | $22,399 | 1 | n/a |
| Embrace All Latino Voices | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Carolina Youth Orchestra | $20,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Royal City Collaboration Corp | $20,000 | 1 | 26% |
| North Mecklenburg Community Chorus Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Music at St Albans | $20,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Simplisticphobia LLC | $19,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Movement Migration | $19,148 | 1 | n/a |
| University City Foundation Inc | $18,104 | 1 | 4% |
| Piedmont Music Therapy | $17,847 | 1 | 7% |
| Darren Leibman Inc | $17,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Designs LLC | $16,732 | 1 | n/a |
| American Capoeira Foundation | $16,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Briarcliff Hall II Corporation | $16,360 | 1 | n/a |
| Ignite Dance Productions LLC | $16,042 | 1 | n/a |
| Carlotan Talents LLC | $16,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sharon Dowell Art LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Comite de Fiestas Patrias y Tradiciones de Charlotte | $14,858 | 1 | n/a |
| The Story Ship LLC | $14,550 | 1 | n/a |
| La Casa de la Cultura the Culture House | $13,777 | 1 | n/a |
| Que-Os | $13,474 | 1 | 5% |
| ArtWalks Clt Inc | $12,137 | 1 | 14% |
| Kinetic Development LLC | $11,265 | 1 | n/a |
| El Alma de la Luna Foundation | $11,224 | 1 | n/a |
| Lotus Project Inc | $10,709 | 1 | 7% |
| Umayal Art LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Keudis Sanchz LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Applesauce Group | $9,890 | 1 | n/a |
| Charlotte Film Society | $9,729 | 1 | 1% |
| Ciao Italia Matthews | $8,929 | 1 | 8% |
| The Creative Cornerstone | $8,717 | 1 | 12% |
| Savvy Organization Inc | $8,230 | 1 | n/a |
| Town of Matthews | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brighter Day Community Choir | $7,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Tosco Music Parties Inc | $7,912 | 1 | 2% |
| Living Rhythms | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Charlotte African Drum and Dance Collective | $7,134 | 1 | n/a |
| One Voice Inc | $7,025 | 1 | 3% |
| Breathe Ink | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Steele Creek Community Place Inc | $6,987 | 1 | n/a |
| Dancing Drum | $6,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Stegura Science | $6,507 | 1 | n/a |
| Phoenix Down Rpg LLC | $6,339 | 1 | n/a |
| Pretty N Ink | $6,194 | 1 | n/a |
| Chinese American Association of Charlotte | $5,905 | 1 | n/a |
| Dnamuzic LLC | $5,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Ana Lucia Divins LLC | $5,594 | 1 | n/a |
| Crownkeepers | $5,346 | 1 | n/a |
| The Qc Family Tree Inc | $5,330 | 1 | 1% |
Where it is load-bearing
Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 42 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 42.
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.
Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg IncNC103.8× affinity48 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc · Foundation for the Carolinas · Duke Energy Foundation · United Way of Greater Charlotte Inc · Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust · Womens Impact Fund · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Albemarle Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc · Emc Arts Inc · Blumenthal Foundation for Charity Religion Education & Better Inter- · The Presbyterian Hospital
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 Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc
- How much does Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc give?
- Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc reported 92 itemized grants totaling $5,979,695, out of $6,699,324 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2025 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Education (10%), Animals (5%).
- Who are Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2025 to FY2025: Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc ($483k), Andreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation ($343k), Cornelius Arts Community Center Inc ($324k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc, Foundation for the Carolinas, Duke Energy Foundation.
- Where is Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc based?
- Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc is based in NC.
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