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State of Grantseeking for Arts Organizations

  

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Arts, Culture, and Humanities organizations (broadly grouped as “arts organizations”) receive more grants from private foundations than from any other grant source.  

The average largest grant for the 100 arts organizations in the State of Grantseeking survey was less than a quarter the size of the average largest grant for all organizations in the survey -- $71,028 for arts organizations versus an average largest grant of $312,000 for all organizations.

Other key statistics about arts organizations from the State of Grantseeking survey:

• 50% of arts organizations submitted 6-10 grant requests in the first six months of 2011
• 24% received 3-5 grant awards;
• 68% received the same number or more grants than in the first six months of 2010

Download the Arts Organizations State of Grantseeking Fact Sheet to read the rest of the results.