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

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

Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Washington?

Friday Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Washington, $308M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

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

$1.7B reached 1,460 arts and culture organizations in Washington, from 2,412 funders. 62% came from funders also based in Washington.

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 · Washington · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Washington

$1.7B reached 1,460 arts and culture organizations in Washington, from 2,412 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.7B

granted

1,460

organizations

62%

from in-state

The short version

2,412 funders gave $1.7B to 1,460 arts and culture organizations in Washington across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
62% of that came from funders also based in Washington; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Washington is Friday Foundation, at $308M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Seattle Art Museum, at $374M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Washington

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

1Friday Foundation$308M 2The Aldarra Foundation$138M 3Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$92M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$70M 5Seattle Foundation$68M 6Corporation for Public Broadcasting$62M 7American Online Giving Foundation Inc$52M 8Silicon Valley Community Foundation$50M 9Artsfund$45M 10Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc$38M

Arts and culture organizations in Washington that draw the most

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

1,450 other arts and culture organizations$832M

Seattle Art Museum$374M Museum of Flight Foundation$153M Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum$54M

How to find arts and culture funders in Washington

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Start with the funders already active in Washington
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Washington are Friday Foundation, The Aldarra Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. 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
38% of arts and culture money in Washington comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Washington.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Washington?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Washington, currently Friday Foundation, The Aldarra Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Washington from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Washington?: Friday Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Washington, $308M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Washington?: $1.7B reached 1,460 arts and culture organizations in Washington, from 2,412 funders. 62% came from funders also based in Washington.
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 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

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.