Kentucky · Public charity
Fund for the Arts Inc
At the Fund for the Arts, we believe that art is a right, not a privilege because art is a fundamental expression of the human condition. We envision a healthy and vibrant community where everyone embraces the art that exists in our lives every day, where everyone contributes to the well-being of our arts community, and where everyone…
- $3.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 43
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $26,545
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $278,997
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 72
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Fund for the Arts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 | 42 | $3.0M | 7% |
| FY2024 | 40 | $3.8M | 13% |
| FY2023 | 59 | $4.2M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 57 | $4.2M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 64 | $3.8M | 23% |
| FY2020 | 61 | $5.0M | 15% |
| FY2019 | 58 | $5.4M | 21% |
| FY2018 | 72 | $2.0M | 54% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc | $5,812,026 | 9 | 27% |
| The Louisville Orchestra Inc | $5,342,828 | 9 | 18% |
| Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet | $3,353,289 | 9 | 14% |
| Stageone Family Theatre Inc | $2,741,717 | 9 | 33% |
| Jefferson County Public Schools | $2,362,133 | 9 | n/a |
| Kentucky Opera | $2,140,808 | 7 | n/a |
| Parks Alliance of Louisville Inc | $1,910,214 | 7 | 26% |
| Kentucky Shakespeare Inc | $1,266,278 | 9 | 19% |
| Kmac Museum | $1,019,381 | 9 | 13% |
| Speed Art Museum | $859,762 | 9 | 1% |
Show all 148 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($11k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Fund for the Arts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 9 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 94 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc · The Gheens Foundation Inc · Snowy Owl Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Louisville Depository Inc · Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels Inc · LG&E and Ku Foundation Inc · Metro United Way Inc · The Whas Crusade for Children Inc · Kosair Charities Committee Inc · The Norton Foundation Inc · Cralle Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Fund for the Arts Inc
- How much does Fund for the Arts Inc give?
- Fund for the Arts Inc reported 43 itemized grants totaling $2,955,820, out of $3,468,968 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 72 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fund for the Arts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (84%), Education (7%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Fund for the Arts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Actors Theatre of Louisville Inc ($5.8M), The Louisville Orchestra Inc ($5.3M), Kentucky Dance Council Inc Dba Louisville Ballet ($3.4M).
- Does Fund for the Arts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fund for the Arts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Community Foundation of Louisville Inc, The Community Foundation of Louisville Corporate Depository Inc, The Gheens Foundation Inc.
- Where is Fund for the Arts Inc based?
- Fund for the Arts Inc is based in KY.
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