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6 funders with a record of paying for “performingarts”

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The Vredenburg Foundation → Lucas County Arts Council: $60K across 3 grants, latest 2025Hieronymus Family Fund Inc → International Society of Bassists: $12K across 4 grants, latest 2025The Marc D Murr Foundation Inc → Michigan Youth Ballet Theater: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Fash Foundation → Casa Manana: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Heck Foundation → 6th Street Playhouse: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024Thomas Martin Foundation → Kauffman Ctr for Perf Arts: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025The Marc D Murr Foundation Inc → My Bt: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Heck Foundation → Transcendence Theater Co: $3K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Vredenburg Foundation: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.The Vredenburg Foundation$60KHieronymus Family Fund Inc: $12K on this topic. Open the funder.Hieronymus Family Fund Inc$12KThe Marc D Murr Foundation Inc: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.The Marc D Murr Foundation Inc$10KThe Heck Foundation: $6K on this topic. Open the funder.The Heck Foundation$6KFash Foundation: $4K on this topic. Open the funder.Fash Foundation$4KThomas Martin Foundation: $2K on this topic. Open the funder.Thomas Martin Foundation$2KLucas County Arts Council: received $60K on this topicLucas County Arts Council$60KInternational Society of Bassists: received $12K on this topicInternational Society of Bassis…$12KMichigan Youth Ballet Theater: received $5K on this topicMichigan Youth Ballet Theater$5KMy Bt: received $5K on this topicMy Bt$5KCasa Manana: received $4K on this topicCasa Manana$4K6th Street Playhouse: received $3K on this topic6th Street Playhouse$3KTranscendence Theater Co: received $3K on this topicTranscendence Theater Co$3KKauffman Ctr for Perf Arts: received $2K on this topicKauffman Ctr for Perf Arts$2K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →