Funding search · EIN 540784570 · Fairfax, VA
Arts Council of Fairfax County
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 101
- grants reported
- $2.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $13,549
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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Funding pattern
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16 grants matching “tickets” · $486,500
- $55,539
1st Stage · Tysons, VA · 2024
Operating support,project support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $52,158
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra Ica) · Reston, VA · 2024
Ticket subsidy and participation grant,operating support,project support
- $46,056
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2024
Operating support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $26,974
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Operating support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $16,972
Iranian-American Community Center · McLean, VA · 2024
Project support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $10,920
Mount Vernon Community Children'S · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Operating support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $70,815
1st Stage · Tysons, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $63,039
Nextstop Theatre Company · Herndon, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $59,178
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $32,927
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $14,334
The Reston Chorale · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating support grant and ticket subsidy grant
- $10,610
City of Fairfax Theatre Company · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operating support grant and ticket subsidy grant
- $6,161
Virginia Winds Academy · Springfield, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $6,101
Artists in Motion · Herndon, VA · 2023
Ticket subsidy grant
- $5,782
Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringers of Nv · Oakton, VA · 2023
Operating support grant and ticket subsidy grant
- $8,934
Virginia Chamber Orchestra-V · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating support, ticket subsidy and pandemic recovery
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- Nextstop Theatre Company3 grants · $178,478
- Creative Cauldron3 grants · $157,536
- Balletnova Center for Dance3 grants · $128,227
- 1st Stage2 grants · $126,354
- McLean Project for the Arts2 grants · $109,991
- Fairfax Symphony Orchestra3 grants · $88,488
- American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras2 grants · $86,626
- Traveling Players Ensemble2 grants · $84,963
- McLean Project for the Arts (Mpa)1 grant · $61,212
- Music for Life3 grants · $54,573
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 101 grants.
- $70,815
1st Stage · Tysons, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $68,169
McLean Project for the Arts · McLean, VA · 2023
Operating support and project support grant
- $66,080
Nextstop Theatre Company · Herndon, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $63,039
Nextstop Theatre Company · Herndon, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $61,212
McLean Project for the Arts (Mpa) · McLean, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $59,178
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $57,010
Balletnova Center for Dance · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $55,539
1st Stage · Tysons, VA · 2024
Operating support,project support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $53,392
Traveling Players Ensemble · Great Falls, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $52,302
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $52,158
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra Ica) · Reston, VA · 2024
Ticket subsidy and participation grant,operating support,project support
- $50,580
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras · Annandale, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $49,359
Nextstop Theatre Company · Herndon, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $46,056
Creative Cauldron · Falls Church, VA · 2024
Operating support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $43,354
1st Stage · Tysons Corner, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $42,955
Workhouse Arts Foundation · Lorton, VA · 2023
Operating support and project support grant
- $41,822
McLean Project for the Arts · McLean, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $40,124
Workhouse Arts Center · Lorton, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $40,118
Traveling Players Ensemble · Great Falls, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $39,517
Greater Reston Arts Center · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating support and project support grant
- $37,198
Balletnova Center for Dance · Falls Church, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $36,046
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras · Annandale, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $34,019
Balletnova Center for Dance · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $32,927
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra · Merrifield, VA · 2023
Project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $31,679
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating support, project support, and pandemic recovery
- $31,571
Traveling Players Ensemble · Great Falls, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $29,895
American Youth Philharmonic Orchestra · Annandale, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $28,587
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $26,974
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra · Merrifield, VA · 2024
Operating support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $21,110
Public Art Reston · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $20,446
Music for Life · Springfield, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $19,359
Reston Community Players · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $19,204
Fall for the Book · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $18,967
Music for Life · Springfield, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $18,826
City of Fairfax Band Association · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $18,743
