Funding search · EIN 411994039 · Staples, MN

The Five Wings Arts Council

Name: The Five Wings Arts Council grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

99
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

arts culture proj small abcd access legacy school

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

1 grant matching “grnt” · $7,000

$7,000
Independent Sch District 482 · Little Falls, MN · 2023
Project & small grnt

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Central Lakes College Foundation4 grants · $135,000
Lakes Area Music Festival4 grants · $135,000
Great River Arts Association4 grants · $105,707
Crossing Arts Alliance4 grants · $101,995
Walker Bay Theater4 grants · $89,217
Heartland Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $87,000
St Francis Music Center4 grants · $80,384
Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota3 grants · $77,000
North Central Economic Development4 grants · $66,450
Madhatters3 grants · $64,500

Giving over time

$308,329

2021

$433,894

2022

$472,300

2023

$535,208

2024

Grant history

All 99 reported grants, largest first.

$49,000
Central Lakes College Foundation · Brainerd, MN · 2023
Legacy access & proj
$40,000
Legacy Chorale · Brainerd, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$40,000
Central Lakes College Foundation · Brainerd, MN · 2022
Projects
$40,000
Lakes Area Music Festival · Brainerd, MN · 2022
Projects
$37,500
Wadena Madhatters Community Theatre · Wadena, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$36,000
Central Lakes College Foundation · Brainerd, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$36,000
Crossing Arts Alliance · Brainerd, MN · 2023
Gen ops, projects
$35,000
Lakes Area Music Festival · Brainerd, MN · 2021
Projects
$34,995
Crossing Arts Alliance · Brainerd, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$33,865
Great River Arts Association · Little Falls, MN · 2023
Gen ops, projects
$33,050
Walker Bay Theater · Walker, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$31,842
Great River Arts Association · Little Falls, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$31,000
Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota · Baxter, MN · 2022
Gen ops & projects
$30,000
Heartland Symphony Orchestra · Little Falls, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$30,000
Lakes Area Music Festival · Brainerd, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$30,000
St Francis Music Center · Little Falls, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$30,000
Lakes Area Music Festival · Brainerd, MN · 2023
Legacy access & proj
$30,000
Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota · Baxter, MN · 2023
Gen ops & projects
$28,950
North Central Economic Development · Staples, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$28,825
Central Lakes College · Brainerd, MN · 2021
Project grants
$28,500
Madhatters · Wadena, MN · 2022
Gen ops & projects
$25,000
Madhatters · Wadena, MN · 2023
Gen ops & projects
$24,425
St Francis Music Center · Little Falls, MN · 2023
Legacy access & proj
$23,700
Greater Lakes Performing Arts · Pequot Lakes, MN · 2022
Gen ops & projects
$21,000
Crossing Arts Alliance · Brainerd, MN · 2022
Gen ops, projects
$21,000
Heartland Symphony Orchestra · Little Falls, MN · 2022
Gen ops,& projects
$21,000
Walker Bay Theater · Walker, MN · 2022
Gen ops & projects
$20,000
Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra · Long Prairie, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$20,000
Heartland Symphony Orchestra · Little Falls, MN · 2023
Gen ops,& projects
$20,000
Pequot Lakes Public School · Pequot Lakes, MN · 2023
Gen ops & project
$20,000
Stage North Theatre Company · Brainerd, MN · 2023
Gen ops, project
$20,000
Walker Bay Theater · Walker, MN · 2023
Gen ops & projects
$20,000
Great River Arts Association · Little Falls, MN · 2022
Gen ops, projects
$20,000
Great River Arts Association · Little Falls, MN · 2021
Gen ops, projects
$19,500
Staples Area Mens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2023
Gen ops & projects
$19,406
Northwoods Arts Council · Hackensack, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$18,260
Northwoods Arts Council · Hackensack, MN · 2023
Gen ops & projects
$18,200
Pequot Lake Public School · Pequot Lakes, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$17,350
Cass Lake Bena Isd 115 · Cass Lake, MN · 2023
School arts project
$16,574
St Francis Music Center · Little Falls, MN · 2022
Project grants
$16,000
Greater Lakes Performing Arts · Pequot Lakes, MN · 2021
Gen ops & projects
$16,000
Heartland Symphony Orchestra · Little Falls, MN · 2021
Gen ops,& projects
