· Public charity
Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia
Cultural Development Corporation (CulturalDC) creates opportunities for artists and arts organizations that stimulate economic development and improve the quality of the DC area.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2025 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k3 grants · $15k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $153k
- $250k+1 grant · $500k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| The Howard University | $500,000 |
| Hamiltonian Artists | $152,500 |
| Sheldon Scott Studios LLC | $5,000 |
| Studio Usan LLC | $5,000 |
| JCINTIME Creatives | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–26) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 0% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Lively productions presents new work for the stage by emerging artists, and seeks to create innovative theatrical opportunities in a world increasingly defined by real time interactions and new technologies
Rogue Artists Ensemble is a collective of multi-disciplinary artists who create Hyper-theater, an innovative hybrid of theater traditions, puppetry, mask work, dance, music, and modern technology. Through a collaborative development…
The Tank is a small, Manhattan-based non-profit arts presenter and producer serving emerging artists. Our goal is to remove economic barriers from the creation of new work for artists launching their careers or experimenting within their…
The performance of live performance to the general public. Annex Theatre is a democratic collective of theatre artists dedicated to creating bold new work in an environment of improbability, resourcefulness, and risk.
The Ghost Road Company develops original performance pieces employing Ensemble-Devising and collaborative creation techniques creating experimental theatrical works that are highly physical visceral and visual The companys work emphasizes…
We are a theatre company. We provide opportunities for local theatre artists and high quality productions for the public.
Know Theatre is a small professional theatre showcasing voices, new works, & plays that embrace the inherent theatricality of the live experience. Know Theatre seeks to be a place where artists and audiences feel welcome to take artistic…
Wp theater is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of women+ at every stage of their careers. for over four decades we have served as leaders of a global movement…
Washington DCs premier contemporary physical theater seeks to redefine theatre by devising a unique and innoivative blend of stage movement, dance, text, and music while investing in artists growth, and creating unforgettable visceral…
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 11 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cultural Development Corporation of the District of Columbia. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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