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Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc

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$21M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
223
Itemized grants FY2025
207
Organizations funded FY2024
84%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$13M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$54,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$282,123
Organizations funded a year
1 to 207
FY2021 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$58M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 84% of the organizations Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsOther
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 arriving222$13M36%
FY2024207$11M84%
FY202334$2.6M97%
FY202213$1.4M100%
FY20211$10kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$24MPublic Safety & Disaster$1.3MCommunity Improvement$846kYouth Development$685kHuman Services$338kCivil Rights$300kRecreation & Sports$296kHealth$210kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Museum of Human Achievement$565,250436%
Cine Las Americas$435,000367%
Austin Theatre Alliance$422,00021%
Capitol View Arts$399,000383%
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Inc$376,500355%
Torch Literary Arts$376,500355%
Women in Jazz Association$372,000377%
Huston-Tillotson University$363,17021%
E4 Youth Incorporated$350,000331%
Vortex Repertory Company$342,500310%
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All grantees of Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Museum of Human Achievement$565,250436%
Cine Las Americas$435,000367%
Austin Theatre Alliance$422,00021%
Capitol View Arts$399,000383%
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Inc$376,500355%
Torch Literary Arts$376,500355%
Women in Jazz Association$372,000377%
Huston-Tillotson University$363,17021%
E4 Youth Incorporated$350,000331%
Vortex Repertory Company$342,500310%
Native American Cultural Center$340,000357%
Outreach Production$335,000388%
La Pena Inc$317,500371%
Glass Half Full Theatre$305,000352%
Allgo$300,000349%
Indie Meme Org$293,300291%
Joi Community Outreach$290,000353%
Roy Lozanos Ballet Folklorico de Tx$290,000343%
Rally in the Alley LP$282,1231n/a
Preservation Austin$280,000216%
Outsider Film and Arts Festival$277,300377%
Esquina Tango Cultura Society$277,000332%
Icmca$260,000397%
Mexic-Arte Museum$260,00038%
Fisterra Projects$258,250220%
Housing Authority of the City of Austin$257,8002n/a
India Fine Arts Inc$254,000353%
Latinitas Inc$250,000311%
Austin Asian American Film Festival$250,000364%
Imagine Art$242,00033%
German-Texan Heritage Society$240,684233%
Red Salmon Arts$236,000348%
Academia De Danza y Folklore Mexicano Inc DBA Aztlan Dance Company$236,000392%
Lupe Arte$236,0002n/a
Color Arc Productions$224,000397%
Austin African American Book Festival$210,0002n/a
Center for Women and Their Work Inc$208,428214%
Taranada$206,000380%
Austin International Drag Foundation Inc$200,0003n/a
Diversity Awareness and Wellness in Action$200,000328%
Lannaya Drum and Dance$200,0003n/a
Unlisted Projects$185,000295%
Texas Folklife Resources$185,000236%
Early Era Collective$185,000282%
Pease Park Conservancy$171,458111%
Dance Africa Fest$170,0002n/a
BALLET EAST DANCE COMPANY Software error FY 10-1-2024-09-30-2025$170,000396%
Austin Chinese-American Network$170,000345%
Whatsinthemirror$170,000335%
Motion Media Arts Center$165,0002n/a
Connecther$165,000212%
Capital City Mens Chorus Austin Gay Mens Chorus$165,000241%
Downtown Austin Development Corporation$152,946236%
Babes Fest Inc$152,000216%
Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts$147,000238%
Rancho Alegre Radio$145,000253%
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America$142,506217%
Kick Butt Coffee LLC$140,0001n/a
Barbarella LLC$140,0001n/a
Ground Floor Theatre$140,000224%
Austin Nightlife LLC$140,0001n/a
Southbar Inc$140,0001n/a
Leadership Austin$138,87527%
Red River Tavern Inc$138,0002n/a
Lambert's Downtown Barbecue Ltd$137,2932n/a
Electric Horseman LLC$133,8001n/a
