Minnesota · Nonprofit

GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL

GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL (Minnesota) is funded by 4 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $194,351 in grants to it, the largest being C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

$56k

Revenue FY2024

Funders on record

$194k

Grants received

$208k

Net assets

3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%

Against its field

GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−8% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,920 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

01The organization over time

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

The base broadened — 1 funders to 2 as grant income moved $2k → $12k.

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'19

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'24

total

C K Blandin Foundation

$125k

Southwest Minnesota Arts Council

$48k

Jeannette and Curt Olson Foundation

$21k

Amazonsmile FoundationDAF

$62

funders

1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.

How concentrated its funding is

GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

64%

largest funder

100%

top three

effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 75% · 2021 87% · 2022 68% · 2023 98% · 2024 83% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration.

Where its funders are

GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL is locally rooted: 100% of its grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Minnesota out of state home

03Its place in the field

Funders to approach

Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.

From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Operates in 1 state

Questions and answers

Who funds GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL?: GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL (Minnesota) is funded by 4 grantmakers whose IRS filings report $194,351 in grants to it, the largest being C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL have?: IRS filings report 4 grantmakers giving $194,351 in grants to GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL?: C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL find more funders?: Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

Every figure is read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML — this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 4funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. view filing

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GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL

$56k

Revenue FY2024

Funders on record

$194k

Grants received

$208k

Net assets

3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 20%

Questions and answers

Who funds GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL?

How many funders does GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL have?

IRS filings report 4 grantmakers giving $194,351 in grants to GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.

Who is the largest funder of GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL?

C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.

How can an organization like GRANITE AREA ARTS COUNCIL find more funders?

Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.