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ARTSNOW strengthens summit county by advancing its arts and culture assets and building connections between arts & culture and the broad community.

$897k
Granted FY2025still arriving
43
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$144k
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, FY2024 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.1MRecreation & Sports$28kEducation$20kCommunity Improvement$20kHuman Services$16kYouth Development$15kEnvironment$10k
02FY2025 · 43 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 43 grants below total $824,210, the rows itemized in this filing. The $896,945 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $72,735 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 $10k9 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k32 grants · $557k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $194k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$526k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SUMMIT ARTSPACE$143,855
CITY OF GREEN$50,000
TUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION$39,999
THE MOVEMENT PROJECT$38,000
SUMMIT CHORAL SOCIETY$26,500
DOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP INC$25,000
BALLET EXCEL OHIO$25,000
ART RESOURCES TRANSFORMATIONS$25,000
RUBBER CITY THEATRE$25,000
CUYAHOGA VALLEY ART CENTER$25,000
CITY OF STOW$25,000
MAIN STREET BARBERTON$20,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON$20,000
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHAPEL$18,600
AKRON MAKERSPACE$15,980
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY25–25, $40k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%COMMUNITY AIDS NETWORK AKRON PRIDE INITIATIVE: $16k → 13%ASIAN SERVICES IN ACTION INC: $12k → 13%PROJECT UJIMA: $13k → 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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$434k · 4 repeat orgs$803k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 34 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
11

Total granted

$434k
$195k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-8%
+12%

Still filing today

100%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $608k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • SA
    SUMMIT ARTSPACE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $252k · revenue -17%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR APPLIED THEATER AND ACTIVE CULTURE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $117k · revenue -12% · 58% of their budget
  • AS
    Art Sparks
    2× · 2024–2025 · $35k · revenue 0%

Funded once

  • AA
    AKRON ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +13%
  • AC
    Akron Creative Inc
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • MT
    MAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +22%
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
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
2
Gahanna Area Arts Council

he Gahanna area arts council connects and enriches our community through participation in and engagement with the arts.

Arts & Culture
3
Wild Goose Creative Inc

Wild goose creative's mission is to build a creative community at the intersection of art, risk an meaning. wild goose is about a lot of things: sustainable partnerships and artistic collaborations.it's about giving artists resources and…

Arts & Culture
4
Bayarts

The mission of bayarts is to provide a welcoming lakeside environment to stimulate, encourage and support professional and aspiring artists of all ages through collaboration, education and exhibition.

—
5
Muse Cincinnati Womens Choir

MUSE is an inclusive and feminist choral community advocating for peace and social justice. We unite our voices to raise awareness and inspire change in ourselves, our audiences, and our world through partnerships that honor the humanity…

Arts & Culture
6
Shadoart Productions Inc

We use the power of live performance art to create a unified expression of joy that is shared within our community through engaged educational programming, enhanced corporate partnerships, and inspired civic givebacks. see schedule o for…

Arts & Culture
7
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Foundation
Philanthropy
8
Know Theatre of Cincinnati

Know Theatre is a small professional theatre showcasing voices, new works, & plays that embrace the inherent theatricality of the live experience. Know Theatre seeks to be a place where artists and audiences feel welcome to take artistic…

Arts & Culture
9
The Cleveland Modern Dance Association

To be a national model for how a presenting organization serves its community, leveraging the worlds best modern and contemporary dance to inspire and educate audiences, local dancers, and community members.

—
10
Cleveland Arts Prize

The cleveland arts prize identifies, rewards, publicly honors and promotes those creative artists whose original work and accomplishments have set a standard of excellence to which other artists can aspire. additionally, the cleveland arts…

Arts & Culture
11
Cleveland Chamber Symphony Council Inc

Music Performance - Performing free concerts of new symphonic music

Arts & Culture
12
Shango Inc
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Community Hall Foundation Inc Dba Akron Civic Theatre; the most unlike its peers is Proyecto Raices. 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

