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 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

pandemicrecoverysubsidyticketparticipationdollyticketyvogt

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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

$651,819
2022
$768,151
2023
$717,569
2024

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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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.