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Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$19M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
3
Grants FY2025
52
Organizations funded FY2024
2%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$8,557,956
Largest grant, FY2025
$8,557,956
Organizations funded a year
52 to 55
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 2% of the organizations Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 & CultureEducationOther
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 arriving3$19M0%
FY202452$750k2%
FY202352$810k0%
FY202252$875k0%
FY202152$700k0%
FY202054$680k0%
FY201954$695k2%
FY201855$625k5%
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What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$22MEducation$2.2MCommunity Improvement$38kOther$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 52 grantees
All grantees of Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Washington National Opera$9,340,956995%
Washington Performing Arts Society$9,294,95692%
Cornell University$2,208,00090%
The Washington Ballet$401,00081%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$231,00080%
The Shakespeare Theatre$189,80080%
Levine Music Inc$169,30080%
Gala Inc Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos$119,80081%
Washington Drama Society Inc$118,80080%
Choral Arts Society of Washington$113,80081%
The Studio Theatre Inc$112,80080%
Signature Theatre Inc$95,30080%
Atlas Performing Arts Center$79,80080%
Stepafrika USA Inc$77,80080%
Dance Place$77,30081%
Sitar Arts Center$77,20080%
Washington Concert Opera$75,80082%
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc$73,80080%
In Series Inc$70,30081%
The Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc$69,80080%
The Dance Exchange Inc$64,80082%
Cathedral Choral Society of Washington DC$60,80081%
The Washington Chorus Inc$54,80081%
DC Youth Orchestra Program$47,30081%
Washington Bach Consort Inc$45,80081%
Imagination Stage Inc$45,80080%
DC Jazz Festival$42,80080%
Post Classical Ensemble Inc$39,80082%
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts$39,80080%
Young Concert Artists Inc$39,00080%
Building Bridges Across the River Inc$37,80080%
Moving Forward Contemporary Asian American Dance Company$36,80081%
Citydance Ensemble Inc$36,80080%
Round House Theatre Inc$35,80080%
Friday Morning Music Club Inc$34,80083%
Olney Theatre Corporation Inc$33,30080%
Dance Institute of Washington$33,00080%
Adventure Theatre Inc$30,80080%
Capital Fringe Inc$30,80082%
Vocal Arts Society$28,80081%
Joy of Motion Dance Center Inc$26,80040%
Cantate Chamber Singers Inc$26,30085%
Synetic Theater Inc$26,00080%
New Dominion Chorale Inc$23,80083%
D C Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative Inc$23,80071%
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras$23,80080%
Mosaic Theater Company of DC$23,30080%
Teatro de la Luna$16,00072%
World Childrens Choir Inc$15,8008n/a
Bowen McCauley Dance Inc$8,8004n/a
The Ellington Fund$6,00020%
Amherst College Trustees$2,80010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($476k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 50 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWashington National Opera: $9,340,956 over 9y, 95% of budgetWashington Performing Arts Society: $9,294,956 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetCornell University: $2,208,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Washington Ballet: $401,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetGreater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc: $231,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Shakespeare Theatre: $189,800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetLevine Music Inc: $169,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetGala Inc Grupo de Artistas Latino Americanos: $119,800 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetWashington Drama Society Inc: $118,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetChoral Arts Society of Washington: $113,800 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetThe Studio Theatre Inc: $112,800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetSignature Theatre Inc: $95,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetAtlas Performing Arts Center: $79,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetStepafrika USA Inc: $77,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDance Place: $77,300 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetSitar Arts Center: $77,200 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetWashington Concert Opera: $75,800 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetWoolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc: $73,800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetIn Series Inc: $70,300 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetThe Strathmore Hall Foundation Inc: $69,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetThe Dance Exchange Inc: $64,800 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetCathedral Choral Society of Washington DC: $60,800 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetThe Washington Chorus Inc: $54,800 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetDC Youth Orchestra Program: $47,300 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetWashington Bach Consort Inc: $45,800 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetImagination Stage Inc: $45,800 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetDC Jazz Festival: $42,800 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPost Classical Ensemble Inc: $39,800 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetWolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts: $39,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Concert Artists Inc: $39,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBuilding Bridges Across the River Inc: $37,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetMoving Forward Contemporary Asian American Dance Company: $36,800 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetCitydance Ensemble Inc: $36,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetRound House Theatre Inc: $35,800 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFriday Morning Music Club Inc: $34,800 over 8y, 3.5% of budgetOlney Theatre Corporation Inc: $33,300 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetDance Institute of Washington: $33,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAdventure Theatre Inc: $30,800 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCapital Fringe Inc: $30,800 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetVocal Arts Society: $28,800 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetJoy of Motion Dance Center Inc: $26,800 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCantate Chamber Singers Inc: $26,300 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetSynetic Theater Inc: $26,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetNew Dominion Chorale Inc: $23,800 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetD C Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative Inc: $23,800 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Youth Philharmonic Orchestras: $23,800 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetMosaic Theater Company of DC: $23,300 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetTeatro de la Luna: $16,000 over 7y, 1.7% 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 50.

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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.

The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationDC75.7× affinity35 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Greater Washington Community Foundation · Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee · Clark-Winchcole Foundation · Nora Roberts Foundation · Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Inc · Latino Economic Development Corporation · United Way of the National Capital Area · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · Galena-Yorktown Foundation · William S Abell Foundation Inc · Philip L Graham Fund co Graham Holdings Company

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 Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts

How much does Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts give?
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts reported 3 grants totaling $18,780,912 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 52 and 55 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (91%), Education (9%), Community Improvement (0%).
Who are Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Washington National Opera ($9.3M), Washington Performing Arts Society ($9.3M), Cornell University ($2.2M).
Does Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 2% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Greater Washington Community Foundation, Dimick Foundation John M Lynham Jr Trustee.
Where is Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts based?
Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts is based in DE.

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 58 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-PF 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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