South Carolina · Public charity
Metropolitan Arts Council
The mission of the METROPOLITAN ARTS COUNCIL is to stimulate and support artistic expression and its appreciation and enjoyment in ways that enrich all citizens, artists, cultural organizations, and communities of greenville county. We accomplish this by providing funding and other vital services to individual artists, arts organizations…
- $482k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 44%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,750
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $54,750
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 44% of the organizations Metropolitan Arts Council funded were first-time grantees, receiving 27% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $149k 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 | 10 | $482k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $553k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $510k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $332k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $230k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $272k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $255k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Arts Festival | $729,955 | 7 | 39% |
| South Carolina Children's Theatre | $263,050 | 6 | 5% |
| Greenville Symphony Association | $238,250 | 6 | 2% |
| The Warehouse Theatre | $227,750 | 6 | 6% |
| Greenville Theatre | $226,750 | 6 | 7% |
| Peace Center Foundation | $221,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Centre Stage-South Carolina Inc | $209,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Greenville Civic Chorale Association | $207,500 | 6 | 18% |
| The Museum Association Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Greenville Museum of Art Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville Arts Festival | $729,955 | 7 | 39% |
| South Carolina Children's Theatre | $263,050 | 6 | 5% |
| Greenville Symphony Association | $238,250 | 6 | 2% |
| The Warehouse Theatre | $227,750 | 6 | 6% |
| Greenville Theatre | $226,750 | 6 | 7% |
| Peace Center Foundation | $221,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Centre Stage-South Carolina Inc | $209,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Greenville Civic Chorale Association | $207,500 | 6 | 18% |
| The Museum Association Inc | $70,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Greenville Museum of Art Inc | $40,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Greenville Chautauqua Society | $12,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Bach Society of Charleston | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foothills Philharmonic | $6,000 | 1 | 19% |
| Wits End Poetry | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Carolina Youth Symphony | $6,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Greenville County Youth Orchestra Association Inc | $6,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Greenville Shakespeare Company | $6,000 | 1 | 11% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($153k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Metropolitan Arts Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 15 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Elbert W Rogers Foundation · Ibm International Foundation · Publix Super Markets Charities Inc · Daniel-Mickel Foundation · The Jolley Foundation · Ge Aerospace Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Metropolitan Arts Council
- How much does Metropolitan Arts Council give?
- Metropolitan Arts Council reported 10 grants totaling $482,200 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Metropolitan Arts Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (89%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are Metropolitan Arts Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Greenville Arts Festival ($730k), South Carolina Children's Theatre ($263k), Greenville Symphony Association ($238k).
- Does Metropolitan Arts Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 44% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Metropolitan Arts Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Elbert W Rogers Foundation, Ibm International Foundation, Publix Super Markets Charities Inc.
- Where is Metropolitan Arts Council based?
- Metropolitan Arts Council is based in SC.
Play a game based on Metropolitan Arts Council’s filings →