Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Association of Performing Arts Professionals
The ASSOCIATION OF PERFORMING ARTS PROFESSIONALS develops and supports a robust performing art presenting, booking, and touring field and the professionals who work in it.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2022
- 46
- Itemized grants FY2022
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 98%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2022
- $2.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 44
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 23
- Total assets, FY2022
- $4.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 98% of the organizations Association of Performing Arts Professionals funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 44 | $1.9M | 98% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $33k | 75% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $24k | 67% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $47k | 80% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $616k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Cedar Cultural Center Inc | $167,500 | 1 | 8% |
| State University of Iowa | $102,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lafayette College | $102,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Moraine Valley Community College | $102,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Paramount Center for the Arts | $69,575 | 1 | 3% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $62,925 | 1 | n/a |
| The Cowles Center | $56,600 | 2 | 1% |
| Ocean County College - Barnegat Bay Partnership | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alabama Dance Council | $50,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Japan Society Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 58 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Association of Performing Arts Professionals supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 47 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: New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · The Shubert Foundation Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · National Performance Network Inc · New Music USA Inc · The Ford Foundation · South Arts Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc · Booth Ferris Foundation Xxxxx4008 · Western States Arts Federation
How this is measured
Compare Association of Performing Arts Professionals with peer funders
About Association of Performing Arts Professionals
- How much does Association of Performing Arts Professionals give?
- Association of Performing Arts Professionals reported 46 itemized grants totaling $2,015,000, out of $2,065,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 44 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Association of Performing Arts Professionals fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (64%), Education (23%), Recreation & Sports (9%).
- Who are Association of Performing Arts Professionals's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: The Cedar Cultural Center Inc ($168k), State University of Iowa ($102k), Lafayette College ($102k).
- Does Association of Performing Arts Professionals fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Association of Performing Arts Professionals?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include New England Foundation for the Arts Incorporated, Mid Atlantic Arts Inc, The Shubert Foundation Inc.
- Where is Association of Performing Arts Professionals based?
- Association of Performing Arts Professionals is based in DC.
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