Texas · Public charity
Big Medium
BIG MEDIUM supports artists through equitable and inclusive platforms to explore their practice and advance their careers.
- $178k
- Granted FY2020
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $30k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $7,529
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $15,032
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Big Medium funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $35k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $64k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $129k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Maker Group | $47,912 | 3 | n/a |
| Printaustin Collective | $40,052 | 3 | 27% |
| Shiny Object | $36,830 | 4 | n/a |
| Attendance Records | $36,584 | 2 | n/a |
| Museum of Human Achievement | $33,977 | 2 | 30% |
| Northern-Southern LLC | $23,706 | 3 | n/a |
| Dimension Gallery Dba Springdale Station | $9,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Icosa Collective | $7,346 | 1 | n/a |
| Refugee Services of Texas Inc | $5,689 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Marianella Inc | $5,689 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 12 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Maker Group | $47,912 | 3 | n/a |
| Printaustin Collective | $40,052 | 3 | 27% |
| Shiny Object | $36,830 | 4 | n/a |
| Attendance Records | $36,584 | 2 | n/a |
| Museum of Human Achievement | $33,977 | 2 | 30% |
| Northern-Southern LLC | $23,706 | 3 | n/a |
| Dimension Gallery Dba Springdale Station | $9,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Icosa Collective | $7,346 | 1 | n/a |
| Refugee Services of Texas Inc | $5,689 | 1 | 0% |
| Casa Marianella Inc | $5,689 | 1 | 0% |
| American Gateways | $5,689 | 1 | 0% |
| The Preemptive Love Coalition | $5,689 | 1 | 0% |
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: United Way for Greater Austin · Better Business Bureau · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Big Medium
- How much does Big Medium give?
- Big Medium reported 3 itemized grants totaling $29,802, out of $178,043 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Big Medium fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (90%), Human Services (4%), Religion (3%).
- Who are Big Medium's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Austin Maker Group ($48k), Printaustin Collective ($40k), Shiny Object ($37k).
- Does Big Medium fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Big Medium?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way for Greater Austin, Better Business Bureau, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Big Medium based?
- Big Medium is based in TX.
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