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Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc

We exist to be a catalyst for the arts and promote an equitable arts ecosystem in Greater Hartford.

$172k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
24
Grants FY2024
25
Organizations funded FY2023
12%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$12,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$51,400
Organizations funded a year
25 to 40
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$2.1M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationYouth DevelopmentHealthOther
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
FY2024still arriving24$417k21%
FY202325$993k12%
FY202240$1.0M43%
FY202126$465k15%
FY202030$649k13%
FY201932$683k16%
FY201832$747k25%
FY201738$854kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$4.7MPublic Safety & Disaster$230kCommunity Improvement$214kRecreation & Sports$159kHuman Services$156kEducation$106kReligion$78kCivil Rights$73kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hartford Jazz Society Inc$499,631875%
Theaterworks Inc$299,69472%
The Riseup Group Inc$262,554327%
Real Art Ways Inc$248,20864%
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz Inc$245,499232%
The Mark Twain Memorial$242,40362%
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc$228,601723%
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc$224,52271%
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art$190,71261%
The Bushnell Center for the Perform$185,1466n/a
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All grantees of Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hartford Jazz Society Inc$499,631875%
Theaterworks Inc$299,69472%
The Riseup Group Inc$262,554327%
Real Art Ways Inc$248,20864%
Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz Inc$245,499232%
The Mark Twain Memorial$242,40362%
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc$228,601723%
Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc$224,52271%
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art$190,71261%
The Bushnell Center for the Perform$185,1466n/a
Hartford Business Improvement District$159,000211%
Riverfront Recapture Inc$158,40671%
The Conference of Churches Inc$149,146312%
Night Fall Inc$148,900594%
Hartbeat Ensemble Inc$148,052814%
New Britain Museum of American Art Inc$137,85451%
The Artists Collective Inc$121,00065%
Hill-Stead Museum$111,12751%
Charter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center$105,55063%
Connecticut Institute for Comm$103,000550%
Advancing Connecticut Together Inc$95,00021%
First Night Hartford Inc$83,000518%
Hartford Dance Collective$79,800429%
Hartford Public Library$75,00030%
iQuilt Partnership Inc$73,84036%
Judy Dworin Performance Project$69,4745n/a
The Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall$68,00020%
Claro Inc$65,000352%
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc$58,48058%
Little Theatre of Manchester Inc$56,33366%
Greater Hartford Chamber of Commerce Foundation$55,500295%
Sonia Plumb Dance Company Inc$55,496524%
West Indian Independence Celebrations$54,700331%
Hartford Chorale Inc$52,907510%
Playhouse Theatre Group Inc$52,62442%
Art of Tao$50,0001n/a
Connecticut Blues Society Inc$45,5004n/a
Taste of the Caribbean Arts & Culture Ct Inc$45,500327%
Cuatro Puntos Inc$43,374424%
Noah Webster House Inc$39,50027%
Connecticut Choral Artists Inc$38,20055%
Ballet Theatre Company$36,46035%
Harriet Beecher Stowe Center Inc$35,76031%
THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Connecticut Museum of Culture & History$30,30030%
Central Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee$30,000216%
Hartford Performs Inc$28,83223%
The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society Inc$28,00041%
Ebk Framing and Arts Services$25,0001n/a
Act Up Theater Inc$25,000213%
Connecticut Ballet Inc$23,50024%
Spectrum in Motion Dance Theater Ensemble Inc$22,8203n/a
Community Partners in Action Inc$20,00020%
Knox Inc$16,00011%
Cultura Mosaica$15,0001n/a
Trinity College$14,80010%
Farmington Valley Arts Center Inc$14,66422%
Queen Ann Nzinga Center Inc$12,386213%
Justice Dance Performance Project Inc$11,14612%
Parkville Senior Center$10,00018%
Hartfords Proud Drill Drum & Dance Corp$10,0001n/a
Hartford's Got Talentinc$10,00013%
West Hartford Symphony Orchestra Inc$10,000113%
San Juan Center Inc$10,0001n/a
Capital Classics Inc$10,0001n/a
Vernon Community Arts Center Inc$10,000111%
Capitol Region Education Council$10,0001n/a
Simsbury Performing Arts Center Inc$10,00012%
The Opera House Players Inc$9,3961n/a
Colt Park Foundation Inc$9,3271n/a
Asylum Hill Congregational Church$9,0001n/a
Elizabeth Park Conservancy Inc$8,50011%
Friends of Feeney Inc$8,00018%
Out Film CT Inc$8,00019%
Southington Community Cultural Arts Inc$7,50013%
Windsor Art Center Inc$7,5001n/a
Art League of New Britain$7,50015%
Artists in Real Time$7,5001n/a
The Connecticut Forum Inc$7,50011%
Connecticut Dance Alliance Inc$7,0001n/a
Connecticut Science Center Inc$6,28610%
Friends of Keney Park Inc$6,1001n/a
Ct League of Conservation Voters Education Fund$6,0001n/a
Luna Entertainment Productions LLC$6,0001n/a
VOCE Inc$5,14614%

Where it is load-bearing

Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 10 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 64 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHartford Jazz Society Inc: $499,631 over 8y, 75% of budgetTheaterworks Inc: $299,694 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetThe Riseup Group Inc: $262,554 over 3y, 27% of budgetReal Art Ways Inc: $248,208 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetGreater Hartford Festival of Jazz Inc: $245,499 over 2y, 32% of budgetThe Mark Twain Memorial: $242,403 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetThe Amistad Center for Art & Culture Inc: $228,601 over 7y, 23% of budgetHartford Symphony Orchestra Inc: $224,522 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: $190,712 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHartford Business Improvement District: $159,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetRiverfront Recapture Inc: $158,406 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Conference of Churches Inc: $149,146 over 3y, 12% of budgetNight Fall Inc: $148,900 over 5y, 94% of budgetHartbeat Ensemble Inc: $148,052 over 8y, 14% of budgetNew Britain Museum of American Art Inc: $137,854 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetThe Artists Collective Inc: $121,000 over 6y, 5.2% of budgetHill-Stead Museum: $111,127 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCharter Oak Temple Restoration Assoc D/B/A Charter Oak Cultural Center: $105,550 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetConnecticut Institute for Comm: $103,000 over 5y, 50% of budgetAdvancing Connecticut Together Inc: $95,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFirst Night Hartford Inc: $83,000 over 5y, 18% of budgetHartford Dance Collective: $79,800 over 4y, 29% of budgetHartford Public Library: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetiQuilt Partnership Inc: $73,840 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetThe Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall: $68,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetClaro Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 52% of budgetHartford Artisans Weaving Center Inc: $58,480 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetLittle Theatre of Manchester Inc: $56,333 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetGreater Hartford Chamber of Commerce Foundation: $55,500 over 2y, 95% of budgetSonia Plumb Dance Company Inc: $55,496 over 5y, 24% of budgetWest Indian Independence Celebrations: $54,700 over 3y, 31% of budgetHartford Chorale Inc: $52,907 over 5y, 10% of budgetPlayhouse Theatre Group Inc: $52,624 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetTaste of the Caribbean Arts & Culture Ct Inc: $45,500 over 3y, 27% of budgetCuatro Puntos Inc: $43,374 over 4y, 24% of budgetNoah Webster House Inc: $39,500 over 2y, 6.5% of budgetConnecticut Choral Artists Inc: $38,200 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetBallet Theatre Company: $36,460 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetHarriet Beecher Stowe Center Inc: $35,760 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetTHE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Connecticut Museum of Culture & History: $30,300 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCentral Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee: $30,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetHartford Performs Inc: $28,832 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetThe Antiquarian & Landmarks Society Inc: $28,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetAct Up Theater Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetConnecticut Ballet Inc: $23,500 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCommunity Partners in Action Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKnox Inc: $16,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetTrinity College: $14,800 over 1y, 0.0% 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 64.

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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.

Hartford Foundation for Public GivingCT107.6× affinity57 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hartford Foundation for Public Giving · Connecticut Humanities Council Inc · Edward C & Ann T Roberts Foundation · J Walton Bissell Foundation Inc · The William and Alice Mortensen Foundation · The Betty Knox Foundation Inc · The Maximilian E and Marion O Hoffman Foundation Inc · Preston E W Tr Uw Ewp Memorial · Aetna Foundation Inc · Eversource Energy Foundation Inc · Sbm Charitable Foundation Inc · William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund

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 Hartford Arts Council Inc

How much does Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc give?
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc reported 24 grants totaling $172,406 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 25 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (81%), Public Safety & Disaster (4%), Community Improvement (4%).
Who are Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hartford Jazz Society Inc ($500k), Theaterworks Inc ($300k), The Riseup Group Inc ($263k).
Does Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, Connecticut Humanities Council Inc, Edward C & Ann T Roberts Foundation.
Where is Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc based?
Greater Hartford Arts Council Inc is based in CT.

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 84 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.

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