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· Public charity

Business Consortium for Arts Support

To strengthen major business and foundation support for arts and cultural organizations of south hampton roads.

$648k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$84k
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$5.4MYouth Development$18kHuman Services$1k
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $574,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $647,513 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $73,513 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k5 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $133k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $406k
$15,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$90k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VIRGINIA SYMPHONY$83,850
VIRGINIA OPERA$83,850
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART$83,850
VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL$83,850
VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY$70,950
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$45,150
YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC$40,000
HERMITAGE MUSEUM$15,500
HURRAH PLAYERS$12,000
VIRGINIA MUSICAL THEATER$10,000
SYMPHONICITY$10,000
TIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH$9,000
TIDEWATER WINDS$8,000
D'ART CENTER$6,500
VIRGINIA CHORALE$6,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $61k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $51k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $50k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $49k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $49k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $46k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $46k → 10%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $45k → 10%VIRGINIA MUSICAL THEATER: $15k → 10%SYMPHONICITY: $12k → 10%HURRAH PLAYERS: $12k → 19%HURRAH PLAYERS: $12k → 19%HERMITAGE MUSEUM: $16k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $114k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $109k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $103k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $103k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $100k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $100k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $97k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $97k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $97k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $97k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $93k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $93k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $93k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $93k → 19%CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $84k → 19%VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL: $84k → 19%TODD ROSENLIEB DANCE: $17k → 19%D'ART CENTER: $15k → 19%TODD ROSENLIEB DANCE: $13k → 19%TODD ROSENLIEB DANCE: $13k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $114k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $103k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $100k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $97k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $97k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $93k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $93k → 19%VIRGINIA SYMPHONY: $84k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $42k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $40k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $40k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $40k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $40k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $40k → 19%YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $40k → 19%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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.4M · 38 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

38 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

38
4

Total granted

$5.4M
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+63%

Still filing today

95%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementRecreation & SportsEducationHuman ServicesOther
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

  • VS
    VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $781k · revenue +18%
  • TV
    THE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $781k · revenue +113%
  • TC
    THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED
    8× · 2017–2024 · $775k · revenue +36%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +33%
  • SA
    SPECIALLY ADAPTED RESOURCE CLUBSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue +327%
  • BV
    BALLET VIRGINIAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +63%
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
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

Vcca's mission is to provide time and space for national and international writers, visual artists, and composers of talent and promise to bring forth their finest works, because the arts are vital, diversity is a strength, and creativity…

Arts & Culture
2
Vanguard Concerts
—
3
Virginia Chamber Orchestra

The orchestra's mission is to perform fine music with highest artistic integrity for the broadest possible audience.

Arts & Culture
4
Saltwater Chamber Orchestra

Provide community connection through music concerts and lessons

Arts & Culture
5
The Richmond Symphony

The richmond symphony performs, teaches and champions music to inspire and unite our communities.

Arts & Culture
6
Fredericksburg Symphony Orchestra

Believing that music has the power to inspire, the fredericksburg symphony will fulfill this mission by enriching the community with live music. the symphony brings performances, educational programs, and community engagement initiatives…

Arts & Culture
7
Roanoke Symphony Orchestra

The Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides a professional symphony orchestra of artistic excellence and integrity to enrich lives, to educate, and to entertain diverse audiences in western Virginia with the highest quality instrumental and…

Arts & Culture
8
Virginia Beach Chorale

The Virginia Beach Chorale is recognized as one of southeastern Virginias longest- tenured performing arts ensemble

—
9
Crozet Community Orchestra dba Albemarle Symphony Orchestra

Showcasing local musicians and music students through the production and live streaming of two major orchestra concerts. Our outreach has touched many thousands of interested classical music lovers as well as provides an opportunity for…

Arts & Culture
10
Vocal Arts Society

to support the performance and understanding of the vocal art song repertoire through presenting a season of vocal recitals, commissioning new repertoire and performances in schools and other local venues.

Arts & Culture
11
Maryland Lyric Opera
Arts & Culture
12
Sumter County Fine Arts Council

Cultural enrichment through arts programs

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Virginia Arts Festival Inc; the most unlike its peers is Empowerment Center for Children Youth and Families. 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

41 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 41 of the 42 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/41
Grantees still filing
33/41
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $780,550 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRATHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $780,550 · Arts & CultureTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INCVIRGINIA OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $775,050 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA OPERA ASSOCIATION INCTHE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $775,050 · Arts & CultureTHE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATEDVIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY: $669,554 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA STAGE COMPANYVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $397,002 · Arts & CultureVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART+20 more: $501,400 · Arts & Culture+20 moreSYMPHONICITY-THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF VIRGINIA BEACH: $82,000 · OtherTODD ROSENLIEB DANCE: $66,000 · OtherTHE HERMITAGE FOUNDATION: $61,500 · OtherVirginia Chorale: $49,500 · OtherD'ART CENTER: $48,500 · OtherVIRGINIA CHILDRENS CHORUS: $25,500 · OtherI SHERMAN GREEN CHORALE INC: $16,500 · OtherNORFOLK CHAMBER CONSORT: $12,500 · Other+2 more: $5,500 · OtherYOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $281,500 · Youth DevelopmentTWP-THE YOUTH MOVEMENT: $17,500 · Youth DevelopmentViBe District Virginia Beach: $21,000 · Community ImprovementDOWNTOWN NORFOLK FUND: $21,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE MUSE WRITERS CENTER: $7,250 · EducationSPECIALLY ADAPTED RESOURCE CLUBS: $1,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$4,679,156Other$367,500Youth Development$299,000Community Improvement$21,000Recreation & Sports$21,000Education$7,250Human Services$1,000

