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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
Grants FY2022
23
States reached
$50k
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 2022.

Arts & Culture$1.8MEducation$665kRecreation & Sports$250kHuman Services$50kInternational$50k
02FY2022 · 46 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 46 grants below total $2,015,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,065,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $50,000 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 · FY2022

  • $10k–50k19 grants · $665k
  • $50k–250k27 grants · $1.4M
$50,000
Median grant
23
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WORKS AND PROCESS INC$50,000
QUEENS THEATRE IN THE PARK INC$50,000
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
SUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS$50,000
THE MINNESOTA SHUBERT CENTER FOR DANCE AND MUSIC$50,000
ALABAMA DANCE COUNCIL INC$50,000
CORTEZ CENTER INC$50,000
YERBA BUENA ARTS & EVENTS$50,000
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY$50,000
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY$50,000
WORLD ARTS WEST$50,000
OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE$50,000
AMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC$50,000
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY$50,000
AMERICAS SOCIETY INC$50,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $125k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 12%Paramount Arts Resource Trust: $70k → 11%Mekong Inc: $6k → 28%ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC & SOCIAL SERVICES (ACCESS): $50k → 21%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
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ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
NC
DC
HI
LA
AL
TX
FL
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.

4%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113k · 4 repeat orgs$2.5M to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2022, 3 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
12

Total granted

$113k
$657k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+22%

Still filing today

75%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’22
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalOther
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

  • TC
    The Cowles Center
    2× · 2020–2022 · $57k · revenue -49%
  • MA
    MAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER
    2× · 2017–2018 · $20k · revenue -26%
  • THE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED
    2× · 2019–2020 · $18k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • TC
    The Cedar Cultural Center Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $168k · revenue -38%
  • SU
    State University of Iowa
    one grant, 2017 · $102k
  • LC
    LAFAYETTE COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $102k · revenue +28%
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
On the Boards

On the Boards' mission is to invest in leading contemporary performing artists near and far and connect them to a diverse range of communities interested in forward-thinking art and ideas.

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2
Latino Theater Company

The latino theater company operates the los angeles theatre center, whose mission is to provide a world class arts center for those pursuing artistic excellence; a laboratory where both tradition and innovation are honored and honed; a…

Arts & Culture
3
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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4
Theater Mu Incorporated

Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.

Arts & Culture
5
Performance Space 122 Inc

See schedule operformance space new york is committed to promoting the arts (including performance, visual and all other contemporary arts), fostering artistic development (including through direct grants), advancing diversity in the field…

Arts & Culture
6
District of Columbia Arts Center

The District of Columbia Arts Center serves the Washington DC area by presenting high caliber and challenging works. It encourages professionalism among artists by providing a forum for educational and cultural exchange. DCAC was founded…

Arts & Culture
7
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
8
Performing Arts Houston

We connect audiences with exceptional artists through diverse performances and learning experiences. we ignite and cultivate passion for the performing arts to create community, inspire dialogue and enrich our world.

Arts & Culture
9
Scottsdale Arts

To create arts in diverse experiences that engage the community though the development of new and exciting cultural initiatives for the community; the encouragement of active participation and cooperation of the government, business,…

Arts & Culture
10
The Washington Center for the Performing Arts

The mission of the Washington Center is to inspire audiences and artists of all ages through live performances, enriching the vibrancy of our community. The Washington center for the performing arts was created from a belief that a…

Arts & Culture
11
Center Stage Associates Inc

See schedule o.inspired by our home city, baltimore center stage acts as a cultural catalyst for all communities to access theater in every form and engage in compelling conversations. programming: capture the collective imagination and…

Arts & Culture
12
Hennepin Arts

We are a non-profit that creates positive change through the arts by bringing together people, businesses and organizations to create and enjoy cultural experiences.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Works and Process Inc; the most unlike its peers is St Catherine University. 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

52 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. 52 of the 62 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
51/52
Grantees still filing
30/52
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

