Funding search · EIN 475513742 · Akron, OH

Artsnow

Name: Artsnow grants, 2023–2024
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.

58
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $14,797
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

artsforward creative placemaking investment

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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.

Top recipients

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

Summit Artspace2 grants · $252,138
Center for Applied Theatre1 grant · $94,500
City of Green1 grant · $50,000
Tuesday Musical Association1 grant · $39,999
The Movement Project1 grant · $38,000
Main Street Barberton2 grants · $29,840
Summit Choral Society1 grant · $26,500
Downtown Akron Partnership1 grant · $25,000
Akron Art Museum1 grant · $25,000
The Nightlight1 grant · $25,000

Giving over time

$422,867

2023

$824,210

2024

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$143,855
Summit Artspace · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$108,283
Summit Artspace · 2023
$94,500
Center for Applied Theatre · 2023
$50,000
City of Green · Green, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$39,999
Tuesday Musical Association · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$38,000
The Movement Project · Fairview Park, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$26,500
Summit Choral Society · Akron, OH · 2024
Creative investment program
$25,000
Art Resources Transformations · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$25,000
Ballet Excel Ohio · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$25,000
City of Stow · Stow, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$25,000
Cuyahoga Valley Art Center · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$25,000
Downtown Akron Partnership · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$25,000
Rubber City Theatre · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$25,000
Akron Art Museum · 2023
$25,000
Magical Theatre Company · 2023
$25,000
The Nightlight · 2023
$21,400
Akron Soul Train · 2023
$20,000
Main Street Barberton · Barberton, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$20,000
National Center for Choreography at the University of Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Creative placemaking grants
$20,000
Collide Cuyahoga Falls · 2023
$20,000
The Lipman School · 2023
$18,600
Christ Community Chapel · Hudson, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$16,250
Proyecto Raices · 2023
$15,980
Akron Makerspace · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$15,778
Community AIDS Network Akron Pride Initiative · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$15,500
Community Hall Foundation · Akron, OH · 2024
Creative placemaking grants
$15,000
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park · Peninsula, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$15,000
South Street Ministries · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$15,000
Artsparks · 2023
$14,594
Bond J Makeshift Theatre · 2023
$14,000
Global Ties Akron · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$14,000
White Rabbit Galleries · Barberton, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$12,500
Ballet in the City · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$12,500
Project Ujima · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$12,000
Asian Services in Action · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$12,000
Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Artsparks · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Big Love Network · Akron, OH · 2024
Creative placemaking grants
$10,000
Black Excellence Arts Collective · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Cuyahoga Valley Choral Arts · Cuyahoga Falls, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Friends of the Summit · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Himalayan Arts Language and Cultural Academy · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Hudson Community Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Neighborhood Development Services · Ravenna, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Summit County Domestic Relations Court · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$10,000
Akron Civic Theatre · 2023
$10,000
Peninsula Arts Academy · 2023
$9,999
City of Barberton · Barberton, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$9,999
Tinker'S Creek Watershed Partners · Twinsburg, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$9,840
Main Street Barberton · 2023
$8,000
Northeastern Educational Television of Ohio · Kent, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$8,000
Ohio Shakespeare Festival · Kent, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$8,000
Akron Parks Collaborative · 2023
$7,500
Akron Black Artist Guild · Akron, OH · 2024
Creative placemaking grants
$7,500
Akron Symphonic Winds · Hudson, OH · 2024
Creative placemaking grants
$7,500
Building for Tomorrow · Akron, OH · 2024
Creative placemaking grants
$7,500
Citizens Akron Church Dba the Vincent House · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward
$7,000
Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture · Akron, OH · 2024
Artsforward

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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.