New York · Public charity
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc
To create a fertile & nurturing environment for artists & art groups (continued on schedule o).
- $1.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 67
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 79
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $645k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $16,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 48 to 83
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 41% of the organizations Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $264k 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 | 64 | $645k | 30% |
| FY2024 | 79 | $690k | 41% |
| FY2023 | 75 | $591k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 64 | $477k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 72 | $547k | 31% |
| FY2020 | 83 | $721k | 54% |
| FY2019 | 72 | $715k | 65% |
| FY2018 | 48 | $417k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $208,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Performance Zone Inc | $89,900 | 3 | 1% |
| Gatekeepers Collective Inc | $77,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Corporation | $67,700 | 6 | 10% |
| Blackberry Productions Inc | $64,400 | 5 | n/a |
| 24 6 a Jewish Theater Company Inc | $57,300 | 5 | n/a |
| La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriquena Inc | $54,800 | 6 | 46% |
| Darrah Carr Dance Inc | $54,332 | 7 | 48% |
| Ny Bard Wo Association Inc | $53,400 | 7 | 30% |
| New Amsterdam Musical Association | $51,200 | 6 | 20% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $208,400 | 5 | 0% |
| The Performance Zone Inc | $89,900 | 3 | 1% |
| Gatekeepers Collective Inc | $77,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra Corporation | $67,700 | 6 | 10% |
| Blackberry Productions Inc | $64,400 | 5 | n/a |
| 24 6 a Jewish Theater Company Inc | $57,300 | 5 | n/a |
| La Casa de la Herencia Cultural Puertorriquena Inc | $54,800 | 6 | 46% |
| Darrah Carr Dance Inc | $54,332 | 7 | 48% |
| Ny Bard Wo Association Inc | $53,400 | 7 | 30% |
| New Amsterdam Musical Association | $51,200 | 6 | 20% |
| Jazz Wahi Inc | $49,989 | 4 | n/a |
| Dharma Road Productions Inc | $49,289 | 6 | n/a |
| The Harlem Swing Dance Society | $46,000 | 4 | n/a |
| NYC Kidsfest Inc | $43,700 | 4 | 14% |
| Art Song Preservation Society of New York Inc | $43,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Pluma Poetica del Arte Inc | $43,200 | 5 | 62% |
| Makam New York Inc | $42,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Harlem Arts Alliance | $42,600 | 2 | 12% |
| African Diaspora Film Festival Inc | $41,500 | 5 | 9% |
| Dances for a Variable Population Inc | $41,200 | 5 | 3% |
| General Mischief Dance Theatre | $40,632 | 4 | n/a |
| Harlem Presents Inc | $40,400 | 5 | 32% |
| New York Poem Arts Center Inc | $39,300 | 5 | n/a |
| The Stonewall Chorale Inc | $38,789 | 5 | 11% |
| Yaffa Cultural Arts Inc | $38,700 | 5 | 5% |
| The Harlem Chamber Players Inc | $38,600 | 4 | 6% |
| Jazz Drama Program | $38,500 | 5 | 4% |
| East Winds Inc | $38,100 | 5 | 22% |
| Seven Stories Institute | $36,998 | 4 | 5% |
| Sr Socially Relevant Film Festival Inc | $36,900 | 5 | n/a |
| Latino Film Market Inc | $36,050 | 4 | n/a |
| Pan American Musical Art Research Inc | $36,000 | 4 | 19% |
| Te Ao Mana Inc | $35,200 | 4 | 67% |
| Iceberg New Music Inc | $34,189 | 5 | 36% |
| Harlem Needle Arts Inc | $34,100 | 4 | 10% |
| The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 14% |
| Arts at Tenri Cultural Institute | $33,989 | 5 | n/a |
| Center for Traditional Music and Dance Inc | $33,350 | 4 | 1% |
| Workers Unite Film Festival Inc | $33,100 | 5 | n/a |
| The Latin American Workshop Inc | $32,800 | 4 | 3% |
| New York Scandia Symphony | $32,500 | 4 | 13% |
| Up Theater Company Inc | $32,400 | 5 | 13% |
| Man Chee Dramatic & Benevolent Association Inc | $30,700 | 4 | n/a |
| Japan Folk Dance Inst of Ny | $30,400 | 4 | 15% |
| Los Pleneros de la 21 Inc | $30,300 | 4 | 3% |
| Keoni Movement Arts Inc | $30,100 | 4 | 18% |
| Eastern American Fuzhou Association Inc | $29,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Harlem Dance Club | $28,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Jazz Foundation of America Inc | $28,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Autism Community Theatre Inc | $27,900 | 4 | n/a |
| International Women in Jazz Inc | $27,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Helping Our People Evolve Incorporated | $27,500 | 3 | 16% |
| Sukkahwood Inc | $27,300 | 4 | n/a |
| Chinese Musical Arts Inc | $27,100 | 3 | 43% |
| Cerddorion NYC Inc | $27,089 | 4 | 34% |
| Theatre Tweed Inc | $26,700 | 3 | 25% |
| Coopdanza Inc | $26,700 | 3 | 43% |
| Urban Garage Inc | $26,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Matthew Westerby Dance Company Inc | $26,032 | 2 | 7% |
