Washington · Public charity
Spokane Arts Fund
To amplify spokane as the cultural hub and catalyst for the inland northwest through arts leadership, advocacy, networking and support.
- $637k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $94k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $89k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 75% of the organizations Spokane Arts Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 77% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 23% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $58k 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 | 11 | $94k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $75k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $59k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $66k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Guide | $17,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Impanda | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Art Salvage | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Heartworks | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Elementary Parent Teacher Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wow China Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nuestras Raices Centro Comunitario DBA Nuestras Raices | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amen Photography | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ImagiMary LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stage Left Theater Association | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family Guide | $17,000 | 2 | 24% |
| Impanda | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Art Salvage | $10,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Heartworks | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Franklin Elementary Parent Teacher Group | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wow China Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Nuestras Raices Centro Comunitario DBA Nuestras Raices | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Amen Photography | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ImagiMary LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stage Left Theater Association | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| North Monroe Business District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Spokane Public Radio | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spark Central | $8,000 | 1 | 2% |
| American Institute of Architects Aia Spokane | $8,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Dom and Bomb LLC | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Manito | $7,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Spokane Art School | $5,500 | 1 | 4% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($125k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spokane Arts Fund supplied at peak.
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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: The Avista Foundation · Innovia Foundation · Artsfund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Spokane Arts Fund
- How much does Spokane Arts Fund give?
- Spokane Arts Fund reported 11 itemized grants totaling $93,750, out of $636,739 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Spokane Arts Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (46%), Education (16%), Community Improvement (7%).
- Who are Spokane Arts Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Family Guide ($17k), Impanda ($16k), Art Salvage ($10k).
- Does Spokane Arts Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spokane Arts Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Avista Foundation, Innovia Foundation, Artsfund.
- Where is Spokane Arts Fund based?
- Spokane Arts Fund is based in WA.
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