How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Utah?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Utah, currently The Nazarene Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Utah from out of state.

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Utah?

The Nazarene Fund gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Utah, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Utah?

$142M reached 235 arts and culture organizations in Utah, from 741 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Utah.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Utah · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Utah

$142M reached 235 arts and culture organizations in Utah, from 741 funders, with no single one dominating.

$142M

granted

235

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

741 funders gave $142M to 235 arts and culture organizations in Utah across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Utah; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Utah is The Nazarene Fund, at $20M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Our Rescue, at $30M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Utah

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Utah, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Nazarene Fund$20M 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$13M 3Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$6M 4Silicon Valley Community Foundation$5M 5The Chicago Community Trust$5M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$4M 7John D and Catherine T Macarthur$3M 8Larry H Miller and Gail Miller$3M 9Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund$3M 10The Community Foundation of Utah$3M

Arts and culture organizations in Utah that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

225 other arts and culture organizations$31M

Our Rescue$30M Utah Film Center$24M Sundance Institute$23M

How to find arts and culture funders in Utah

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Start with the funders already active in Utah
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Utah are The Nazarene Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
63% of arts and culture money in Utah comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Utah.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Utah?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Utah, currently The Nazarene Fund, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Utah from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Utah?: The Nazarene Fund gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Utah, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Utah?: $142M reached 235 arts and culture organizations in Utah, from 741 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Utah.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.