| 4 Wheel City | $26,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Artspectrum | $25,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Urban Playground Chamber Orchestra Company | $25,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Agm Theater Company | $25,100 | 3 | 22% |
| Manhattan Theatre Source Incorporated | $24,700 | 3 | n/a |
| Experimental Theatre Project Inc | $24,600 | 3 | n/a |
| International Communications Assoc | $24,400 | 3 | 13% |
| Gotham Early Music Scene Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Clark Center NYC Inc | $23,700 | 3 | 45% |
| Inwood Art Works Inc | $23,300 | 2 | 12% |
| Ensemble Pie Inc | $23,100 | 3 | n/a |
| Gamelan Kusuma Laras Inc | $22,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Barrio Independent Productions Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 35% |
| Faces of Harlem | $21,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Earth Celebrationsinc | $21,800 | 3 | 13% |
| The Latino Experimental Fantastic Latino Theater Inc | $21,600 | 2 | 31% |
| Centro Civico Cultural Dominicano Inc | $21,600 | 3 | 6% |
| Fundacion Yolanda Laprea Inc | $21,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Composers Now Inc | $21,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Association for the Development of Vocal Artistry and Neighborhood Cultural Enrichment | $21,400 | 3 | 33% |
| Sisters in Sharqui | $21,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Michiyaya Dance Company Inc | $20,900 | 3 | 20% |
| Soharmoniums Incorporated | $20,300 | 3 | 10% |
| Artcrawl Harlem Inc | $20,100 | 2 | n/a |
| Bowery Jazz Messengers Inc | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Casea Arts Inc | $19,300 | 3 | n/a |
| Dyckman Farmhouse Museum Alliance | $19,200 | 3 | 6% |
| Clutch Productions Inc | $18,900 | 3 | 7% |
| Symphony of the City of New York Inc | $18,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Loadbang Inc | $17,400 | 3 | n/a |
| El Barrio Theatre Group Incorporated | $17,000 | 2 | 52% |
| Hypokrit Foundation Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 11% |
| New York Chinese Classical Poetry Arts Association Inc | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Dance 2000 The Felice Lesser Dance Theater Foundation Inc | $16,100 | 2 | 23% |
| Harlem Dance Club Inc | $16,032 | 2 | n/a |
| Experimental Theatre Chicago | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| MODArts Dance Collective Inc | $16,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Roxanne Dance Foundation Inc | $15,732 | 2 | 24% |
| Drastic Action Inc | $15,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Ballet and Beyond NYC Inc | $15,700 | 2 | 7% |
| The Center for Jewish History Inc | $15,600 | 2 | 0% |
| Crossing Jamaica Avenue Inc | $15,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Jackie Robinson Park Conservancy Inc | $15,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Nylaughs Inc | $15,348 | 2 | 16% |
| Sculptors Alliance Inc | $15,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Marcus Garvey Park Alliance Inc | $15,200 | 2 | 28% |
| Arctic Cycle | $15,200 | 2 | 8% |
| Wade Dance Inc | $15,200 | 2 | 18% |
| Create in Chinatown Inc | $15,200 | 2 | n/a |
| International Child Program Inc Icp | $14,900 | 2 | n/a |
| PITCHBLACK Immersive Experiences Inc | $14,700 | 2 | 3% |
| Kehila Kedosha Janina Preservation and Cultural Fund Inc | $14,600 | 2 | n/a |
| Group BR Limited | $14,600 | 2 | 14% |
| Sachiyo Ito and Company Inc | $14,500 | 2 | 33% |
| Unique Projects Inc | $14,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Voyage Theater Company Inc | $14,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Kaiser's Room Inc | $14,400 | 2 | 13% |
| Turkish & International Music Ensemble | $14,200 | 2 | 14% |
| Jews for Racial & Economic Justice | $14,100 | 2 | 1% |
| Creative Stage Collective Ltd | $14,000 | 2 | 13% |
| New Amsterdam Opera Inc | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Harlem Arts Foundation | $14,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Childrens Institute of Fashion Arts Inc | $13,800 | 2 | 14% |
| West Side Community Garden | $13,500 | 2 | 9% |
| Banana Boat Productions Inc | $13,395 | 2 | n/a |
| David I Martin Music Guild of Nanm Inc | $13,300 | 2 | 23% |
| National Asian Artists Project Inc | $13,200 | 2 | 7% |
| Aeny - Spanish Artists in New York Inc | $13,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Stefanie Nelson Dance Group | $12,800 | 2 | 8% |
| Young New Yorkers Chorus Inc | $12,200 | 2 | 10% |
| She NYC Arts Inc | $12,200 | 2 | 11% |
| Harlem Opera Theater Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Salon Seance Productions Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Unsung NYC Inc The Unsung Collective | $12,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Fada I Arts Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lina Liu Artist Group a Nj Nonprofit Corporation | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Obremskiworks Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reentry Theater of Harlem | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Korean Art Forum Inc | $11,600 | 2 | 5% |
| Experiential Orchestra Inc | $11,600 | 1 | 8% |
| Mano a Manocultura Mexicana Sin Fronteras/Mano a Manomexican Culture | $11,100 | 1 | 12% |
| Kweli Journal Inc | $10,970 | 2 | 5% |
| India Center | $10,900 | 2 | n/a |
| Torkomada Inc | $10,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Naked Angels Ltd | $10,300 | 2 | 11% |
| Musica de Camara Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts & Education Continuum Inc | $9,800 | 1 | 4% |
| While We Are Still Here Incorporated | $9,600 | 1 | 18% |
| Childrens Arts Carnival | $9,600 | 1 | 6% |
| New Heritage Theatre Group | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kindred Arts Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Calliope Brass Music Association Inc | $8,800 | 1 | 11% |
| Local Nature Lab | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Pano Pra Manga Arts Inc | $8,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Angelica Patient Assistance Program | $8,600 | 1 | 4% |
| Interwoven Music Inc | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| La Fortaleza Community Development Corporation | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Argentine Tango Inc | $8,300 | 1 | 8% |
| Born Dancing Inc | $8,232 | 1 | n/a |
| Pony Box Dance Theater | $8,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Isham Park Restoration Program 1970 | $8,000 | 1 | 14% |
| New York Baroque Dance Co Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ripple Effect Artists Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Charles Carlini Presents | $8,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Visual Echo Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Harlem Stories Project Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 41% |
| Ssim Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Freer Records Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Judson Memorial Church Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Mandolin Orchestra Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Village Trip Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 8% |
| New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Ring of Keys Coalition Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moving Education Institute Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 23% |
| Cellunova Production Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 13% |
| New Harlem Renaissance Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Literature to Life Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Djoniba Dance & Drum Centre Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Jody Sperlingtime Lapse Danceinc | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Ankhlave Arts Alliance | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| International Brazilian Opera Company | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Center for Art Tradition and Cultural Heritage Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Balinese American Dance Theatre Ltd | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Les Creative People in Action Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ms Production Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Around the Block Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 33% |
| Hip Hop Education Center | $8,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Prelude Opera | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maureen Fleming Dance Foundation Incorporated | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transcend Choral & Community Music Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Judson Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Roosevelt Island Concerts Inc | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New York Kurdish Cultural Center Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Capoeira Center of New York Inc | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Kinesis Project Inc | $7,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Thinkdance Inc | $7,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul Inc | $7,600 | 1 | 15% |
| Young Bulgarian Voices New York Inc | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Intertwine Arts Inc | $7,600 | 1 | 4% |
| Cuala Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 14% |
| Wavefield Inc | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| New Chamber Ballet Inc | $7,400 | 1 | 12% |
| White Knuckles Productions Inc | $7,300 | 1 | 18% |
| Ensemble Echappe Inc | $7,300 | 1 | n/a |
| China Residencies Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 4% |
| People's Theatre Project Inc | $7,200 | 1 | 0% |
| Ms Opera Production Inc | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Ekmeles Inc | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Qubit New Music | $7,200 | 1 | 10% |
| Protestra | $7,200 | 1 | 33% |
| Soho Shakespeare Company Inc | $7,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Babycastles Studio Inc | $7,100 | 1 | 9% |
