Pennsylvania · Public charity
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
By sharing resources and fostering meaningful relationships that strengthen the region's creative community, the GREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL builds a more resourced, connected, and informed arts sector, empowering artists and arts organizations (see sch o) throughout southwestern pennsylvania.
- $414k
- Granted FY2020
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $5,747
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $8,854
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $527k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 0% of the organizations Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $20k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $147k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $29k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillman Family Foundations | $75,075 | 1 | n/a |
| Hill Dance Academy Theatre | $36,186 | 4 | 2% |
| Chamber Music Pittsburgh | $30,369 | 4 | 4% |
| New Horizon Theater Inc | $23,488 | 4 | 5% |
| Hatch Arts Collective | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pearlarts Studios LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Nandanik Dance Troupe | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bodiography Contemporary Ballet | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Corning Dances and Company dba Corning Works | $5,318 | 1 | 6% |
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: Opportunity Foundation · The Heinz Endowments · The Pittsburgh Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
- How much does Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council give?
- Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council reported 3 itemized grants totaling $20,343, out of $414,229 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (65%), Philanthropy (35%).
- Who are Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Hillman Family Foundations ($75k), Hill Dance Academy Theatre ($36k), Chamber Music Pittsburgh ($30k).
- Does Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Opportunity Foundation, The Heinz Endowments, The Pittsburgh Foundation.
- Where is Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council based?
- Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is based in PA.
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