Song Rise Arts$133,750278%
Z-Yng-5 Inc$132,6001n/a
One Ounce Opera Production Company$132,000286%
Texas Book Festival$131,19121%
Flower Hill Center$129,0791n/a
Folklore Y Ritmos De Panama$129,000280%
Salvage Vanguard Theater$122,250225%
New School of Music Inc$122,000246%
Mass Gallery Inc$122,000278%
Anthropos Arts$122,000223%
Gddt Enterprises LLC$120,6001n/a
Eastside Kings Foundation$120,000280%
Block89 LLC$120,0002n/a
Fuse Box Austin$111,50026%
East Austin Creative Coalition Inc$111,0002n/a
Girls Rock Austin$111,0002n/a
Ishida Dance Company Inc$111,00028%
Tiny Minotaur Larp Society Club$110,0002n/a
Sage Studio & Gallery$106,500220%
Brave Communities$105,000266%
All Rhythms Co Ian Fry$104,000255%
Tejano Music Alliance of Texas$104,0002n/a
Performa Dance Inc$104,0002n/a
School of Indian Percussion and Music$104,000245%
Zankza Project$104,0002n/a
Arcos Foundation for the Arts Inc$102,000272%
Deaf Austin Theatre$102,000257%
Ariel Dance Theatre$102,000260%
Exploded Drawing$102,0002n/a
Prizer Arts and Letters$102,000291%
Dorf Inc$102,000250%
Dance Waterloo$102,000286%
The Parlor LLC$100,5001n/a
Hispanic Alliance for the Performing Arts$100,00027%
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc$100,0001n/a
The Contemporary Austin Museum Inc$100,0001n/a
Karrie League$100,0001n/a
Texas Music Museum$100,000242%
421 Sixth LP$99,4271n/a
Haunted Texas Corporation$96,9021n/a
Austin Unconducted$94,000252%
Art Spark Texas$89,000211%
Sixth Street Live LLC$88,0001n/a
The Foundation for the Preservation of the Historic Millet Opera House$87,7501n/a
Flower Hill Foundation Austin Texas$86,0531n/a
Made Media Group$86,0002n/a
Allison Orr Dance Inc$86,00025%
Uprise Circus$85,4422n/a
Austin Creative Reuse$84,00024%
Austin Playhouse$84,00026%
Groundwork Music Project$84,000242%
Austin Shakespeare Festival Co Inc$84,000214%
Ritenuto Foundation Inc$84,0002n/a
Austin Rainbow Theatre$84,000246%
Austin Classical Guitar Society$84,00022%
Home Street Music$84,000245%
Austin Foundation for Architecture$84,000214%
Polari Inc Dba Agliff$80,000235%
AUSTIN SCRIPT WORKS dba ScriptWorks$79,500246%
Laboratorio Arts Inc$76,5001n/a
Cultura Brasil in Austin$76,500117%
Lola- Local Opera Local Arts$76,000234%
Austin Iranian Professionals Association$75,000135%
Walking Shadow Shakespeare Project$72,0001n/a
Black History Bike Ride$72,0001n/a
Mindpop$72,00019%
Impact Arts Inc$72,0001n/a
Atx Chamber Music and Jazz$72,000127%
New Manifest Theatre Inc$71,5002n/a
Chorus Austin$70,00027%
Bethany Cemetery Association of Travis County$68,6251n/a
Spectrum Theatre Company Inc$67,5001n/a
Blue Lapis Light Inc$66,00026%
American Artists Project$66,0002n/a
Austin Jewish Film Festival$66,000222%
Austin Children's Museum$66,00021%
Beyond the Grade$66,000249%
Film Society of Austin Inc$66,00020%
Honktx$66,000259%
Austin Lyric Opera$66,00021%
Density512$66,000234%
La Fenice$66,000273%
Beerthoven Inc$66,000257%
Austin Area Art From the Streets$66,00027%
Hyde Park Theatre$66,000217%
River City Pops$66,0002n/a
Panoramic Voices$66,000220%
Kids Write Good$66,000211%
Vacat-Vietnamese American Community of Austin Texa$66,000224%
Clifford Antone Foundation$66,00028%
Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms Foundation Inc$64,720119%
The Lost Well LLC$60,0001n/a
The Far Out Lounge and Stage$60,0001n/a
Las Ofrendas LLC$55,2502n/a
Austin Visual Arts Association$55,000238%
Austin Hawk LP$54,0001n/a
Center for No Idea$54,0001n/a
Gallery Atx Inc$54,0001n/a
The Refugee Collective$54,0001n/a
Peerbagh$54,0001n/a
Antone's Nightclub LLC$54,0001n/a
Creative Sea$54,0001n/a
Flying Houses LLC Dba Chess Club$54,0001n/a
Out Tha Box Productions$54,0001n/a
Soco Womens Chorus$54,000136%
Sagebrush Bar LLC$54,0001n/a
Armstrong Community Music School$54,00017%
Boukarou International LLC Dba Sahara Lounge$54,0001n/a
Ofcolor$50,000180%
American Short Fiction Inc$50,00026%
Austin Emerging Arts Leaders$50,0002n/a
Contracommon$50,000210%
Rude Mechanicals-A Theatre Collective$50,000219%
Black Makers Market$45,0001n/a
Austin Intercultural Network$45,0001n/a
Creative Action$45,00011%
