Washington, D.C. · Public charity
John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
As the nation's performing arts center, and a living memorial to president john f. Kennedy, we are a leader for the arts across america and around the world, reaching and connecting with artists, inspiring and educating communities. We welcome all to create, experience, learn about and engage with the arts.
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 9%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $825k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,426
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $463,826
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $901M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 9% of the organizations John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 14 | $825k | 64% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $231k | 9% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $405k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $228k | 44% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $355k | 36% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $318k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $320k | 30% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $93k | 40% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnaround Arts California | $938,988 | 8 | 18% |
| Levine Music Inc | $478,826 | 2 | 4% |
| DC Youth Orchestra Program | $182,391 | 2 | 8% |
| Actf Management Ltd | $162,700 | 5 | 10% |
| Minnesota Zoo | $156,269 | 7 | n/a |
| Exploring the Arts Inc | $121,600 | 5 | 6% |
| International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 22 - Welfare Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Des Moines Public Schools | $97,319 | 6 | n/a |
| Bridgeport Public Schools | $93,818 | 7 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $89,000 | 6 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnaround Arts California | $938,988 | 8 | 18% |
| Levine Music Inc | $478,826 | 2 | 4% |
| DC Youth Orchestra Program | $182,391 | 2 | 8% |
| Actf Management Ltd | $162,700 | 5 | 10% |
| Minnesota Zoo | $156,269 | 7 | n/a |
| Exploring the Arts Inc | $121,600 | 5 | 6% |
| International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 22 - Welfare Fund | $100,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Des Moines Public Schools | $97,319 | 6 | n/a |
| Bridgeport Public Schools | $93,818 | 7 | n/a |
| Milwaukee Public Schools | $89,000 | 6 | n/a |
| George Washington Univ School of Medicine - Dr Sidney Fu | $77,763 | 1 | n/a |
| Providence School Department | $74,950 | 7 | n/a |
| Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theater Center Inc | $47,883 | 2 | 1% |
| The School Board of Broward County | $45,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Richmond Public Schools Education Foundation Inc | $34,693 | 4 | 1% |
| Broward Education Foundation Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | $30,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Fund for Public Schools Inc | $26,893 | 1 | 0% |
| Humanities Council of Washington DC | $23,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Dakota West Arts Council Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Academy for Urban School Leadership | $19,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Renew - Reinventing Education | $17,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Smith Center for the Performing Arts | $15,776 | 2 | 0% |
| Cora Cash Inc | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fountain Hill Elementary School | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Playwrights' Center Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Artsbuild | $12,494 | 1 | 8% |
| Spark Arts Ignite Learning | $11,944 | 1 | 3% |
| Danville High School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Guilford Co Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lexington County School District One | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maui Arts & Cultural Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Richmond Public Schools | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Lied Lied Center for Performing Arts- Nebraska | $8,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Black Liberated Arts Center Inc | $7,800 | 1 | 4% |
| Theater Alliance of Washington DC | $7,675 | 1 | 1% |
| Montclair State University | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| School Board of Pinellas County Florida | $6,295 | 1 | n/a |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Inc | $6,178 | 1 | 0% |
| Hawaii Arts Alliance | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatre | $5,980 | 1 | 0% |
| North Penn Valley Boys and Girls Club Inc | $5,778 | 1 | 0% |
| Orlando Family Stage Inc | $5,648 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for the Arts at Ithaca Inc | $5,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Scottsdale Arts | $5,011 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts supplied at peak.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- How much does John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts give?
- John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts reported 14 itemized grants totaling $825,267, out of $1,876,835 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (72%), Education (17%), Employment (8%).
- Who are John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Turnaround Arts California ($939k), Levine Music Inc ($479k), DC Youth Orchestra Program ($182k).
- Does John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 9% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include GenYOUTH Incorporated, Share Our Strength, I Car Education Foundation.
- Where is John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts based?
- John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is based in DC.
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