Funding search · EIN 581371546 · Asheville, NC

Asheville Area Arts Council

Name: Asheville Area 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.

75
grants reported: $681,789
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $7,875
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 community business relief grassroots build schools event

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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.

Leaf Global Arts1 grant · $26,562
Delta House Life Development of Asheville3 grants · $23,808
Asheville Downtown Association1 grant · $21,765
Leaf Global Arts2 grants · $18,875
Asheville Symphony Society1 grant · $18,417
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts2 grants · $17,500
Umoja Health Wellness and Justice Collective1 grant · $17,500
Asheville Community Theatre2 grants · $16,000
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area2 grants · $15,250
North Carolina Stage Company2 grants · $14,625

Giving over time

$11,156

2021

$144,695

2022

$140,500

2023

$385,438

2024

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$26,562
Leaf Global Arts · Asheville, NC · 2024
Event support grant, arts business relief grant, grassroots arts program, arts for schools
$21,765
Asheville Downtown Association · Asheville, NC · 2024
Event support grant, arts business relief grant
$18,417
Asheville Symphony Society · Asheville, NC · 2024
Event support grant, arts business relief grant, arts for schools, grassroots arts program
$17,500
Umoja Health Wellness and Justice Collective · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts for schools, arts business relief grant, grassroots arts program
$14,500
Pack Place Performing Arts · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant, arts build community
$14,250
Local Cloth · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts for schools, arts business relief grant, grassroots arts program
$13,375
Asheville Community Theatre · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant, arts build community
$12,500
Asheville City Schools Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts for schools
$12,500
North Carolina Glass Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts business relief grant, grassroots arts program
$12,225
Blue Ridge Pride Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Event support grant
$12,000
Asheville Creative Arts · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Arts for schools, arts build community, arts business relief grant
$11,500
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$11,375
Arts for Life · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$11,375
Black Mountain Swannanoa Valley Arts Center · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$11,375
North Carolina Stage Company · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program
$11,375
The Center for Craft Creativity & Design · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$11,375
Leaf Global Arts · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$11,000
Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$10,686
Asheville Music School Sound Education · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$10,686
Southern Highland Handicraft Guild · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$10,500
Asheville Symphony Society · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Art
$10,000
Asheville Contemporary Dance Theatre · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$10,000
Cherokee Historical Association · Cherokee, NC · 2024
Arts business relief grant, arts for schools
$10,000
Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$10,000
Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$10,000
Asheville Symphony Society · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$10,000
Delta House Life Development of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$9,643
Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce Community Betterment Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Event support grant
$9,500
Asheville Creative Arts · Black Mountain, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$9,250
Montford Park Players · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts business relief grant, grassroots arts program
$9,250
Asheville Community Theatre · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$9,250
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$9,000
White Horse Stepstone · Black Mountain, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts business relief grant
$8,875
Asheville Museum of History · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts build community
$8,500
Delta House Life Development of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$8,131
The Montford Moppets Youth Shakespeare Company · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts build community, arts business relief grant, grassroots arts program
$7,983
Open Hearts Art Center · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$7,875
Open Hearts Art Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts build community
$7,875
North Carolina Stage Company · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$7,500
Playground Stage Children'S Theatre · Weaverville, NC · 2024
Grassroots arts program, arts for schools
$7,500
Center for Craft · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$7,500
Asheville Art Museum · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$7,500
Asheville Music School · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$7,500
Asheville Writers in the Schools · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$7,500
Beloved Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$7,500
Hola Community Arts · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$7,500
Leaf Global Arts · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$7,000
Asheville Art Museum Association · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts build community, arts business relief grant
$7,000
Friends of Community Radio · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts business relief grant, arts build community
$7,000
Playground Stage Children'S Theatre · Weaverville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,750
Arts for Life · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$6,750
Asheville Community Theatre · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,750
Montford Park Players · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,750
North Carolina Stage Company · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,006
Hood Huggers Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts build community, arts business relief grant
$6,006
Story Parlor · Asheville, NC · 2024
Arts build community, arts business relief grant
$6,000
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$6,000
North Carolina Glass Center · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$6,000
Open Hearts Art Center · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$6,000
Umoja Health Wellness and Justice Collective · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$6,000
Arts for Life · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,000
Black Mountain College Museum Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,000
Center for Craft · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,000
Urban Arts Institute · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$6,000
Wortham Center for the Performing Arts · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts
$5,848
Asheville Writers in the Schools · Asheville, NC · 2021
Support Community Arts
$5,686
The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music · Asheville, NC · 2024
Grassroots art program
$5,625
Asheville Art Museum Association · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$5,625
Asheville Music School · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$5,625
Black Mountain Center for the Arts · Black Mountain, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$5,625
Black Mountain College Museum Arts Center · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$5,625
Montford Park Player · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$5,625
Southern Highland Craft Guild · Asheville, NC · 2023
Support Community Arts
$5,308
Delta House Life Development of Asheville · Asheville, NC · 2021
Support Community Arts
$5,212
Asheville Glass Art School · Asheville, NC · 2022
Support Community Arts

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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.