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

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Wyoming, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wyoming from out of state.

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

$135M reached 181 arts and culture organizations in Wyoming, from 550 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Wyoming.

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 · Wyoming · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Wyoming

$135M reached 181 arts and culture organizations in Wyoming, from 550 funders, with no single one dominating.

$135M

granted

181

organizations

37%

from in-state

The short version

550 funders gave $135M to 181 arts and culture organizations in Wyoming across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
37% of that came from funders also based in Wyoming; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Wyoming is The Chicago Community Trust, at $24M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Buffalo Bill Memorial Association, at $30M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Wyoming

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

1The Chicago Community Trust$24M 2Community Foundation of Jackson Hole$21M 3Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation$9M 4Wyoming Philanthropic Trust Inc$7M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$6M 6Wyoming Community Foundation$5M 7The Brinton Museum Endowment Fund$3M 8The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$3M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$3M 10The Niner Foundation Inc$3M

Arts and culture organizations in Wyoming that draw the most

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

171 other arts and culture organizations$38M

Buffalo Bill Memorial Association$30M National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States$16M Grand Teton Music Festival Inc$13M Community Center for the Arts$9M The New Museum at the Bradford Brinton Ranch$7M Wyofile$4M

How to find arts and culture funders in Wyoming

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Start with the funders already active in Wyoming
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Wyoming are The Chicago Community Trust, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Robert S & Grayce B Kerr 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
63% of arts and culture money in Wyoming comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Wyoming.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Wyoming?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Wyoming, currently The Chicago Community Trust, Community Foundation of Jackson Hole, Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Wyoming from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Wyoming?: The Chicago Community Trust gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Wyoming, $24M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Wyoming?: $135M reached 181 arts and culture organizations in Wyoming, from 550 funders. 37% came from funders also based in Wyoming.
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.