How much does Gaston Arts Council give?

Gaston Arts Council reported 11 itemized grants totaling $168,757, out of $181,857 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.

What does Gaston Arts Council fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%).

Who are Gaston Arts Council's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Gaston School of the Arts ($82k), Gaston Dance Inc ($57k), The Little Theater of Gastonia Inc ($44k).

Does Gaston Arts Council fund new organizations?

In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Gaston Arts Council?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaston Community Foundation.

Where is Gaston Arts Council based?

Gaston Arts Council is based in NC.

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North Carolina · Public charity

Gaston Arts Council

To enrich gaston county by empowering artists and creative organizations through grants, advocacy, and community engagement, connecting artists with opportunities and promoting the arts to enhance the regions quality of life.

$182k
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 11
Itemized grants FY2024: 2
Organizations funded FY2022: 0%
First-time grantees FY2022

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Itemized, FY2024: $169k; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $13,850
Largest grant, FY2024: $35,000
Organizations funded a year: 2 to 9; FY2021 to FY2022
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $14k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Gaston Arts Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	10	$169k	70%
FY2022	2	$18k	0%
FY2021	9	$191k	n/a

55% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2022.

Arts & Culture$136kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Gaston School of the Arts	$81,548	3	26%
Gaston Dance Inc	$57,487	2	22%
The Little Theater of Gastonia Inc	$43,800	2	35%
Gaston County Lease	$40,769	1	n/a
Friends of the Gaston Co Public Library	$15,095	1	44%
Help Carolina Inc	$13,850	1	17%
African American Museum of History & Culture at Loray Mill Inc	$11,800	1	7%
Charlotte Street Art Collaborative	$10,000	1	16%
African American Quilt Guild of Gaston County	$7,781	1	0%
C&J Creative Expression	$7,775	1	n/a

Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($89k), not named here.

Gaston Arts Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 8.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Gaston Community FoundationNC13.8× affinity4 shared granteesties to 0 of 0Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Gaston Arts Council

How much does Gaston Arts Council give?: Gaston Arts Council reported 11 itemized grants totaling $168,757, out of $181,857 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
What does Gaston Arts Council fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%).
Who are Gaston Arts Council's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Gaston School of the Arts ($82k), Gaston Dance Inc ($57k), The Little Theater of Gastonia Inc ($44k).
Does Gaston Arts Council fund new organizations?: In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gaston Arts Council?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Gaston Community Foundation.
Where is Gaston Arts Council based?: Gaston Arts Council is based in NC.