| Developing Artists Theaters Company Inc | $7,048 | 1 | 9% |
| The Futuro Media Group | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tango for All Inc | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Theatre Now New York Inc | $6,910 | 1 | 17% |
| New Women New Yorkers Inc | $6,900 | 1 | 3% |
| New York Live Arts Inc | $6,900 | 1 | 0% |
| National Queer Theater | $6,900 | 1 | 4% |
| New Light Theater Project Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Art Loisaida Foundation | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Dmf Youth Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 6% |
| Concrete Timbre Inc | $6,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Story Club | $6,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Friends of the Erben Organ Inc | $6,800 | 1 | 1% |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation Inc | $6,700 | 1 | 0% |
| The Relationship Performance And Arts Group Inc | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Untitled Theatre Company No 61 Ltd | $6,600 | 1 | 9% |
| Carriage Trade Gallery Corp | $6,600 | 1 | 5% |
| Chinatown Soup Inc | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| The PlayGround Experiment Inc | $6,510 | 1 | 38% |
| Cathedral Church of St John the Divine | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Internal Creations Inc | $6,400 | 1 | 10% |
| Amaterasu Za Inc | $6,400 | 1 | 5% |
| Loc07 Dance Puppet Theatre Company Inc | $6,400 | 1 | 13% |
| Morballet Inc | $6,400 | 1 | 5% |
| Symphony of the City of New York Inc | $6,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhymes With Opera Inc | $6,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Lyric Lab Inc The | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pleiades Project | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Layerhythm Productions Inc | $6,200 | 1 | 7% |
| Moustachecat Enterprises Inc | $6,050 | 1 | n/a |
| Paracademia Center Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 21% |
| Mason Holdings Theatre Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Prida Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Anthropologists | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| No11 Productions Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Brewing Dept Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dances by Isadora Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tosos II Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Dominican Collective Dance Ensamble Inc | $5,700 | 1 | n/a |
| The Private Theater Corp | $5,700 | 1 | 9% |
| Jazz Choreography Enterprises | $5,600 | 1 | 19% |
| Lesser America Inc | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| The Amoralistsinc | $5,600 | 1 | 13% |
| Christine Melton-Simpson Pka Christine Melton-Jordan | $5,600 | 1 | n/a |
| New Heritage Theatre Group | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Xfr Collective Inc | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Advent Lutheran Church | $5,388 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts And Ecology Inc | $5,300 | 1 | 15% |
| Melodia Womens Choir of NYC Inc | $5,289 | 1 | 10% |
| Dance Parade Inc | $5,232 | 1 | 2% |
| Dominican Writers Assoc Inc | $5,200 | 1 | 9% |
| Jack Music Inc Jack Quartet | $5,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Seven Stories Institute | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 25 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 149 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: West Harlem Development Corporation · Alliance of Resident Theatres New York Inc · New Music USA Inc · Dance Service New York City Inc · The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Mid Atlantic Arts Inc · The Aaron Copland Fund for Music Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · The Harkness Foundation for Dance Inc · The Amphion Foundation Inc Co Alter Kendrick & Baron LLP · Fractured Atlas Inc · Lily Auchincloss Foundation Inc · City Parks Foundation Inc
How this is measured
Compare Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc with peer funders
About Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc
- How much does Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc give?
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc reported 67 itemized grants totaling $645,000, out of $1,775,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 83 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (99%), Environment (1%), International (0%).
- Who are Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Fractured Atlas Inc ($208k), The Performance Zone Inc ($90k), Gatekeepers Collective Inc ($78k).
- Does Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include West Harlem Development Corporation, Alliance of Resident Theatres New York Inc, New Music USA Inc.
- Where is Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc based?
- Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Inc is based in NY.
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