City of Fairfax Band Association · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $18,724
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing a · Vienna, VA · 2022
Project support
- $18,649
City of Fairfax Band Association · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $18,015
Workhouse Arts Foundation · Lorton, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $17,556
Fall for the Book · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $17,106
We Rock Cancer · McLean, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $16,972
Iranian-American Community Center · McLean, VA · 2024
Project support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $16,147
Virginia Ballet Company and School · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Project support
- $15,972
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing a · Vienna, VA · 2023
Project support grant
- $15,160
Music for Life · Springfield, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $14,484
We Rock Cancer · McLean, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $14,334
The Reston Chorale · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating support grant and ticket subsidy grant
- $14,296
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts · Vienna, VA · 2024
Project support
- $14,260
Washington West Film Festival · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $13,558
Arts Herndon · Herndon, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $13,549
Artists in Motion · Herndon, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $13,549
The Reston Chorale · Reston, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $13,420
The Choralis Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $13,149
The Choralis Foundation · Reston, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $13,067
The Daily Poetry Association · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operating support and project support grant
- $12,707
Gin Dance Company · Reston, VA · 2023
Project support grant
- $12,547
Fall for the Book · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $12,460
Vienna Arts Society · Vienna, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $11,464
Vienna Jammers · Vienna, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $11,381
City of Fairfax Theatre Company · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $11,134
Mount Vernon Community Children'S Theatre · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $10,920
Mount Vernon Community Children'S · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Operating support,ticket subsidy and participation grant
- $10,610
City of Fairfax Theatre Company · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operating support grant and ticket subsidy grant
- $10,580
Gin Dance Company · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating support, project support, pandemic recovery, and dolly vogt
- $10,248
The Reston Chorale · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $10,000
Artists in Motion · Herndon, VA · 2022
Pandemic recovery and tickety subsidy
- $9,953
Mount Vernon Community Children'S Theatre · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $9,604
Cappies of the National Capital Area · McLean, VI · 2023
Operating support grant
- $9,570
Iranian American Community Center · McLean, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $9,484
The Vienna Jammers Percussion Ensemble · Vienna, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $8,934
Virginia Chamber Orchestra-V · Alexandria, VA · 2022
General operating support, ticket subsidy and pandemic recovery
- $8,514
Washington West International Film Festival · Reston, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $8,172
Gin Dance Company · Reston, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $8,082
Virginia Winds Academy · Springfield, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $7,964
Vienna Jammers Percussion Ensemble · Vienna, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $7,721
Workhouse Arts Center · Lorton, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $7,439
Washington West Film Festival · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $7,379
Reston Community Players · Reston, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $7,173
The Daily Poetry Association · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Project support
- $7,006
Public Art Reston · Reston, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $7,000
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2022
Pandemic recovery
- $6,835
Cappies of the National Capital Area · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $6,801
New Dominion Chorale · McLean, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $6,507
Falls Church Arts · Falls Church, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $6,470
Amadeus Concerts · Great Falls, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $6,296
New Dominion Chorale · McLean, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $6,277
City of Fairfax Theatre Company · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $6,197
Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation · Falls Church, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $6,161
Virginia Winds Academy · Springfield, VA · 2023
Operating support, project support and ticket subsidy grant
- $6,101
Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringers of Northern Virginia · Oakton, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $6,101
Artists in Motion · Herndon, VA · 2023
Ticket subsidy grant
- $6,000
Wartist · Vienna, VA · 2022
General operating support and pandemic recovery
- $5,829
Acting for Young People Stages · Fairfax, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $5,782
Virginia Bronze Handbell Ringers of Nv · Oakton, VA · 2023
Operating support grant and ticket subsidy grant
- $5,763
The Cappies Nca · McLean, VA · 2022
General operating support
- $5,702
Vienna Arts Society · Vienna, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $5,561
Public Art Reston · Reston, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $5,361
Reston Community Players · Reston, VA · 2024
Operating support
- $5,304
Vienna Choral Society · McLean, VA · 2023
Operating support grant
- $5,098
Virginia Chamber Orchestra · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Operating support,project support
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