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Greater Augusta Arts Council Inc at a glanceMostly funded, not a grantmaker: see who funds it →

· Public charity

Greater Augusta Arts Council Inc

To promote arts in the csra through community events, weekly radio show, and marketing campaign.

$102k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2024.

Arts & Culture$580kPhilanthropy$19k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 12 grants below total $86,498, the rows itemized in this filing. The $101,710 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $15,212 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$6,145
Median grant
1
States reached
$469k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AUGUSTA MINI THEATER$13,529
BAREFOOT PRODUCTIONS$11,000
AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC$9,865
JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS$6,210
MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART$6,146
THE AUGUSTA SYMPHONY$6,145
THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS$6,081
GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF$5,953
RON COLTON BALLET DANCE$5,825
CREATIVE IMPRESSIONS$5,440
AUGUSTA CHORALE$5,248
AUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY$5,056
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 (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 18%, against an area that typically sits at 17%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 17%ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTER OF NA: $15k → 17%THE AUGUSTA SYMPHONY: $25k → 18%THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS: $23k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $20k → 18%SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER: $18k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $10k → 18%JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS: $7k → 18%GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF: $7k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $7k → 18%IMPERIAL THEATRE: $7k → 18%JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS: $7k → 18%JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS: $7k → 18%THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS: $7k → 18%THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS: $7k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $7k → 18%GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF: $7k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $7k → 18%AUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY: $7k → 18%THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS: $7k → 18%JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS: $6k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $6k → 18%JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS: $6k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $6k → 18%THE AUGUSTA SYMPHONY: $6k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $6k → 18%GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF: $6k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $6k → 18%THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS: $6k → 18%GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF: $6k → 18%THE AUGUSTA SYMPHONY: $6k → 18%IMPERIAL THEATRE: $6k → 18%GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF: $6k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $6k → 18%LE CHAT NOIR INC: $6k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $5k → 18%JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS: $5k → 18%JESSYE NORMAN SCHOOL OF ARTS: $5k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $5k → 18%MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $5k → 18%THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS: $5k → 18%AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $5k → 18%DANCE AUGUSTA INC: $15k → 18%RON COLTON BALLET DANCE: $6k → 18%RON COLTON BALLET DANCE: $6k → 18%AUGUSTA MINI THEATER: $20k → 18%AUGUSTA MINI THEATER: $14k → 18%AUGUSTA MINI THEATER: $7k → 18%AUGUSTA MINI THEATER: $6k → 18%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$585k · 17 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against -25% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
1

Total granted

$585k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
-25%

Still filing today

71%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • AP
    AUGUSTA PLAYERS INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $60k · revenue +183%
  • AM
    Augusta Mini Theatre Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $57k · revenue +132%
  • JN
    Jessye Norman School of the Arts Inc
    7× · 2017–2024 · $44k · revenue +94%

Funded once

  • AA
    ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTER OF NORTH AUGUSTA
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -25%
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
Sumter County Fine Arts Council

Cultural enrichment through arts programs

Arts & Culture
2
Augusta Arts Council Inc

The primary purpose of the augusta arts council, inc., is to preserve and maintain the historic stand alone theatre experience for future generations. all activities promoted are designed to preserve and maintain the historic augusta…

Arts & Culture
3
Greenville Theatre Arts Center
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4
Greater Augusta Arts Council Inc

To promote arts in the csra through community events, weekly radio show, and marketing campaign. coordinate diverse community events, manage art grants for the city of augusta. public art agency for the city of augusta, manages the public…

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5
The Center for the Arts

The center for arts, a home for arts and culture, offers engaging opportunities and educational experiences to enrich and expand the life of our community.

Arts & Culture
6
Colleton County Arts Council

Promote cultural activities in colleton county, south carolina

Arts & Culture
7
Community Arts Association in Newton County Inc

The mission of the arts association in newton county is to encourage youth and adults in the community to participate in the arts both as audience and as artists and to present world-class artists to all the citizens of the metro atlanta…

Arts & Culture
8
Atlanta Contempory Art Center Inc

Dedicated to the creation, presentation and advancement of contemporary art through its exhibitions, educational programming and studio art program.

Arts & Culture
9
Beaufort Arts and Music Inc

To promote the arts, play a pivotal role in the cultural and economic advancement of the region, and inspire the community to engage in appreciation of arts and music at all levels.

