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Emc Arts Inc

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$140k
Granted FY2021
4
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2021.

Arts & Culture$692kScience & Tech$90kCommunity Improvement$57kEnvironment$9k
02FY2021 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$35,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Houston Early Music$35,000
Silambam Houston$35,000
The Catastrophic Theatre at Match$35,000
Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Center$35,000
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 (FY17–21) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 29% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%GALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $7k → 14%Dallas Communities Innovation: $15k → 14%THE PILOT DANCE PROJECT: $7k → 16%OPERA CAROLINA: $40k → 10%Kenan Institute for the Arts: $35k → 15%Kheprw Institute: $9k → 16%Alutiiq Museum: $53k → 8%The Island Institute: $50k → 8%Perseverance Theatre: $75k → 8%Valley Perfoming Arts: $10k → 10%Anchorage Concert Association: $50k → 10%The Catastrophic Theatre at Match: $35k → 16%CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY: $42k → 10%Houston Early Music: $35k → 16%MUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH: $41k → 10%Silambam Houston: $35k → 16%CHARLOTTE BALLET: $40k → 10%THE CATASTROPHIC THEATRE MATCH: $7k → 16%CHILDREN'S THEATRE OF CHARLOTTE: $40k → 10%HOUSTON EARLY MUSIC: $7k → 16%DISCOVERY PLACE: $40k → 10%Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Center: $35k → 16%MINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40k → 10%SILAMBAM HOUSTON: $7k → 16%MCCOLL CENTER FOR ART INNOVATION: $40k → 10%FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT: $7k → 16%ANDREAS H BECHTLER ARTS FOUNDATION: $40k → 10%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.

20%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$168k · 4 repeat orgs$666k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2021, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
19

Total granted

$168k
$666k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+31%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
Arts & CultureEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • SH
    SILAMBAM HOUSTON
    2× · 2020–2021 · $42k · revenue +145%
  • HE
    Houston Early Music Inc
    2× · 2020–2021 · $42k · revenue +16% · 33% of their budget
  • FW
    FIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    2× · 2020–2021 · $42k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • PT
    Perseverance Theatre Incorporated
    one grant, 2017 · $75k · revenue -39%
  • AH
    ALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $53k · revenue +46%
  • AC
    Anchorage Concert Association Inc
    one grant, 2017 · $50k · revenue -29%
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
Performing Arts Houston

We connect audiences with exceptional artists through diverse performances and learning experiences. we ignite and cultivate passion for the performing arts to create community, inspire dialogue and enrich our world.

Arts & Culture
2
Houston Grand Opera Association Inc

The mission of HGO is to enrich our diverse community through the art of opera. We will do so by creating, curating, exploring, and producing outstanding experiences centered around the human voice.(Continued on Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
3
Lyrica Baroque

The mission of lyrica baroque is to support a diverse community of students, teachers, artists, institutions and audiences of all ages through education, collaboration and performance. lyrica baroque seeks to promote the extraordinary…

Arts & Culture
4
Balletx

Balletx expands the vocabulary of contemporary ballet for all audiences through innovative performances, world premiere choreography, dance education, and community programs.

Arts & Culture
5
Harmonia Stellarum Houston

Harmonia Stellarum is an ensemble of professional vocalists and instrumentalists specialized in historically informed performance practice who seek to inspire, entertain, and enlighten audiences with meaningful, historically informed…

Arts & Culture
6
Constellation Performing Arts

Constellation is a performing arts presenter with an emphasis on forward- thinking practices, particularly in the areas of jazz, improvised, experimental, and contemporary classical music.

Arts & Culture
7
Artis-Naples Inc

Please refer to schedule o for the organization's complete mission statement.

Arts & Culture
8
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
9
Vanguard Concerts
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10
Chicago Opera Theater

Chicago opera theater expands the tradition of opera as a living art form by engaging lovers of music and storytelling through innovative experiences, predominantly of new and rarely performed works.

