California · Public charity
Independent Arts & Media
Independent Arts & Media's mission is to steward and empower independent art and media projects that foster community and civic participation and facilitate cultural engagement and free expression.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 37%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $854k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $31,525
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $246,891
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 37% of the organizations Independent Arts & Media funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $854k | 56% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $583k | 37% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $597k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $586k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $278k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $182k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $60k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $228k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland School for the Arts | $346,042 | 3 | 1% |
| Shaping San Francisco | $260,844 | 5 | n/a |
| CinemaSF | $246,891 | 1 | n/a |
| The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC | $216,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Frisc | $182,714 | 4 | n/a |
| We Wield the Hammer | $148,410 | 2 | n/a |
| Grotto Partners LLC | $146,533 | 2 | n/a |
| PianoFight LLC | $137,182 | 3 | n/a |
| The Crucible | $132,840 | 3 | 2% |
| Wasatch Public Media | $125,724 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland School for the Arts | $346,042 | 3 | 1% |
| Shaping San Francisco | $260,844 | 5 | n/a |
| CinemaSF | $246,891 | 1 | n/a |
| The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC | $216,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Frisc | $182,714 | 4 | n/a |
| We Wield the Hammer | $148,410 | 2 | n/a |
| Grotto Partners LLC | $146,533 | 2 | n/a |
| PianoFight LLC | $137,182 | 3 | n/a |
| The Crucible | $132,840 | 3 | 2% |
| Wasatch Public Media | $125,724 | 2 | n/a |
| Mpowerdance Company | $98,061 | 5 | n/a |
| Little Boxes Theater | $93,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Kidnuz | $76,824 | 4 | 58% |
| Upstream Podcast LLC | $76,184 | 1 | n/a |
| The Lansing Journal | $67,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mendocino News Media LLC | $65,699 | 3 | n/a |
| San Francisco Art Book Fair | $50,940 | 3 | n/a |
| TWH Publishing LLC | $45,021 | 3 | n/a |
| Dogpatch Collective LLC | $45,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fatasilima LLC | $38,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Amped | $33,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Flamenco Arts International | $31,525 | 1 | 16% |
| Craftsmanship LLC | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition to Grow San Francisco - Grow SF | $28,010 | 1 | 3% |
| Small Press Traffic Literary Arts Center | $26,220 | 2 | 15% |
| San Ramon Academy of Music | $25,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Wild Hunt Inc | $24,749 | 2 | n/a |
| Samobe Inc | $22,772 | 2 | n/a |
| Circus Bella LLC | $17,035 | 1 | n/a |
| New Modality LLC | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
| People of Color Productions | $13,812 | 1 | n/a |
| East Bay Sanctuary Covenant | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Howard Zinn Book Fair | $9,740 | 1 | n/a |
| Surviving the Silence LLC | $9,623 | 1 | n/a |
| East Bay Queer Healing Arts C | $9,315 | 1 | n/a |
| Double Union | $9,034 | 1 | n/a |
| Open Circle Network LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| To Be Honest Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Conrad Communications LLC | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Puentes | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 10 recipients with no EIN on record ($431k), not named here.
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: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Independent Arts & Media
- How much does Independent Arts & Media give?
- Independent Arts & Media reported 18 itemized grants totaling $854,039, out of $1,061,312 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Independent Arts & Media fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Philanthropy (30%), Community Improvement (9%).
- Who are Independent Arts & Media's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Oakland School for the Arts ($346k), Shaping San Francisco ($261k), CinemaSF ($247k).
- Does Independent Arts & Media fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Independent Arts & Media?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Independent Arts & Media based?
- Independent Arts & Media is based in CA.
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