Indiana · Public charity
South Shore Arts Inc
Promotion of the arts across the region to transofrm lives and strengthen communities.
- $303k
- Granted FY2020
- 18
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $158k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $6,807
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $18,476
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $1.3M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 28% of the organizations South Shore Arts Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 18 | $158k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 14 | $222k | 7% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $165k | 15% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $111k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc | $213,476 | 4 | 9% |
| Theater at the Center Inc | $73,193 | 4 | 1% |
| The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts | $50,078 | 4 | 2% |
| Indiana Ballet Theatre Nw Inc | $38,522 | 4 | 3% |
| Laporte County Symphony Orchestra Inc | $38,522 | 4 | 4% |
| Community Theatre Guild Inc | $36,652 | 4 | 5% |
| Assoc of Artists and Craftsmen of Porter Inc | $26,966 | 4 | 6% |
| Miller Beach Arts & Creative District CDC | $26,963 | 4 | 5% |
| Towle Performing Arts Company | $23,337 | 3 | 3% |
| South Shore Dance Alliance Inc | $23,112 | 4 | 10% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc | $213,476 | 4 | 9% |
| Theater at the Center Inc | $73,193 | 4 | 1% |
| The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts | $50,078 | 4 | 2% |
| Indiana Ballet Theatre Nw Inc | $38,522 | 4 | 3% |
| Laporte County Symphony Orchestra Inc | $38,522 | 4 | 4% |
| Community Theatre Guild Inc | $36,652 | 4 | 5% |
| Assoc of Artists and Craftsmen of Porter Inc | $26,966 | 4 | 6% |
| Miller Beach Arts & Creative District CDC | $26,963 | 4 | 5% |
| Towle Performing Arts Company | $23,337 | 3 | 3% |
| South Shore Dance Alliance Inc | $23,112 | 4 | 10% |
| Books Brushes and Bands for Education Inc | $23,112 | 4 | 13% |
| Beachfront Dance School Inc | $23,112 | 4 | 9% |
| Lakeshore Community Concerts | $17,502 | 3 | 7% |
| Memorial Opera House Foundation | $9,724 | 1 | 16% |
| Decay Devils Incorporated | $7,250 | 1 | n/a |
| Art Barn School of Art Inc | $6,807 | 1 | 4% |
| Top 20 Inc | $6,108 | 1 | 27% |
| Valparaiso Theatrical Company | $6,108 | 1 | n/a |
| Dunes Art Foundation Inc | $5,834 | 1 | 7% |
Where it is load-bearing
South Shore Arts Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 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: John W Anderson Foundation · Legacy Foundation Inc · Nisource Charitable Foundation · Unity Foundation of la Porte County · Porter County Community Foundation Inc · The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About South Shore Arts Inc
- How much does South Shore Arts Inc give?
- South Shore Arts Inc reported 18 itemized grants totaling $158,075, out of $303,171 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does South Shore Arts Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (99%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are South Shore Arts Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Northwest Indiana Symphony Society Inc ($213k), Theater at the Center Inc ($73k), The Jack and Shirley Lubeznik Center for the Arts ($50k).
- Does South Shore Arts Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as South Shore Arts Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include John W Anderson Foundation, Legacy Foundation Inc, Nisource Charitable Foundation.
- Where is South Shore Arts Inc based?
- South Shore Arts Inc is based in IN.
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