$16,000
Legacy Chorale of Greater Minnesota · Baxter, MN · 2021
Gen ops & projects
$15,167
Walker Bay Theater · Walker, MN · 2021
Gen ops & projects
$15,000
Lamplighter Community Theatre · Staples, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$15,000
Actors Repertory Theatre · Brainerd, MN · 2023
Projects
$15,000
Lamplighter Community Theatre · Staples, MN · 2023
Gen op, & projects
$15,000
Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra · Long Prairie, MN · 2023
Gen op, & projects
$15,000
Staples Area Womens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2023
Gen ops & projects
$15,000
Cass Lake Bena Isd 115 · Cass Lake, MN · 2022
School arts project
$14,965
Cass Lake Bena Schools · Cass Lake, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$14,710
Cass Lake Bena Isd 115 · Cass Lake, MN · 2021
School arts project
$14,500
North Central Economic Development · Staples, MN · 2022
Small grants & proj
$14,500
Wadena County Historical Society · Wadena, MN · 2021
Projects
$14,270
Northwoods Arts Council · Hackensack, MN · 2022
Gen ops & projects
$13,700
Wadena Area Concert Association · Wadena, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$13,500
Lamplighter Community Theatre · Staples, MN · 2022
Gen op, & projects
$13,000
North Central Economic Development · Staples, MN · 2021
Small grants & proj
$12,800
Wadena Area Concert Association · Wadena, MN · 2023
Gen ops, project
$12,500
Wadena County Historical Society · Wadena, MN · 2022
Projects, arts based
$12,142
Northwoods Arts Council · Hackensack, MN · 2021
Gen ops & projects
$11,000
New York Mills Cultural Center · New York Mills, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$11,000
Stage North Theatre Company · Brainerd, MN · 2022
Gen ops, project
$11,000
Staples Area Womens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2022
Gen ops & projects
$11,000
Madhatters · Wadena, MN · 2021
Gen ops & projects
$11,000
Staples Area Mens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2021
Gen ops & projects
$11,000
Staples Area Womens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2021
Gen ops & projects
$10,400
Wadena Area Concert Association · Wadena, MN · 2022
Projects
$10,000
Greater Lakes Performing Arts · Pequot Lakes, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$10,000
Little Falls Theatre Company · Little Falls, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$10,000
Partners for a Healthy Wadena · Wadena, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$10,000
Stage North Theater · Brainerd, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$10,000
Staples Area Mens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$10,000
Staples Area Womens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$10,000
North Central Economic Development · Staples, MN · 2023
Projects
$10,000
Wadena County Historical Society · Wadena, MN · 2023
Projects,
$10,000
Actors Repertory Theatre · Brainerd, MN · 2022
Projects
$10,000
New York Mills Arts Retreat · Wadena, MN · 2022
Project
$10,000
Sustainable Farming Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Project
$10,000
Central Lakes College Foundation · Brainerd, MN · 2021
Projects
$10,000
Crossing Arts Alliance · Brainerd, MN · 2021
Gen ops
$9,850
Staples Area Mens Chorus · Staples, MN · 2022
Gen ops & projects
$9,385
St Francis Music Center · Little Falls, MN · 2021
Project grants
$9,100
Colla Voce · Staples, MN · 2023
Gen ops & project
$9,000
City of Crosby · Crosby, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$8,500
Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra · Long Prairie, MN · 2022
Gen op, & projects
$8,500
Long Prairie Chamber Orchestra · Long Prairie, MN · 2021
Gen op, & projects
$8,000
Lamplighter Community Theatre · Staples, MN · 2021
Gen op, & projects
$7,500
Northland Arboretum · Brainerd, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$7,500
Oasis Central Minnesota · Little Falls, MN · 2022
Arts based comm dev
$7,500
City of Little Falls · Little Falls, MN · 2021
Abcd grant
$7,500
Region Five Development Commission · Staples, MN · 2021
Abcd grant
$7,100
Pine River Area Foundation · Pine River, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$7,100
Pine River Area Foundation · Pine River, MN · 2022
Project grants
$7,100
Pine River Area Foundation · Pine River, MN · 2021
Project grants
$7,000
Staples Veteran Park Commission · Staples, MN · 2024
Arts & culture
$7,000
Independent Sch District 482 · Little Falls, MN · 2023
Project & small grnt
$6,000
City of Crosby · Crosby, MN · 2022
Abcd, small grant
$6,000
Sprout Minnesota · Little Falls, MN · 2021
Project, small grant

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.