Me Arts$45,0001n/a
Agni Foundation of the Arts$45,000115%
The Electric Church$43,2001n/a
Music Mixer Atx$41,0001n/a
The Sims Foundation Inc$40,0001n/a
Conspirare Inc$40,00012%
Friends of the Texas Historical Commission Inc$40,00021%
Waterloo Greenway Conservancy$39,00011%
De Casper Music LLC$37,0002n/a
Ruby Dice Productions LLC$37,0002n/a
Broad Theatre$36,5001n/a
Unboredroom$36,0001n/a
Go Workshop$36,0001n/a
Teatro Vivo$36,0001n/a
Small Wonders Puppet Theater$36,0001n/a
The Austin Fine Arts Alliance Inc$36,000156%
Texas Educational Broadcasting Cooperative Inc$36,00018%
Raasin in the Sun$36,0001n/a
The Austin Symphony Orchestra Society Inc$36,00011%
Sunday Afternoon Foundation$36,0001n/a
Brown Boy Productions LLC$35,0001n/a
Texas Burlesque Productions Dba Texas Burlesque Festival$32,5002n/a
Where Yall at Though LLC$30,5001n/a
Build Your Own Dreams$30,0001n/a
Austin Polish Society$30,000137%
Big Medium$30,000111%
Austin Film Festival Inc$30,00011%
Animal Arcade LLC$30,0001n/a
512zest LLC$30,0001n/a
Golden Hornet Project Inc$30,000123%
International Anointed Ministries$30,0001n/a
Pollen Architecture & Design$30,0002n/a
Deonte the Alien LLC$30,0001n/a
Third Spaces Co$30,0001n/a
Hillside Farmacy$29,8801n/a
Co-Lab Projects$27,000115%
Big Bill LLC$27,0001n/a
Jarrott Productions Inc$27,000192%
Imaginary Rabbit Music LLC$27,0001n/a
Austin Jazz Workshop$27,000121%
Aftv Five$27,0001n/a
Capitol Broadcasting Association Inc$27,00011%
Starflake LLC$27,0001n/a
Atx Theatre$27,0001n/a
Austin Russian Theater Company$27,0001n/a
Hyperreal Film Club$27,000118%
Forty4 Design LLC$27,0001n/a
Texas Comedies$27,000142%
Shakti Moves Dance Company$27,0001n/a
Epistrophy Arts International$27,0001n/a
In the Dew of Little Things$27,0001n/a
Austin Chamber Music Center$27,00014%
Zilker Theatre Productions$27,0001n/a
Saiva Inc$27,000125%
Violet Crown Players Inc$27,0001n/a
Indian Dance Endeavor of Austin$27,0001n/a
Artly World$27,000160%
Arts Mobley LLC$27,0001n/a
Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum$27,00012%
The Past Lives LLC$27,0001n/a
Leap of Joy$27,000123%
Zachary Scott Theatre Center$27,00010%
Austin-Oita Sister City Committee$27,000139%
Tmm Productions LLC$27,0001n/a
The PS Foundation for the Arts$27,0001n/a
Visions in Rhythm$27,00019%
Lns Crew Productions LLC$25,7501n/a
Mbm Music Dba Might Be Magic$25,0002n/a
Asian American Community Partnership$23,5002n/a
Kimberly M Flor Dba Flor Marketing LLC$22,5001n/a
Austin Creative Alliance$22,50011%
Host Literary$20,25014%
Daily Circus LLC$20,2501n/a
Interactive Digital Marketing LLC$20,2501n/a
Eq Austin$20,0001n/a
PJ Raval LLC$17,5001n/a
East End Eclectic LLC$16,0501n/a
Fiesta Austin LLC$15,7501n/a
No Bits LLC Dba Fallout Theater$15,7501n/a
Jam City LLC$15,7501n/a
Sara Maria Woody Dba Ancient Future Productions$15,0001n/a
Neo Griot LLC$15,0001n/a
All the Vibes LLC$15,0001n/a
Music Therapy Innovations Inc$15,0001n/a
Kakao Productions$15,0001n/a
The Moriah Sisters$14,5002n/a
Family Band LLC$13,5001n/a
Bolm Arts$13,5001n/a
Sanctuary Homes Inc$13,5001n/a
Austin Womans Club$12,00012%
Nolotheband LLC Dba Nolo$10,0001n/a
Galvan Creative LLC$10,0001n/a
Christian Wiggs LLC$10,0001n/a
Line Upon Line Percussion$10,00018%
Kady Rain Productions LLC$10,0001n/a
Me Nd Adam LLC$10,0001n/a
Locknkey Music Group LLC$10,0001n/a
Drew Fish Band LLC$10,0001n/a
Bread City Entertainment Group Dba the Fat Gator$10,0001n/a
Headturner Marketing Agency$10,0001n/a
Phunk Roc LLC$10,0001n/a
Origin Studio House LLC$10,0001n/a
Levitation Partners LLC$10,0001n/a
Upasna Kakroo$10,0001n/a
Doctuh Mistuh Productions$10,0001n/a
Dawn and Hawkes LLC$10,0001n/a
Brother Thunder Music LLC$9,0001n/a
Trybal Klef Productions$9,0001n/a
Traditional Jewish Music Foundation$9,0001n/a
512 Studios LLC$9,0001n/a
Annabelle Chairlegs LLC$9,0001n/a
Nubia Emmon Inc$9,0001n/a
Diversity Band Commercial LLC$9,0001n/a
Aw Productions LLC$9,0001n/a
Automatic Weekend LLC$9,0001n/a
The Degen Society LLC$9,0001n/a
Cot Film LLC Dba Cut & Deliver$9,0001n/a
Touch Girl Apple Blossom LLC$7,5001n/a
Sisters in Bloom$7,5001n/a
Austin Arts Foundation Inc$7,5001n/a

