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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “choreography”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,000 to NORTHEAST OHIO CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY — to establish the knight choreography prize at the national center for choreography (nccakron) in northeast ohio.
Akron Community FoundationAkron, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to NORTHEAST OHIO CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY DBA NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY — for general operating support
The Miami FoundationMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $982,763 · through 2024Largest: $450,382 to NORTHEAST OHIO CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY — program support
Largest: $750,000 to NORTHEAST OHIO CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY — to renew support for the creative administrative research program
Largest: $17,400 to REGIONAL DANCE AMERICA — choreography scholarships
Largest: $85,000 to SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET — female choreography project
Largest: $5,000 to PHILADANCO — dance and choreography
Largest: $25,000 to THE JOYCE THEATER — to provide support for the dance and choreography community and to advance public interest and appreciation
Largest: $19,671 to BROWN UNIVERSITY — to develop dances with robots, a podcast series that will investigate emerging robotic technologies through the lens of choreography
Largest: $5,000 to NORTHEAST OHIO CENTER FOR CHOREOGRAPHY — ideas in motion 2024-2025
Arts EtcJohns Island, SCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $28,947 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to Palmetto City Ballet — this in school assembly program introduces the students to what goes into creating a ballet from scratch. from the daily rehearsals of the dancers to the music, choreography, and s…
Largest: $10,000 to DANCEWEST BOOSTER CLUB — choreography, workshops, costuming, production costs for west high school dancewest program
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →