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

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Virginia, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, George Mason University Foundation Inc, Anne Ray Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.

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

$2.9B reached 1,391 arts and culture organizations in Virginia, from 4,597 funders. 31% came from funders also based in Virginia.

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 · Virginia · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Virginia

Arts and culture funding in Virginia is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Center for Media and Public Affairs leads, and the money reaches 1,391 groups.

$2.9B

granted

1,391

organizations

31%

from in-state

The short version

4,597 funders gave $2.9B to 1,391 arts and culture organizations in Virginia across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
31% of that came from funders also based in Virginia; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Virginia is Corporation for Public Broadcasting, at $852M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Center for Media and Public Affairs, at $241M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Virginia

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

1Corporation for Public Broadcasting$852M 2George Mason University Foundation Inc$241M 3Anne Ray Foundation$100M 4Pbs Foundation$100M 5The Better Angels Society Inc$84M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$79M 7Virginia Foundation for Public Media$54M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$50M 9The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$40M 10Association of the United States Army$39M

Arts and culture organizations in Virginia that draw the most

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

1,381 other arts and culture organizations$927M

Public Broadcasting Service$875M Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$374M Center for Media and Public Affairs$241M

How to find arts and culture funders in Virginia

1
Start with the funders already active in Virginia
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Virginia are Corporation for Public Broadcasting, George Mason University Foundation Inc, Anne Ray Foundation. 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
69% of arts and culture money in Virginia comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Virginia.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Virginia?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Virginia, currently Corporation for Public Broadcasting, George Mason University Foundation Inc, Anne Ray Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Virginia from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Virginia?: Corporation for Public Broadcasting gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Virginia, $852M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Virginia?: $2.9B reached 1,391 arts and culture organizations in Virginia, from 4,597 funders. 31% came from funders also based in Virginia.
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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.