New York · Public charity
The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated
A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.
- $976k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $303k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $29,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 17 to 20
- FY2022 to FY2024
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k 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 | 22 | $303k | 32% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $216k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $225k | 55% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $194k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bombazo Dance Co | $102,500 | 4 | 24% |
| Davalois Fearon Dance Company Inc | $69,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Orchestra of the Bronx Inc | $57,600 | 4 | 61% |
| Bronx Filmmakers Collective Inc | $43,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Raices Cultural Art Association LTD | $39,425 | 3 | 88% |
| Di VI Sion Arts & Education Inc | $36,994 | 3 | n/a |
| National Ghana Parade Council Inc | $36,880 | 4 | n/a |
| Cotc NYC LLC | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Gorno LLC | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Centro Cultural y Educativo El Maestro Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bombazo Dance Co | $102,500 | 4 | 24% |
| Davalois Fearon Dance Company Inc | $69,500 | 4 | n/a |
| The Orchestra of the Bronx Inc | $57,600 | 4 | 61% |
| Bronx Filmmakers Collective Inc | $43,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Raices Cultural Art Association LTD | $39,425 | 3 | 88% |
| Di VI Sion Arts & Education Inc | $36,994 | 3 | n/a |
| National Ghana Parade Council Inc | $36,880 | 4 | n/a |
| Cotc NYC LLC | $32,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Gorno LLC | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Centro Cultural y Educativo El Maestro Inc | $30,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre Inc | $29,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Mass Transit Street Theatre Inc | $28,500 | 3 | 59% |
| Infinite Variety Productions | $28,237 | 3 | n/a |
| Art Defined Productions | $26,596 | 3 | 17% |
| Pepatian Inc | $26,500 | 3 | 21% |
| Elissa Carmona | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Peggy Josefina Robles-Alvardo | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Anna & Kitty Inc | $22,500 | 1 | 20% |
| Bronx Concert Singers Inc | $22,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mazarte Dance Company Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Elio Villafranca-West | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bafa Inc Bangladesh Academy of Fine Arts | $18,750 | 2 | 17% |
| Van Cortlandt Park Alliance | $13,596 | 1 | 2% |
| Bombayo Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Angela Maria Reynosa Garcia | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Poets Network & Exchange Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| x rance dba Whimsical Musings | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Kofago Institute Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ballroom Scouts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Poemusic LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Evolution Forward Incorporated | $10,000 | 1 | 20% |
| Millennium Dance Company Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bafa Inc - Bangladesh Academy Of | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bronx County Chorus | $9,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Light House Opera Company | $8,596 | 1 | 12% |
| Cultured Movement Incorporated | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Hypegirl LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Arte 718 LLC | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Diversity in Arts and Nations for Cultural Education Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 11% |
| Leslie Mejia | $7,350 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 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: The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated with peer funders
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About The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated
- How much does The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated give?
- The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated reported 22 itemized grants totaling $303,050, out of $975,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 17 and 20 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (98%), Health (1%), Employment (1%).
- Who are The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: Bombazo Dance Co ($103k), Davalois Fearon Dance Company Inc ($70k), The Orchestra of the Bronx Inc ($58k).
- Does The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Howard Gilman Foundation Inc, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated based?
- The Bronx Council on the Arts Incorporated is based in NY.
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