North Carolina · Public charity
North Carolina Arts Foundation
The Foundation's mission is to bring private and public sector partners into collaborations that extend the benefits of the arts to residents across the state. As North Carolina emerges from the pandemic, a top priority is to find resources for arts initiatives that benefit youth.
- $903k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2025
- $200,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $620,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 50% of the organizations North Carolina Arts Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 99% 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 | 3 | $903k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $394k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $406k | 100% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $15k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources | $1,384,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Asheville Area Arts Council | $200,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Inc | $82,500 | 1 | 9% |
| Emerge Gallery Art Center Inc | $30,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Toe River Arts Council Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| The Arts Council Inc | $5,627 | 1 | 0% |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About North Carolina Arts Foundation
- How much does North Carolina Arts Foundation give?
- North Carolina Arts Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $902,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does North Carolina Arts Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Public Safety & Disaster (53%), Arts & Culture (47%).
- Who are North Carolina Arts Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ($1.4M), Asheville Area Arts Council ($200k), Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Inc ($83k).
- Does North Carolina Arts Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as North Carolina Arts Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is North Carolina Arts Foundation based?
- North Carolina Arts Foundation is based in NC.
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