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Western States Arts Federation

Name: Western States Arts Federation grants, 2021–2023
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.

228
grants reported: $3.8M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $8,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Western Arts Alliance3 grants · $671,003
Arts Northwest3 grants · $96,600
Indigenousways3 grants · $58,339
Pu'Uhonua Society3 grants · $54,839
Guam Council On the Arts and Humanities Agency2 grants · $50,000
Rising Youth Theatre1 grant · $48,839
Su Teatro Cultural & Performing Arts Center El Centro Su Teatr1 grant · $45,964
Platteforum1 grant · $43,839
Crows Shadow Institute of the Artscrow'S Shadow1 grant · $43,839
Galluparts1 grant · $43,839

Giving over time

$1.8M

2021

$1.0M

2022

$992,525

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 228 grants.

$288,858
Western Arts Alliance · Portland, OR · 2023
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$273,998
Western Arts Alliance · Portland, OR · 2022
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$108,147
Western Arts Alliance · Portland, OR · 2021
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$48,839
Rising Youth Theatre · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
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$47,000
Arts Northwest · Port Angeles, WA · 2023
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$45,964
Su Teatro Cultural & Performing Arts Center El Centro Su Teatr · Denver, CO · 2021
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$43,839
Artequity Community · Pasadena, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Black Theatre Troupe · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
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$43,839
California Indian Museum & Cultural Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Crows Shadow Institute of the Artscrow'S Shadow · Pendleton, OR · 2021
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$43,839
Fresh Meat Productions · San Francisco, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Galluparts · Gallup, NM · 2021
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$43,839
Indigenousways · Santa Fe, NM · 2021
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$43,839
Kids in the Spotlight · Burbank, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Langston · Seattle, WA · 2021
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$43,839
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Moanalua Gardens Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2021
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$43,839
Museo De Las Americas · Denver, CO · 2021
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$43,839
Platteforum · Denver, CO · 2021
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$43,839
Playhouse Arts · Arcata, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Qcc- the Center for Lgbt Art & Culture · San Francisco, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project · San Francisco, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Rocky Mountain Arts Association · Denver, CO · 2021
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$43,839
San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Co · San Francisco, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Teatro Vision · San Jose, CA · 2021
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$43,839
Unified Outreach · Seattle, WA · 2021
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$43,839
Velocity Dance Center · Seattle, WA · 2021
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$38,839
Equinox Theatre Company Dba Verge Theater · Bozeman, MT · 2021
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$38,839
Kumu Kahua Theatre · Honolulu, HI · 2021
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$38,839
Pu'Uhonua Society · Honolulu, HI · 2021
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$35,239
Cultural Coalition · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
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$32,000
Arts Northwest · Port Angeles, WA · 2022
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$30,939
The Dr Shirley Linzy Young Artists Orchestra of Las Vegas · Henderson, NV · 2021
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$30,000
National Pacific American Leadership Institute · Edmunds, WA · 2023
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$28,839
Ark Regional Services Inccooper Center for the Creative Arts · Laramie, WY · 2021
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$28,839
Juneau Arts and Humanities Council · Juneau, AK · 2021
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$28,839
Mountain Time Arts · Bozeman, MT · 2021
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$28,839
Preserverance Theatre · Douglas, AK · 2021
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$28,839
Rock On Wheels Dba Boise Rock School · Boise, ID · 2021
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$28,839
The Art Museum of Eastern Idaho · Idaho Falls, ID · 2021
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$26,940
Northern Colorado Intertribal Pow-Ow Assoc · Fort Collins, CO · 2021
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$26,639
Free2luv · Seattle, WA · 2021
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$25,839
Brown Soul Productions · Seattle, WA · 2021
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$25,000
Guam Council On the Arts and Humanities Agency · Hagatna, GU · 2022
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$25,000
American Samoa Council On Arts Culture & Humanities · Pago Pago, AS · 2021
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$25,000
Guam Council On the Arts and Humanities Agency · Hagatna, GU · 2021
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$23,239
Cook Inlet Housing Authority · Anchorage, AK · 2021
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$19,839
Salty Cricket · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021
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$17,600
Arts Northwest · Port Angeles, WA · 2021
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$16,039
Relative Theatrics · Laramie, WY · 2021
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$15,839
Plan-B Theatre Company · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021
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$15,839
Zoeglossia · Las Cruces, NM · 2021
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$15,000
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2023
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$15,000
Yvonne Etaghene · Yuma, AZ · 2023
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$15,000
Arts Commission of Greater Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2022
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$12,750
Story Crossroads · West Jordan, UT · 2022
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$12,500
Mundi Project · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
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$12,500
Mundi Project · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
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$12,250
Pinedale Fine Arts Council · Pinedale, WY · 2022
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$12,225
Centrum Foundation · Port Townsend, WA · 2022
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$12,039
Arts for All Nevada · Reno, NV · 2021
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$12,000
University of Utah · Carol Stream, IL · 2023
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$11,900
Young Musicians · San Diego, CA · 2023
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$11,750
Auditorium Chamber Music Series · Moscow, ID · 2023
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$11,500
Ogden Friends of Acoustic Music · Ogden, UT · 2022
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$11,150
Anchorage Concert Association - Tw · Anchorage, AK · 2022
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$11,100
Mountain Time Arts · Seattle, WA · 2023
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$11,000
City of Las Vegas - Dept of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affa · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
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$11,000
Jazz in Arizona · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
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$11,000
Pinedale Fine Arts Council · Pinedale, WY · 2023
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$11,000
City of Las Vegas - Dept of Parks Recreation and Cultural Affa · Las Vegas, NV · 2022
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$10,988
Mission Valley Live · Polson, MT · 2022
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$10,839
Mediarites · Portland, OR · 2021
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$10,250
City of Fort Collins Lincoln Center for the Perf Arts · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
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$10,250
Gila Valley Arts Council · Sonoma, CA · 2023
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$10,000
Dancers Workshop · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
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$10,000
Isla Montessori School · Saipan, MP · 2023
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$10,000
Mango · Saipan, MP · 2023
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$10,000
Mary Zhang · Arimo, ID · 2023
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$10,000
500 Sails · 2022
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$10,000
Dancers Workshop · Jackson, WY · 2022
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$10,000
Isla Montessori School · Saipan, MP · 2022
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$10,000
Mango · Saipan, MP · 2022
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$10,000
Mountain Home Arts Council · Mountain Home, ID · 2022
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$10,000
US-Japan Cultural Trade Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022
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$10,000
Guam Humanities Council · Hagatna, GU · 2021
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$10,000
Wyoming Arts Council - Wimi Program · Cheyenne, WY · 2021
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$9,500
Community Concerts of Treasure Valley · Mesa, AZ · 2023
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$9,500
Gold Canyon Arts Council · Gold Canyon, AZ · 2023
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$9,500
Lancaster Performing Arts Center Foundation · Lancaster, CA · 2023
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$9,500
Avokado Artists · Placitas, NM · 2022
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$9,500
Community Concerts of Treasure Valley · Ontario, OR · 2022
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$9,500
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology · Socorro, NM · 2022
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$9,240
Blue Sage Center for the Arts · Paonia, CO · 2023
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$9,000
Del Norte Association for Cultural Awareness · Crescent City, CA · 2023
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$9,000
Board of Trusteesleland Stanford Jr University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
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$9,000
The Lensic Performing Arts Center · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
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$9,000
Washington Center for the Performing Arts · Olympia, WA · 2022
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$8,965
Orcas Center · Eastsound, WA · 2022
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$8,910
Global Lounge Incorporated · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
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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.