Where it is load-bearing

Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 76 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 147 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuseum of Human Achievement: $565,250 over 4y, 36% of budgetCine Las Americas: $435,000 over 3y, 67% of budgetAustin Theatre Alliance: $422,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetCapitol View Arts: $399,000 over 3y, 83% of budgetPuerto Rican Folkloric Dance Inc: $376,500 over 3y, 55% of budgetTorch Literary Arts: $376,500 over 3y, 55% of budgetWomen in Jazz Association: $372,000 over 3y, 77% of budgetHuston-Tillotson University: $363,170 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetE4 Youth Incorporated: $350,000 over 3y, 31% of budgetVortex Repertory Company: $342,500 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetNative American Cultural Center: $340,000 over 3y, 57% of budgetOutreach Production: $335,000 over 3y, 88% of budgetLa Pena Inc: $317,500 over 3y, 71% of budgetGlass Half Full Theatre: $305,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetAllgo: $300,000 over 3y, 49% of budgetIndie Meme Org: $293,300 over 2y, 91% of budgetJoi Community Outreach: $290,000 over 3y, 53% of budgetRoy Lozanos Ballet Folklorico de Tx: $290,000 over 3y, 43% of budgetPreservation Austin: $280,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetOutsider Film and Arts Festival: $277,300 over 3y, 77% of budgetEsquina Tango Cultura Society: $277,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetIcmca: $260,000 over 3y, 97% of budgetMexic-Arte Museum: $260,000 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetFisterra Projects: $258,250 over 2y, 20% of budgetIndia Fine Arts Inc: $254,000 over 3y, 53% of budgetLatinitas Inc: $250,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetAustin Asian American Film Festival: $250,000 over 3y, 64% of budgetImagine Art: $242,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetGerman-Texan Heritage Society: $240,684 over 2y, 33% of budgetRed Salmon Arts: $236,000 over 3y, 48% of budgetAcademia De Danza y Folklore Mexicano Inc DBA Aztlan Dance Company: $236,000 over 3y, 92% of budgetColor Arc Productions: $224,000 over 3y, 97% of budgetCenter for Women and Their Work Inc: $208,428 over 2y, 14% of budgetTaranada: $206,000 over 3y, 80% of budgetDiversity Awareness and Wellness in Action: $200,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetUnlisted Projects: $185,000 over 2y, 95% of budgetTexas Folklife Resources: $185,000 over 2y, 36% of budgetEarly Era Collective: $185,000 over 2y, 82% of budgetPease Park Conservancy: $171,458 over 1y, 11% of budgetBALLET EAST DANCE COMPANY Software error FY 10-1-2024-09-30-2025: $170,000 over 3y, 96% of budgetAustin Chinese-American Network: $170,000 over 3y, 45% of budgetWhatsinthemirror: $170,000 over 3y, 35% of budgetConnecther: $165,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetCapital City Mens Chorus Austin Gay Mens Chorus: $165,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetDowntown Austin Development Corporation: $152,946 over 2y, 36% of budgetBabes Fest Inc: $152,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetTexas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts: $147,000 over 2y, 38% of budgetRancho Alegre Radio: $145,000 over 2y, 53% 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 147.

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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.

Better Business BureauTX171.8× affinity140 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Better Business Bureau · Austin Community Foundation Inc · The Applied Materials Foundation · United Way for Greater Austin · The Webber Family Foundation · Alice Kleberg Reynolds Meyer Foundat A0479800 · St David's Foundation · Still Water Foundation · Mid-America Arts Alliance · Eva & Marvin Womack Foundation · JP's Peace Love & Happiness Foundation · Humanities Texas

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 Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc

How much does Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc give?
Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc reported 223 itemized grants totaling $13,398,098, out of $21,115,270 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 207 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
What does Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (85%), Public Safety & Disaster (5%), Community Improvement (3%).
Who are Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: Museum of Human Achievement ($565k), Cine Las Americas ($435k), Austin Theatre Alliance ($422k).
Does Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 84% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Better Business Bureau, Austin Community Foundation Inc, The Applied Materials Foundation.
Where is Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc based?
Greater Austin Performing Arts Center Inc is based in TX.

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 303 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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