Oklahoma · Public charity
Norman Arts Council
The NORMAN ARTS COUNCIL shall enrich the norman community by stimulating artistic, cultural, and economic growth through the support and promotion of the arts. We are a funding agency which grants money to norman art organizations and supports individual artists.
- $544k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 19
- Grants FY2025
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $23,728
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $133,385
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $743k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 11% of the organizations Norman Arts Council 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; $15k 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 | 19 | $536k | 5% |
| FY2024 | 18 | $473k | 11% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $335k | 6% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $286k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $367k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $199k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $228k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $228k | 9% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma | $433,665 | 9 | n/a |
| Jazz in June Inc | $252,359 | 9 | 30% |
| Norman Music Alliance Inc | $230,686 | 9 | 48% |
| Norman Firehouse Art Center Inc | $212,312 | 9 | 9% |
| Sooner Theatre of Norman Inc | $210,851 | 9 | 3% |
| The Performing Arts Studio Inc | $209,794 | 9 | 19% |
| Cimarron Circuit Opera Company | $177,801 | 9 | 22% |
| Norman Ballet Company Inc | $162,949 | 8 | 47% |
| Childrens Arts Network Inc | $152,713 | 9 | 61% |
| A to Z Productions Inc | $125,598 | 5 | 25% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Oklahoma | $433,665 | 9 | n/a |
| Jazz in June Inc | $252,359 | 9 | 30% |
| Norman Music Alliance Inc | $230,686 | 9 | 48% |
| Norman Firehouse Art Center Inc | $212,312 | 9 | 9% |
| Sooner Theatre of Norman Inc | $210,851 | 9 | 3% |
| The Performing Arts Studio Inc | $209,794 | 9 | 19% |
| Cimarron Circuit Opera Company | $177,801 | 9 | 22% |
| Norman Ballet Company Inc | $162,949 | 8 | 47% |
| Childrens Arts Network Inc | $152,713 | 9 | 61% |
| A to Z Productions Inc | $125,598 | 5 | 25% |
| Central Oklahoma Dance Company | $119,287 | 5 | 58% |
| Norman Cultural Connection Inc | $110,999 | 9 | 26% |
| Namron Players Theatre Incorporated Dba Oklahoma Storyworks | $100,022 | 5 | 69% |
| Scissortail Productions Inc | $93,447 | 5 | 26% |
| Cleveland County Historical Society | $55,319 | 5 | 22% |
| Pioneer Library System | $49,125 | 3 | n/a |
| Owwl Library System | $27,380 | 4 | 1% |
| Resonator Institute | $22,275 | 2 | n/a |
| Prairie House Preservation Society | $18,330 | 2 | n/a |
| Pioneer Library System Foundation | $18,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Norman Film Festival Foundation | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Accademia Filarmonica the Oklahoma Early Music Project | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($41k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Norman Arts Council supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 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: Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc · Allied Arts of Oklahoma Inc · Communities Foundation of Oklahoma · Arvest Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Norman Arts Council
- How much does Norman Arts Council give?
- Norman Arts Council reported 19 grants totaling $544,253 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Norman Arts Council fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (81%), Recreation & Sports (14%), Education (3%).
- Who are Norman Arts Council's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Oklahoma ($434k), Jazz in June Inc ($252k), Norman Music Alliance Inc ($231k).
- Does Norman Arts Council fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Norman Arts Council?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kirkpatrick Foundation Inc, Allied Arts of Oklahoma Inc, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma.
- Where is Norman Arts Council based?
- Norman Arts Council is based in OK.
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