Arts & Culture
11
A Contemporary Theatre Inc

Organization mission: act is a contemporary theatre where artistic ambition and civic engagement unite. organization vision: act envisions a world where the power of theatre expands our collective understanding of community and our own…

Arts & Culture
12
Hopera

Hopera's mission is to produce live musical performances in unique Houston Area spaces that focus on and empower Houston Area artists. Our Pint-Sized Performance concert series empowers local musicians to create original programs that are…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Charlotte Symphony Orchestra Society Inc; the most unlike its peers is Island Institute. 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

23 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 23 of the 24 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Perseverance Theatre Incorporated: $75,000 · Arts & CulturePerseverance Theatre IncorporatedALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $52,595 · Arts & CultureALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATIONAnchorage Concert Association Inc: $50,000 · Arts & CultureAnchorage Concert Association IncCatastrophic Theatre Inc: $42,000 · Arts & CultureCatastrophic Theatre IncSILAMBAM HOUSTON: $42,000 · Arts & CultureSILAMBAM HOUSTONCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $42,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INCMUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH INC: $40,900 · Arts & CultureMUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH INCAndreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation: $40,000 · Arts & CultureAndreas H Bechtler Arts FoundationCHARLOTTE BALLET: $40,000 · Arts & CultureCHARLOTTE BALLETThe Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Inc: $40,000 · Arts & CultureThe Childrens Theatre of Charlotte IncMINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMINT MUSEUM OF ART INCMcColl Center for Art Innovation: $40,000 · Arts & CultureMcColl Center for Art InnovationDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $40,000 · Arts & CultureDISCOVERY PLACE INCOPERA CAROLINA: $40,000 · Arts & CultureOPERA CAROLINA+3 more: $24,000 · Arts & CultureISLAND INSTITUTE: $50,000 · OtherISLAND INSTIT…Houston Early Music Inc: $42,000 · OtherHouston Early…FrenetiCore: $7,000 · OtherFrenetiCoreUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc: $35,000 · EducationKheprw Institute dba KI NuMedia CCFI: $9,250 · EducationFIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $42,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $15,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$648,495Other$99,000Education$44,250Community Improvement$42,000Philanthropy$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPerseverance Theatre Incorporated: $75,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetALUTIIQ HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $52,595 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetAnchorage Concert Association Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetISLAND INSTITUTE: $50,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetCatastrophic Theatre Inc: $42,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetSILAMBAM HOUSTON: $42,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $42,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHouston Early Music Inc: $42,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetFIFTH WARD COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $42,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE NEW SOUTH INC: $40,900 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetAndreas H Bechtler Arts Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCHARLOTTE BALLET: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThe Childrens Theatre of Charlotte Inc: $40,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetMINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMcColl Center for Art Innovation: $40,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetDISCOVERY PLACE INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPERA CAROLINA: $40,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetUniversity of North Carolina School of the Arts Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVALLEY PERFORMING ARTS: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetKheprw Institute dba KI NuMedia CCFI: $9,250 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetHOUSTON BOYCHOIR INC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGALVESTON HISTORICAL FOUNDATION: $7,000 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.

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.

Greater Charlotte Cul…Albemarle FoundationThe Dickson Foundatio…Arts & Science Counci…Arts Sciences & Cultu…Philip L Van Every Fo…Houston Arts AllianceFoundation for the Ca…John S and James L Kn…Duke Energy FoundationPublix Super Markets …Foundation for the Ch…
Greater Charlotte Cultural TrustNC24.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Greater Charlotte Cultural Trust · Albemarle Foundation · The Dickson Foundation Inc · Arts & Science Council Charlotte/Mecklenburg Inc · Arts Sciences & Cultural Council of Charlotte Mecklenburg Inc · Philip L Van Every Foundation · Houston Arts Alliance · Foundation for the Carolinas · John S and James L Knight Foundation · Duke Energy Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Foundation for the Charlotte Jewish Community

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 Emc Arts Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Emc Arts Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.
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    How do I get to Emc Arts Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Emc Arts Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 24 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2022) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2021, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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