Arts & Culture
10
Arts Southeast Inc

To make savannah a destination for art and culture in the southeast by supporting established and emerging artists, engaging a diverse community with creative programming, and developing awareness and appreciation of the arts.

Arts & Culture
11
South Carolina Artisans Center

Cultural and educational resource

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12
Augusta Heritage Center Inc

Augusta heritage center in elkins, west virginia, united states, is a non- profit organization which fosters the scholarly study and practice of traditional arts in music, dance, craft, and folklore.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Arts and Heritage Center of North Augusta; the most unlike its peers is Sacred Heart Cultural Center Inc. 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

15 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. 15 of the 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $59,724 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INCAugusta Mini Theatre Inc: $56,627 · Arts & CultureAugusta Mini Theatre IncAUGUSTA SYMPHONY INC: $42,328 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA SYMPHONY INCSTORYLAND THEATRE: $41,193 · Arts & CultureSTORYLAND THEATRETHE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART INC: $36,903 · Arts & CultureTHE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART INCSACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER INC: $23,678 · Arts & CultureSACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER INCDANCE AUGUSTA INC: $20,250 · Arts & CultureDANCE AUGUSTA INCARTS AND HERITAGE CENTER OF NORTH AUGUSTA: $15,000 · Arts & CultureIMPERIAL COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $12,600 · Arts & CultureLE CHAT NOIR INC: $10,688 · Arts & CultureAUGUSTA PLAYERS INC: $60,418 · OtherAUGUSTA PLAYERS INCMULTIPLE GRANTS LESS THAN 5000 EA: $55,630 · OtherMULTIPLE GRANTS LESS THAN 5000 EAMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $47,523 · OtherMORRIS MUSEUM OF ARTAUGUSTA CHORALE INC: $12,248 · OtherAUGUSTA CHORALE INCAUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $12,056 · OtherAUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY INCRON COLTON BALLET DANCE: $11,425 · OtherRON COLTON BALLET DANCEJessye Norman School of the Arts Inc: $44,011 · PhilanthropyJessye Norman S…BAREFOOT PRODUCTIONS INC: $37,440 · PhilanthropyBAREFOOT PRODUC…
Arts & Culture$318,991Other$199,300Philanthropy$81,451

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAUGUSTA PLAYERS INC: $60,418 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetAUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC: $59,724 over 7y, 6.5% of budgetAugusta Mini Theatre Inc: $56,627 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetMORRIS MUSEUM OF ART: $47,523 over 8y, 3.4% of budgetJessye Norman School of the Arts Inc: $44,011 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetAUGUSTA SYMPHONY INC: $42,328 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetSTORYLAND THEATRE: $41,193 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetTHE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART INC: $36,903 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER INC: $23,678 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetDANCE AUGUSTA INC: $20,250 over 2y, 5.2% of budgetARTS AND HERITAGE CENTER OF NORTH AUGUSTA: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetIMPERIAL COMMUNITY THEATRE INC: $12,600 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetAUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY INC: $12,056 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetLE CHAT NOIR INC: $10,688 over 2y, 7.3% 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.

  • Who funds AUGUSTA PLAYERS INC ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA WESTOBOU FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Augusta Mini Theatre Inc ↗
  • Who funds MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds Jessye Norman School of the Arts Inc ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA SYMPHONY INC ↗
  • Who funds STORYLAND THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds BAREFOOT PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART INC ↗
  • Who funds SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DANCE AUGUSTA INC ↗
  • Who funds ARTS AND HERITAGE CENTER OF NORTH AUGUSTA ↗
  • Who funds IMPERIAL COMMUNITY THEATRE INC ↗
  • Who funds AUGUSTA CHORAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds LE CHAT NOIR INC ↗

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 Community Foundat…The Knox FoundationAugusta Convention & …Creel-Harison Foundat…Cleon W Mauldin Fnd T…Porter Fleming Fdn Tr…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area IncGA34.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Community Foundation for the Central Savannah River Area Inc · The Knox Foundation · Augusta Convention & Visitors Bureau Inc Dba Destination Augusta · Creel-Harison Foundation Inc · Cleon W Mauldin Fnd Trust · Porter Fleming Fdn Tr Ua · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    5report 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.

    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 18 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $104k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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