California · Public charity
SOMArts
SOMArts leverages the power of art as a tool for social change through multi-disciplinary events and exhibitions. Equipping artists with space, mentorship, and the support they need to shift perspectives and innovate solutions, SOMArts fosters access to arts and culture for collective liberation and self-determination.
- $353k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $143,885
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $196,100
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 3
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations SOMArts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $576k 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 | $349k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $720k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $124k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $110k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $142k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $335k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $104k | 0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center | $1,189,843 | 8 | 80% |
| The American Indian Culture Center of San Francisco | $431,885 | 1 | n/a |
| QCC The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture | $287,770 | 2 | 11% |
| Related Tactics Collective | $196,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Media Alliance | $8,832 | 1 | n/a |
| Bay Area Community Law Foundation | $7,254 | 1 | 3% |
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.
Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
About SOMArts
- How much does SOMArts give?
- SOMArts reported 3 grants totaling $352,762 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 3 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does SOMArts fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (90%), Civil Rights (9%), Crime & Legal (0%).
- Who are SOMArts's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center ($1.2M), The American Indian Culture Center of San Francisco ($432k), QCC The Center for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Art & Culture ($288k).
- Does SOMArts fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as SOMArts?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is SOMArts based?
- SOMArts is based in CA.
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