Funding search · EIN 521219079 · Ellicott City, MD

Howard County Arts Council

Name: Howard County 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.

127
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $12,645
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 development baltimore city cultural howard outreach

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts4 grants · $234,628
Columbia Orchestra4 grants · $206,608
Columbia Fesival3 grants · $178,986
Kinetics Dance Theatre4 grants · $144,385
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $136,073
Candlelight Concert Society3 grants · $132,600
Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd4 grants · $120,067
Baltimore Museum of Art4 grants · $90,612
Center Stage Associates4 grants · $82,351
Maryland Science Center4 grants · $81,760

Giving over time

$555,037

2021

$591,549

2022

$600,024

2023

$602,832

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 127 grants.

$60,000
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development.
$60,000
Columbia Fesival · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development.
$60,000
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts · Columbia, MD · 2022
Community arts development.
$59,493
Columbia Fesival · Columbia, MD · 2022
Community arts development.
$59,493
Columbia Fesival · Columbia, MD · 2021
Community arts development.
$57,973
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts · Columbia, MD · 2021
Community arts development.
$56,655
Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development.
$55,650
Columbia Festival · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development.
$55,500
Columbia Orchestra · Ellicott City, MD · 2024
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$53,845
Columbia Orchestra · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$50,950
Columbia Orchestra · Ellicott City, MD · 2022
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$46,313
Columbia Orchestra · Ellicott City, MD · 2021
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$45,000
Candlelight Concert Society · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development.
$43,800
Candlelight Concert Society · Columbia, MD · 2022
Community arts development.
$43,800
Candlelight Concert Society · Columbia, MD · 2021
Community arts development.
$43,251
Chamber Music Maryland · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development.
$41,250
Kinetics Dance Theatre · Ellicott City, MD · 2024
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$37,700
Kinetics Dance Theatre · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$34,960
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$34,799
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$34,160
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$33,825
Kinetics Dance Theatre · Ellicott City, MD · 2022
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$33,311
Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd · Ellicott City, MD · 2024
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$32,718
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$32,154
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$31,623
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$31,610
Kinetics Dance Theatre · Ellicott City, MD · 2021
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$30,641
Maryland Zoological Society · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$30,589
Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$30,107
Maryland Zoological Society · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$28,461
Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd · Ellicott City, MD · 2022
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$27,706
Columbia Pro Cantare Ltd · Ellicott City, MD · 2021
Community arts development and jrt subsidy.
$23,853
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$23,051
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$22,319
Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$22,000
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$22,000
Center Stage Associates · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$21,708
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$21,515
Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$21,159
Center Stage Associates · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$21,150
Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$20,529
Center Stage Associates · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$18,663
Center Stage Associates · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$17,735
Walters Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$16,830
Walters Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$16,776
Maryland Science Center · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$16,742
Port Discovery Children'S Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$16,386
Baltimore Museum of Industry · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$16,303
National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant
$16,123
Walters Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$15,957
Port Discovery Children'S Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$15,598
Baltimore Museum of Industry · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$15,561
Port Discovery Children'S Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$15,322
National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant
$15,300
Walters Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$14,800
Howard County Poetry & Lit Society · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development.
$14,700
Howard County Poetry & Lit Society · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development.
$14,642
Port Discovery Children'S Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$14,602
Howard County Poetry & Lit Society · Columbia, MD · 2022
Community arts development.
$14,602
Howard County Poetry & Lit Society · Columbia, MD · 2021
Community arts development.
$12,980
National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant
$12,941
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Outreach howard county.
$12,736
National Aquarium in Baltimore · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$12,645
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Outreach howard county.
$12,513
Baltimore Museum of Industry · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$12,489
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Outreach howard county.
$11,617
Baltimore Museum of Industry · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$10,000
Howard Community College · Columbia, MD · 2024
Guest artist grant.
$10,000
Howard Community College · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$9,386
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Outreach howard county.
$8,079
Howard County Chinese School · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$7,600
Misako Ballet Company · Columbia, MD · 2023
Jrt subsidy and community arts development.
$7,600
Misako Ballet Company · Columbia, MD · 2022
Jrt subsidy and community arts development.
$7,559
Misako Ballet Company · Columbia, MD · 2024
Jrt subsidy and community arts development.
$7,500
Silhouette Stages · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$7,438
American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$7,157
American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$7,051
American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$7,033
Misako Ballet Company · Columbia, MD · 2021
Jrt subsidy and community arts development.
$6,831
Howard County Chinese School · Ellicott City, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$6,324
American Visionary Art Museum · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Outreach howard and baltimore city arts and cultural grant.
$6,000
Columbia Bands · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Hopeworks of Howard County · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Lpr Enterprises · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Maryland Winds · Ellicott City, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Muslim Family Center · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Winter Growth · Columbia, MD · 2024
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Columbia Bands · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
First Evangelical Lutheran Church · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Hopeworks of Howard County · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Maryland Winds · Ellicott City, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Muslim Family Center · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Silhouette Stages · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Winter Growth · Columbia, MD · 2023
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Columbia Bands · Columbia, MD · 2022
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Ec250 · Catonsville, MD · 2022
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
First Evangelical Lutheran Church · Ellicott City, MD · 2022
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Hopeworks of Howard County · Ellicott City, MD · 2022
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Howard Community College Educational Foundation (Rep Stage) · Columbia, MD · 2022
Community arts development grant.
$6,000
Lpr Enterprises · Columbia, MD · 2022
Community arts development grant.

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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.