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Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc

To educate, develop, advocate, and promote the visual and performing arts and cultural activities throughout Palm Beach County, Florida.

$1.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
56
Itemized grants FY2025
45
Organizations funded FY2024
42%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$1.4M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$65,000
Organizations funded a year
11 to 45
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$5.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 42% of the organizations Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $561k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesAnimalsCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving50$1.4M6%
FY202445$1.2M42%
FY202315$189k7%
FY202211$154k0%
FY202130$392k13%
FY202024$192k21%
FY201925$193k12%
FY201833$224k58%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$2.8MEnvironment$424kEducation$182kYouth Development$176kScience & Tech$160kEmployment$100kHealth$92kHuman Services$69kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 73 grantees
All grantees of Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Milagro Foundation Inc$254,44795%
Resource Depot Inc$181,11296%
Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts Inc$166,62394%
Digital Vibez Inc$164,28164%
Aequalis Inc dba The Core Ensemble$152,444919%
Arts4all Florida Inc$148,14095%
Boynton Cultural Centre Inc$145,05096%
Center for Creative Education$126,45741%
Delray Beach Arts Inc$125,61086%
The Friends of Sandoway House Nature Center Inc$124,14393%
Cox Science Center and Aquarium Inc$120,00020%
Spady Cultural Heritage Museum Inc$112,04548%
Youth Orchestras of Palm Beach County Inc$110,139933%
The Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc$106,65141%
Raymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc$100,00020%
Gulfstream Goodwill Industries Inc$100,00020%
Audubon Everglades Inc$100,0002n/a
Palm Beach Dramaworks Inc$100,00021%
Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach Inc$96,10352%
Nat King Cole Generation Hope Inc$90,54879%
Middle School of the Arts Foundation Inc$88,323310%
Habilitation Center for the Handicapped Inc$80,00021%
Florida Atlantic University Foundation Inc$74,00020%
Dance Theater of Florida Inc$60,412525%
Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens Inc$54,20641%
Delray Beach Chorale Inc$52,365552%
The Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival Inc$51,823523%
Loxahatchee River Historical Society Inc$50,00021%
Norton Museum of Art Inc$50,00020%
Fiesta de Pueblo Inc$46,924227%
Young Singers of the Palm Beaches Inc$44,00022%
Boca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia Inc$43,28433%
Lighthouse Artcenter Inc$42,00021%
The Armory Art Center Inc$40,00021%
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Inc$40,00020%
Creative City Collaborative of Delray Beach Inc$40,00021%
School of the Arts Foundation Inc$40,00021%
Elevar Foundation Inc$32,58437%
Bam Festival Inc$30,3606n/a
The Historical Society of Palm Beach County Inc$30,00021%
The Children's Museum Inc$28,26935%
Choral Society of the Palm Beaches Inc$26,336416%
Palm Beach Opera Inc$25,00020%
The Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches Inc$24,772511%
Blue Planet Global Education Inc$24,133359%
Lake Worth Beach Cultural Renaissance Foundation Inc$23,273315%
West Third Street Dance Corp$21,7204n/a
Martin L King Jr Coordinating Cmte$21,530519%
The Taras Oceanographic Foundation Inc$21,073416%
Caribbean American for Community Involvement Inc$20,94259%
Delta Heritage Foundation Inc$20,1813n/a
Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden Inc$18,25321%
Ballet Palm Beach Inc$18,17422%
Flamingo Clay Studio Inc$17,573222%
Grand Prix Dance Open America Inc$15,318417%
Street Painting Festival Inc$15,000193%
Azul - Fashion Art Design Inc$11,97114%
Boca Raton's Promise Alliance for Youth Inc$11,684214%
Street Beat Inc$11,43424%
Philippine American Society Inc$11,259292%
Spanish River Concerts Inc$8,76310%
Sea Turtle Adventures Inc$8,76312%
Little Smiles Inc$8,41011%
Shakespeare Troupe Incorporated$8,0001n/a
Artists Showcase of the Palm Beaches$7,2511n/a
Sol Children Theatre Inc$7,21513%
Robert Sharon Chorale Inc$7,1922n/a
Canvas Art Charities Inc$6,116128%
Palm Beach County Surfing History Project Inc$6,088241%
Veterans Memorial & Multicultural Histories Incorporated$5,9711n/a
The Zoological Society of the Palm Beaches Inc$5,92110%
Educational Gallery Group Inc$2,928122%
Grandmas Place Inc$1,86010%