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 budgetVIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $780,550 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetTHE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC: $780,550 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetVIRGINIA OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $775,050 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $775,050 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetVIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY: $669,554 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetVIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $397,002 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetYOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC: $281,500 over 7y, 8.3% of budgetTHE HURRAH PLAYERS INC: $93,000 over 8y, 1.9% of budgetVIRGINIA MUSICAL THEATRE INC: $84,500 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetSYMPHONICITY-THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF VIRGINIA BEACH: $82,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetTIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH: $68,500 over 8y, 6.4% of budgetTHE TIDEWATER WINDS: $67,500 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetTODD ROSENLIEB DANCE: $66,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetTHE HERMITAGE FOUNDATION: $61,500 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetVirginia Chorale: $49,500 over 8y, 8.5% of budgetD'ART CENTER: $48,500 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetBAY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF VIRGINIA: $39,000 over 7y, 7.7% of budgetVIRGINIA CHILDRENS CHORUS: $25,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetISLE OF WIGHT ARTS LEAGUE INC: $22,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetRAWLS MUSEUM ARTS INC: $21,350 over 5y, 5.9% of budgetViBe District Virginia Beach: $21,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetDOWNTOWN NORFOLK FUND: $21,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetSUFFOLK ART LEAGUE: $19,100 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetTWP-THE YOUTH MOVEMENT: $17,500 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetI SHERMAN GREEN CHORALE INC: $16,500 over 5y, 17% of budgetLITTLE THEATRE OF NORFOLK: $16,250 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetGeneric Theater of Virginia Inc: $16,250 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetFRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CONCERTS ASSOCIATION: $10,500 over 4y, 4.6% of budgetFELDMAN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC: $9,500 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetPORTSMOUTH COMMUNITY CONCERTS INC: $8,500 over 4y, 4.3% of budgetTHE MUSE WRITERS CENTER: $7,250 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetSUFFOLK CENTER FOR CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMOSAIC STEEL ORCHESTRA: $3,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLITTLE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA BEACH: $2,750 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPORTSMOUTH MUSEUMS FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds VIRGINIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds THE VIRGINIA ARTS FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA OPERA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA STAGE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG AUDIENCES OF VIRGINIA INC ↗
  • Who funds THE HURRAH PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA MUSICAL THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds SYMPHONICITY-THE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF VIRGINIA BEACH ↗
  • Who funds TIDEWATER ARTS OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds THE TIDEWATER WINDS ↗
  • Who funds TODD ROSENLIEB DANCE ↗
  • Who funds THE HERMITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Virginia Chorale ↗
  • Who funds D'ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BAY YOUTH ORCHESTRAS OF VIRGINIA ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA CHILDRENS CHORUS ↗
  • Who funds ISLE OF WIGHT ARTS LEAGUE INC ↗
  • Who funds RAWLS MUSEUM ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ViBe District Virginia Beach ↗
  • Who funds DOWNTOWN NORFOLK FUND ↗
  • Who funds SUFFOLK ART LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds TWP-THE YOUTH MOVEMENT ↗
  • Who funds I SHERMAN GREEN CHORALE INC ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE THEATRE OF NORFOLK ↗
  • Who funds Generic Theater of Virginia Inc ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN SOUTHAMPTON COMMUNITY CONCERTS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds FELDMAN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTSMOUTH COMMUNITY CONCERTS INC ↗
  • Who funds TIDEWATER CLASSIC GUITAR SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSE WRITERS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SUFFOLK CENTER FOR CULTURAL ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SANDLER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC STEEL ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds LITTLE THEATRE OF VIRGINIA BEACH ↗
  • Who funds EMPOWERMENT CENTER FOR CHILDREN YOUTH AND FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds SPECIALLY ADAPTED RESOURCE CLUBS ↗

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.

Hampton Roads Communi…United Way of South H…The Helen G Gifford F…Townebank FoundationDominion Energy Chari…Patricia and Douglas …Sentara HealthTidewater Jewish Foun…Lafayette River Found…Goode Family Foundati…Sandler Center for th…Curtis Family Foundat…
Hampton Roads Community FoundationVA71.5× affinity33 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hampton Roads Community Foundation · United Way of South Hampton Roads · The Helen G Gifford Foundation · Townebank Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Patricia and Douglas Perry Foundation DBA The Perry Family Foundation · Sentara Health · Tidewater Jewish Foundation Inc · Lafayette River Foundation · Goode Family Foundation · Sandler Center for the Performing Arts Foundation · Curtis 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 Business Consortium for Arts Support funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Business Consortium for Arts Support. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%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
    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 42 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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