Illinois · Private foundation
Harper Court Arts Council Inc
Its FY2023 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $119k
- Granted FY2023
- 20
- Grants FY2023
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 45%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 1
- Total assets, FY2023
- $3.1M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 45% of the organizations Harper Court Arts Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 20 | $119k | 45% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $160k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $143k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $137k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $152k | 14% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $165k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park School of Dance | $130,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Hyde Park Neighborhood Club | $128,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Hyde Park Jazz Festival | $126,000 | 7 | 9% |
| The Experimental Station | $106,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Court Theatre Fund | $102,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange | $92,000 | 6 | 32% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $81,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Uniting Voices | $66,000 | 6 | 0% |
| South East Chicago Commission | $50,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Hyde Park Youth Symphony Inc | $28,500 | 4 | 12% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park School of Dance | $130,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Hyde Park Neighborhood Club | $128,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Hyde Park Jazz Festival | $126,000 | 7 | 9% |
| The Experimental Station | $106,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Court Theatre Fund | $102,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange | $92,000 | 6 | 32% |
| Hyde Park Art Center | $81,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Uniting Voices | $66,000 | 6 | 0% |
| South East Chicago Commission | $50,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Hyde Park Youth Symphony Inc | $28,500 | 4 | 12% |
| Friends of Ray School PTO | $25,000 | 3 | 11% |
| The Dusable Black History Museum and Education Center | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Frank Lloyd Wright Trust | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hyde Park-Kenwood Community Conference | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hyde Park Refugee Project | $3,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Definition Theatre Company | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Project Fielding | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Options for Youth | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ecosystems of Care | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Chicago Chorale | $3,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Hyde Park Suzuki Institute Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 57th Street Childrens Book Fair | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($49k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Harper Court Arts Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: The Chicago Community Trust · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Doug and Betsey Schwab and Family Foundation Inc · Builders Vision Foundation · Field Foundation of Illinois · Ncrc Community Development Fund Inc · Lloyd a Fry Foundation · League of Chicago Theatres Foundation · The Allstate Foundation · Reva and David Logan Foundation · Robert R McCormick Foundation · The Joyce Foundation
How this is measured
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About Harper Court Arts Council Inc
- How much does Harper Court Arts Council Inc give?
- Harper Court Arts Council Inc reported 20 grants totaling $119,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Harper Court Arts Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Youth Development (13%), Community Improvement (6%).
- Who are Harper Court Arts Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Hyde Park School of Dance ($130k), Hyde Park Neighborhood Club ($128k), Hyde Park Jazz Festival ($126k).
- Does Harper Court Arts Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 45% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Harper Court Arts Council Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Harper Court Arts Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Chicago Community Trust, John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation, The Doug and Betsey Schwab and Family Foundation Inc.
- Where is Harper Court Arts Council Inc based?
- Harper Court Arts Council Inc is based in IL.
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