Funding search · EIN 942600140 · Santa Cruz, CA

Arts Council Santa Cruz County

Name: Arts Council Santa Cruz County 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.

64
grants reported: $504,800
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,000
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 benefit community public

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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.

El Sistema4 grants · $34,800
Watsonville Film Festival4 grants · $34,000
Activities 4 All3 grants · $32,500
White Hawk Indian Council3 grants · $31,400
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music4 grants · $31,000
Esperanza Del Valle3 grants · $27,000
The 418 Project3 grants · $26,750
Pajaro Valley Arts Council3 grants · $23,625
Senderos - V3 grants · $21,000
Santa Cruz Art League3 grants · $20,950

Giving over time

$207,600

2021

$128,350

2022

$96,800

2023

$72,050

2024

Grant history

All 64 reported grants, largest first.

$14,750
The 418 Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$11,500
Santa Cruz Shakespeare · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$11,400
Activities 4 All · Watsonville, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$11,400
White Hawk Indian Council · Freedom, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$11,100
Activities 4 All · Watsonville, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$11,000
Kuumbwa Jazz Center · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Activities 4 All · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
El Sistema · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Esperanza Del Valle · Capitola, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Watsonville Film Festival · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
White Hawk Indian Council · Freedom, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
El Sistema · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Esperanza Del Valle · Capitola, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Santa Cruz Symphony · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
Watsonville Film Festival · Watsonville, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$10,000
White Hawk Indian Council · Freedom, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$9,700
Santa Cruz Art League · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$9,200
Tannery World Dance & Cultural · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$8,500
Fractured Atlas · New York, NY · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$8,500
Pajaro Valley Arts Council · Watsonville, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$8,125
Pajaro Valley Arts Council · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$8,125
Santa Cruz Shakespeare · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$8,000
Friends of Olympia Station · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$8,000
Santa Cruz Mountain Art Center · Ben Lomond, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$7,800
El Sistema · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Senderos · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Tannery World Dance · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Watsonville Film Festival · Watsonville, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Watsonville Taiko Group · Watsonville, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Cabrillo Stage · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
El Sistema · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Esperanza Del Valle · Capitola, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Pajaro Valley Arts Council · Watsonville, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Royal Eagle Bear Productions · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Senderos - V · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Watsonville Film Festival · Watsonville, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Senderos - V · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Jewel Theatre Company · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Music in May · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Senderos - V · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Tannery World Dance & Cultural · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
Watsonville Taiko · Watsonville, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$7,000
William James Association · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$6,100
Santa Cruz County Youth Symphony · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
Arte Del Corazon · Freedom, CA · 2024
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
Arte Del Corazon · Freedom, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
Motion Pacific · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
Santa Cruz Art League · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
Arte Del Corazon · Watsonville, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
Motion Pacific · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
The 418 Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community
$6,000
The 418 Project · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$5,250
Actors' Theater of Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$5,250
Indexical · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$5,250
Motion Pacific · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$5,250
Santa Cruz Art League · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$5,250
Santa Cruz Baroque Festival · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$5,250
Santa Cruz Chamber Players · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Benefit public & arts community
$5,100
Museo Eduardo Carrillo · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Benefit public & arts community

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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.