Maryland · Public charity
Carroll County Arts Council Inc
The carroll county arts council strengthens and enriches carroll county, culturally and economically, by promoting the arts, arts education, and diverse cultural expression. Through innovative programming, community collaboration, and active facilitation we strive to integrate the arts into the everyday lives of the community.
- $78k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $13k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,700
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $926k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Carroll County Arts Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 2 | $13k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $48k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $36k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $34k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $29k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $29k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $21k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Ground on the Hill Ltd | $59,807 | 7 | 3% |
| Opus Community Music School Inc | $58,615 | 7 | 5% |
| Encore Community Music Association Inc | $43,833 | 7 | 16% |
| Childerns Chorus of Carroll County Inc | $39,563 | 6 | 12% |
| Barrier-Free Inc | $28,900 | 2 | 8% |
| Small Town Stars Theatre Company | $13,800 | 2 | 6% |
| Downtown Sykesville Connection Inc | $5,725 | 1 | 2% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About Carroll County Arts Council Inc
- How much does Carroll County Arts Council Inc give?
- Carroll County Arts Council Inc reported 2 itemized grants totaling $12,800, out of $77,958 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Carroll County Arts Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (58%), Health (4%).
- Who are Carroll County Arts Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Common Ground on the Hill Ltd ($60k), Opus Community Music School Inc ($59k), Encore Community Music Association Inc ($44k).
- Does Carroll County Arts Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Carroll County Arts Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Carroll County Arts Council Inc based?
- Carroll County Arts Council Inc is based in MD.
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