42 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. 42 of the 50 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
15/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SUMMIT ARTSPACE: $252,138 · Arts & CultureSUMMIT ARTSPACECENTER FOR APPLIED THEATER AND ACTIVE CULTURE: $117,000 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR APPLIED THEATER AND ACTIVE CULTURETUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $39,999 · Arts & CultureTHE MOVEMENT PROJECT INC: $38,000 · Arts & CultureArt Sparks: $35,000 · Arts & Culture+19 more: $323,994 · Arts & Culture+19 moreCITY OF GREEN DIVISION OF FIRE: $50,000 · OtherCITY OF GREEN DIVISION …CUYAHOGA VALLEY YOUTH BALLET: $32,500 · OtherCUYAHOGA VALLEY YOUTH B…CITY OF STOW: $25,000 · OtherCITY OF STOWCOLLIDE CUYAHOGA FALLS: $20,000 · OtherCOLLIDE CUYAHOGA FALLSCHRIST COMMUNITY CHAPEL: $18,600 · OtherCHRIST COMMUNITY CHAPELPROYECTO RAICES: $16,250 · OtherPROYECTO RAICESGLOBAL TIES AKRON: $14,000 · OtherGLOBAL TIES AKRONBLACK EXCELLENCE ARTS COLLECTIVE: $10,000 · OtherSUMMIT COUNTY CHILDREN SERVICES: $10,000 · OtherTINKERS CREEK WATERSHED PARTNERS: $9,999 · OtherCITY OF BARBERTON: $9,999 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SUMMIT: $18,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SUMMITCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $15,000 · OtherCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOG…+1 more: $7,500 · OtherCommunity AIDS NetworkAkron Pride Initi: $15,778 · Human ServicesSOUTH STREET MNISTRIES INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesProject Ujima Inc: $12,500 · Human ServicesASIAN SERVICES IN ACTION INC: $12,000 · Human ServicesDOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT SERVICES INC: $10,000 · Community ImprovementTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE: $10,000 · Community ImprovementMAIN STREET BARBERTON INC: $29,840 · PhilanthropyHUDSON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyAKRON MAKERSPACE: $15,980 · Recreation & SportsAKRON PARKS COLLABORATIVE: $8,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE LIPPMAN SCHOOL: $20,000 · Education
Arts & Culture$806,131Other$256,848Human Services$55,278Community Improvement$45,000Philanthropy$39,840Recreation & Sports$23,980Education$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSUMMIT ARTSPACE: $252,138 over 2y, 21% of budgetCENTER FOR APPLIED THEATER AND ACTIVE CULTURE: $117,000 over 2y, 58% of budgetTUESDAY MUSICAL ASSOCIATION: $39,999 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetTHE MOVEMENT PROJECT INC: $38,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetArt Sparks: $35,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY YOUTH BALLET: $32,500 over 1y, 16% of budgetMAIN STREET BARBERTON INC: $29,840 over 2y, 10% of budgetSummit Choral Society Inc: $26,500 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRUBBER CITY SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetDOWNTOWN AKRON PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAkron Creative Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetMAGICAL THEATRE COMPANY: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetAKRON SOUL TRAIN: $21,400 over 1y, 15% of budgetNORTHEAST OHIO CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY: $20,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE LIPPMAN SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SUMMIT: $18,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetPROYECTO RAICES: $16,250 over 1y, 21% of budgetCONSERVANCY FOR CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWHITE RABBIT GALLERIES: $14,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetGLOBAL TIES AKRON: $14,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetASIAN SERVICES IN ACTION INC: $12,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCUYAHOGA VALLEY CHORAL ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetTHE PENINSULA ART ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetTHE COMMUNITY HALL FOUNDATION INC DBA AKRON CIVIC THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIMALAYAN ARTS LANGUAGE AND CULTURA: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetTINKERS CREEK WATERSHED PARTNERS: $9,999 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAKRON PARKS COLLABORATIVE: $8,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAKRON SYMPHONIC WINDS: $7,500 over 1y, 15% 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.

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.

Akron Community Found…Gar FoundationMary S & David C Corb…The Margaret Clark Mo…Sisler McFawn Foundat…United Way of Summit …Lloyd L & Louise K Sm…Charles E and Mabel M…The Welty Family Foun…Burton D Morgan Found…The Mary and Dr Georg…Lehner Family Foundat…
Akron Community FoundationOH69.1× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Akron Community Foundation · Gar Foundation · Mary S & David C Corbin Foundation · The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation · Sisler McFawn Foundation Pfdn · United Way of Summit and Medina · Lloyd L & Louise K Smith Foundation · Charles E and Mabel M Ritchie Memorial · The Welty Family Foundation · Burton D Morgan Foundation Inc · The Mary and Dr George L Demetros Charitable · Lehner Family 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 Artsnow funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Artsnow. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%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
    17report 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 50 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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