Where it is load-bearing

Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 65 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMilagro Foundation Inc: $254,447 over 9y, 4.8% of budgetResource Depot Inc: $181,112 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetBenzaiten Center for Creative Arts Inc: $166,623 over 9y, 4.5% of budgetDigital Vibez Inc: $164,281 over 6y, 4.1% of budgetAequalis Inc dba The Core Ensemble: $152,444 over 9y, 19% of budgetArts4all Florida Inc: $148,140 over 9y, 4.7% of budgetBoynton Cultural Centre Inc: $145,050 over 9y, 5.6% of budgetCenter for Creative Education: $126,457 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetDelray Beach Arts Inc: $125,610 over 8y, 5.8% of budgetThe Friends of Sandoway House Nature Center Inc: $124,143 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetCox Science Center and Aquarium Inc: $120,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSpady Cultural Heritage Museum Inc: $112,045 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetYouth Orchestras of Palm Beach County Inc: $110,139 over 9y, 33% of budgetThe Palm Beach Symphony Society Inc: $106,651 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetRaymond F Kravis Center for the Performing Arts Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGulfstream Goodwill Industries Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPalm Beach Dramaworks Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetChamber Music Society of Palm Beach Inc: $96,103 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetNat King Cole Generation Hope Inc: $90,548 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetMiddle School of the Arts Foundation Inc: $88,323 over 3y, 10% of budgetHabilitation Center for the Handicapped Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFlorida Atlantic University Foundation Inc: $74,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDance Theater of Florida Inc: $60,412 over 5y, 25% of budgetAnn Norton Sculpture Gardens Inc: $54,206 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetDelray Beach Chorale Inc: $52,365 over 5y, 52% of budgetThe Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival Inc: $51,823 over 5y, 23% of budgetLoxahatchee River Historical Society Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetNorton Museum of Art Inc: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFiesta de Pueblo Inc: $46,924 over 2y, 27% of budgetYoung Singers of the Palm Beaches Inc: $44,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetBoca Raton Philharmonic Symphonia Inc: $43,284 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetLighthouse Artcenter Inc: $42,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Armory Art Center Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLoggerhead Marinelife Center Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCreative City Collaborative of Delray Beach Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetSchool of the Arts Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetElevar Foundation Inc: $32,584 over 3y, 7.3% of budgetThe Historical Society of Palm Beach County Inc: $30,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetThe Children's Museum Inc: $28,269 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetChoral Society of the Palm Beaches Inc: $26,336 over 4y, 16% of budgetPalm Beach Opera Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Masterworks Chorus of the Palm Beaches Inc: $24,772 over 5y, 11% of budgetBlue Planet Global Education Inc: $24,133 over 3y, 59% of budgetLake Worth Beach Cultural Renaissance Foundation Inc: $23,273 over 3y, 15% of budgetMartin L King Jr Coordinating Cmte: $21,530 over 5y, 19% of budgetThe Taras Oceanographic Foundation Inc: $21,073 over 4y, 16% of budgetCaribbean American for Community Involvement Inc: $20,942 over 5y, 9.4% of budgetFriends of Mounts Botanical Garden Inc: $18,253 over 2y, 0.9% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 65.

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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.

Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties IncFL54.8× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc · United Way of Palm Beach County Inc · Children's Healthcare Charity Inc · The Batchelor Foundation Inc · The Jim Moran Foundation Inc · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Impact 100 Palm Beach County Inc · The Chamber of Nonprofit Health and Human Agencies in Palm Beach County Inc · The Mary Alice Fortin Foundation · Cornelia T Bailey Charitable Trust · Extraordinary Charities Inc · Albert E and Birdie W Einstein Fund

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.

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About Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc

How much does Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc give?
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc reported 56 itemized grants totaling $1,366,917, out of $1,396,917 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 45 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (68%), Environment (10%), Education (4%).
Who are Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Milagro Foundation Inc ($254k), Resource Depot Inc ($181k), Benzaiten Center for Creative Arts Inc ($167k).
Does Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties Inc, United Way of Palm Beach County Inc, Children's Healthcare Charity Inc.
Where is Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc based?
Cultural Council of Palm Beach County Inc is based in FL.

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 73 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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