Florida · Public charity
United Arts of Central Florida Inc
The mission of united arts of central florida is to inspire and enrich communities by strengthening arts, science, history, and culture through strategic collaborations and investments.
- $14M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 71
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 66
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $13M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $17,189
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,773,738
- Organizations funded a year
- 40 to 66
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $20M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 12% of the organizations United Arts of Central Florida Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 57% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 43% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.3M 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 | 71 | $13M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 66 | $11M | 12% |
| FY2023 | 66 | $8.0M | 27% |
| FY2022 | 56 | $9.7M | 25% |
| FY2021 | 48 | $8.4M | 21% |
| FY2020 | 40 | $7.2M | 5% |
| FY2019 | 43 | $5.2M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 45 | $4.9M | 16% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc | $8,918,598 | 9 | 33% |
| Orlando Ballet Inc | $7,020,063 | 9 | 20% |
| Orlando Shakespeare Theater Inc | $6,197,160 | 9 | 35% |
| Orlando Science Centerinc | $3,902,722 | 9 | 5% |
| Orlando Museum of Art Inc | $3,215,074 | 9 | 20% |
| Bach Festival Society of Winter Park | $2,634,286 | 9 | 34% |
| Enzian Theater Inc | $1,740,152 | 9 | 13% |
| Opera Orlando Inc | $1,692,215 | 9 | 33% |
| Orlando Repertory Theatre | $1,662,098 | 5 | n/a |
| Central Florida Community Arts Inc | $1,407,455 | 9 | 18% |
Show all 113 grantees
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($16M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
United Arts of Central Florida Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 20 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 83 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: Central Florida Foundation · Universal Orlando Foundation Inc · The Dr P Phillips Foundation · Mary Palmer Family Foundation Inc · Orlando Health Inc · Florida Humanities Council Inc · Magruder Chesley G Fdn Im · The Lee Foundation · Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation · Pabst Steinmetz Foundation Inc · Winifred Johnson Clive Foundation · The David and Lyn Berelsman Family Charitable Foundation Trust
How this is measured
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About United Arts of Central Florida Inc
- How much does United Arts of Central Florida Inc give?
- United Arts of Central Florida Inc reported 71 itemized grants totaling $13,406,813, out of $14,015,874 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 40 and 66 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does United Arts of Central Florida Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (70%), Science & Tech (5%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are United Arts of Central Florida Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Inc ($8.9M), Orlando Ballet Inc ($7.0M), Orlando Shakespeare Theater Inc ($6.2M).
- Does United Arts of Central Florida Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as United Arts of Central Florida Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Central Florida Foundation, Universal Orlando Foundation Inc, The Dr P Phillips Foundation.
- Where is United Arts of Central Florida Inc based?
- United Arts of Central Florida Inc is based in FL.
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