New York · Public charity
Unique Projects Inc
The organizations mission is to serve the performing arts community by connecting artists to the funding resources they need to make and show their work.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 10
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $412k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,650
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $175,126
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $11k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Unique Projects Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $134k 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 | 10 | $412k | 10% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $470k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $361k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $571k | 55% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $329k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $352k | 71% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $173k | 40% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $216k | 33% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballet Academy East | $977,628 | 9 | n/a |
| New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Inc | $422,476 | 7 | 5% |
| Steps Studios Inc | $344,745 | 5 | n/a |
| Slowdanger | $195,823 | 5 | n/a |
| Rogue Theater Company | $175,126 | 2 | n/a |
| Hybrid Movement Company | $102,969 | 7 | n/a |
| Broadway Bound Kids | $82,993 | 2 | n/a |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet | $79,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre Inc | $79,331 | 2 | n/a |
| Fit4dance | $75,865 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballet Academy East | $977,628 | 9 | n/a |
| New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Inc | $422,476 | 7 | 5% |
| Steps Studios Inc | $344,745 | 5 | n/a |
| Slowdanger | $195,823 | 5 | n/a |
| Rogue Theater Company | $175,126 | 2 | n/a |
| Hybrid Movement Company | $102,969 | 7 | n/a |
| Broadway Bound Kids | $82,993 | 2 | n/a |
| Pacific Northwest Ballet | $79,550 | 1 | n/a |
| Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre Inc | $79,331 | 2 | n/a |
| Fit4dance | $75,865 | 4 | n/a |
| Company Stefanie Battan Bland | $75,627 | 2 | n/a |
| The Stars of Tomorrow Project Inc | $53,719 | 1 | 31% |
| Reginald Dwayne Betts LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Futurifico LLC | $46,773 | 4 | n/a |
| AVID Dance Corp | $43,771 | 2 | 35% |
| David Rousseve Productions | $40,469 | 1 | n/a |
| Creating Higher Ground Inc | $40,369 | 4 | n/a |
| Dream Deferred Inc | $35,404 | 1 | n/a |
| Welcome to Campfire | $33,652 | 2 | n/a |
| Boss Mamas Corporation | $30,953 | 2 | n/a |
| The MullerWorks Foundation | $27,816 | 1 | n/a |
| Megan Williams Dance Projects | $17,688 | 1 | n/a |
| Wabe LLC | $15,415 | 1 | n/a |
| Lingua Franca Arts LLC | $13,875 | 1 | n/a |
| Berest Dance Center | $12,991 | 1 | n/a |
| Davalois Fearon Dance Company Inc | $10,145 | 1 | n/a |
| Creating Higher Ground Inc | $7,955 | 1 | n/a |
| New York City Arts Coalition | $7,600 | 1 | n/a |
| The Intercultural Alliance of Artists & Scholars Inc | $6,970 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighthouse Ladies LLC | $6,409 | 1 | n/a |
| Createart | $6,039 | 1 | n/a |
| Bardo Theatre Company | $5,094 | 1 | n/a |
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About Unique Projects Inc
- How much does Unique Projects Inc give?
- Unique Projects Inc reported 10 itemized grants totaling $412,398, out of $1,089,142 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Unique Projects Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (78%), Civil Rights (8%), Recreation & Sports (5%).
- Who are Unique Projects Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ballet Academy East ($978k), New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Inc ($422k), Steps Studios Inc ($345k).
- Does Unique Projects Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Unique Projects Inc based?
- Unique Projects Inc is based in NY.
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