The Cedar Cultural Center Inc: $167,500 · Arts & CultureThe Cedar Cultural Center IncThe Cowles Center: $56,600 · Arts & Culture+34 more: $1,301,081 · Arts & Culture+34 moreState University of Iowa: $102,000 · OtherState University of IowaMoraine Valley Community College: $102,000 · OtherMoraine Valley Community Coll…FOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $62,925 · OtherFOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNIT…OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE - BARNEGAT BAY PARTNERSHIP: $50,000 · OtherOCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE - BARNEG…MIAMI DADE COLLEGE: $50,000 · OtherMIAMI DADE COLLEGECORTEZ CENTER INC DBA CORTEZ CULTURAL CENTER: $50,000 · OtherCORTEZ CENTER INC DBA CORTEZ …NC STATE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherNC STATE UNIVERSITYSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $50,000 · OtherSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ART…PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherPENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITYODC THEATER: $50,000 · OtherODC THEATERWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · OtherWESLEYAN UNIVERSITYHARLEM STAGE INC: $35,000 · Other+3 more: $36,487 · OtherVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $102,000 · EducationVIRGINIA TECH F…LAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $102,000 · EducationLAFAYETTE COLLE…PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $50,000 · EducationPRESIDENT AND T…TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE…Bucknell University: $50,000 · EducationBucknell Univer…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF W…+1 more: $8,800 · EducationPARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $69,575 · Human ServicesARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $50,000 · Human ServicesMekong Inc: $5,720 · Human ServicesAMERICAS SOCIETY INC: $50,000 · International
Arts & Culture$1,525,181Other$738,412Education$397,800Human Services$125,295International$50,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Cedar Cultural Center Inc: $167,500 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetVIRGINIA TECH FOUNDATION INC: $102,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLAFAYETTE COLLEGE: $102,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $69,575 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Cowles Center: $56,600 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetAlabama Dance Council: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetJAPAN SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORKS AND PROCESS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCORTEZ CENTER INC DBA CORTEZ CULTURAL CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 35% of budgetLINKS HALL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND S: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBucknell University: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Arts West: $50,000 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetDANSPACE PROJECT INC: $50,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetYerba Buena Arts & Events dba Yerba Buena Gardens Festival: $50,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN DANCE FESTIVAL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGRAND PERFORMANCES: $50,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetODC THEATER: $50,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetMADISON PROJECT: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetAMERICAS SOCIETY INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetDANCE PLACE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetQUEENS THEATRE IN THE PARK INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFAIRBANKS CONCERT ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetGALA INC GRUPO DE ARTISTAS LATINO AMERICANOS: $35,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY THEATER PROJECT CORPORATION: $35,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetORIGINAL MUSIC WORKSHOP INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPACK PLACE PERFORMING ARTS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF MEXICAN ART FKA MEXICAN FINE ARTS CENTER MUSEUM: $35,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCACHE VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $35,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBETHANY ARTS COMMUNITY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetJACK ARTS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetFUSE BOX AUSTIN: $35,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetBLACK ARTS MKE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS SERVING ACADIANA INC PASA: $35,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetWHITE BIRD: $35,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetZEITERION THEATRE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetKINGS MAJESTIC CORP: $35,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE ENGLERT CIVIC THEATRE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetHARLEM STAGE INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOOM ARTS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetMAUI ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $18,479 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFORD THEATRE FOUNDATION: $17,908 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFUNDARTE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.0% 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.

New England Foundatio…Mid Atlantic Arts IncThe Shubert Foundatio…The Howard Gilman Fou…National Performance …New Music USA IncThe Ford FoundationSouth Arts IncThe Andrew W Mellon F…The Harkness Foundati…Booth Ferris Foundati…Western States Arts F…
New England Foundation for the Arts IncorporatedMA56.5× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Association of Performing Arts Professionals funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Association of Performing Arts Professionals. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Fundarte Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Zeiterion Theatre Inc: 4% of income from government
  • White Bird: 2% of income from government
  • Boom Arts Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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 62 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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