Funding search · EIN 231639911 · Philadelphia, PA

The University of the Arts

Name: The University of the Arts grants, 2021–2022
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.

128
grants reported: $19.3M
total given: 2021–2022
filing years: $120,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2022. 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 cultural

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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.

Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania2 grants · $1.0M
The Barnes Foundation2 grants · $913,000
Fabric Workshop and Museum2 grants · $790,440
Mann Center for the Performing Arts2 grants · $785,556
Philadelphia Orchestra Association2 grants · $660,000
Philadelphia Theatre Company2 grants · $585,000
Temple University2 grants · $533,702
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates2 grants · $490,500
The Clay Studio2 grants · $479,568
Arcadia University Art Gallery2 grants · $468,000

Giving over time

$9.9M

2021

$9.5M

2022

Grant history

The 100 largest of 128 grants.

$645,000
The Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$534,400
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$500,090
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$498,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$479,640
Fabric Workshop and Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$468,000
Philadelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$455,612
Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$381,816
Asian Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$375,000
Philadelphia Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$369,000
Arcadia University Art Gallery · Glenside, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$358,068
National Constitution Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$348,651
Blackstar Projects · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$343,400
People'S Light and Theatre Company · Malvern, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$336,000
Village of Arts & Humanities · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$329,944
Mann Center for the Performing Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$314,784
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$310,800
Fabric Workshop and Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$297,300
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$278,358
Theatre Horizon · Norristown, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$277,200
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$270,000
The Wilma Theater · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$268,000
The Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$248,681
Pig Iron Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$234,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$223,000
The Crossing · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$222,480
African American Museum in Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$210,000
Philadelphia Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$204,463
The Academy of Natural Sciences · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$193,200
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$192,000
Philadelphia Orchestra Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$185,000
Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$181,500
Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$181,200
Opera Company of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$180,000
Philadelphia Fringearts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$171,050
Opera Company of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$168,492
Pig Iron Theatre Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$167,772
Free Library of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$164,784
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$164,667
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$161,825
The Print Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$160,000
Fleisher Art Memorial · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$152,400
Cliveden of the National Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$150,312
Theatre Horizon · Norristown, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
John Bartram Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
Library Company of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (Tilt) · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
The Wilma Theater · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
College of Physicians Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
Eastern State Penitentiary · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$144,000
People'S Light & Theatre Co · Malvern, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$135,000
Museum of Black Joy · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$127,844
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$127,280
Please Touch Museum · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$127,222
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$126,000
College of Physicians · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$126,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$124,000
Monument Lab · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$122,556
Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$121,920
Prism Quartet · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$120,000
African American Museum in Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$120,000
University City Science Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$120,000
Fringearts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$120,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$120,000
The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$119,930
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$119,611
Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$110,334
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$108,000
Curtis Institute of Music · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$108,000
Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$108,000
The Center for Art in Wood · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$105,000
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$105,000
Stenton Nscdapa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$102,600
Haverford College · Haverford, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$99,000
Arcadia University Art Gallery · Glenside, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$97,640
Ars Nova Workshop · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$96,000
Black Lily · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$96,000
Scribe Video Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$95,400
The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$90,000
Karmalux Llc · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$90,000
Fleisher Art Memorial · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$90,000
Maternity Care Coalition · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$90,000
Swarthmore College · Swarthmore, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$90,000
The Center for Art in Wood · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$89,200
Orchestra 2001 · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$89,109
Bucks County Historical Society · Doylestown, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$85,032
University City Arts League · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$83,600
Fund for the Water Works · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$79,200
Pennsbury Society · Morrisville, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$77,130
Girard College · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$76,500
Vox Populi · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$71,805
The Academy of Natural Sciences · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$68,000
Christ Church Preservation Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$66,700
Prism Quartet · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$66,000
Pennsbury Society · Morrisville, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$65,905
William Way Community Ctr · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$63,000
Eastern State Penitentiary · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$60,000
Seventh Ward Projects · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Arts and cultural projects
$60,000
Pennsylvania Accademy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects
$59,760
Nichole Canuso Dance Company · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Arts and cultural projects

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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.