Mid-America Arts Alliance
Kansas City, MO · EIN 23-7303693. Reported 331 grants totalling $7,337,204 to 261 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
261organizations funded
$15,000median reported grant
$7,337,204granted, 2020-2024
33%of grantees funded again the next year
2%of dollars to its largest recipient
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Mid-America Arts Alliance, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A260) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 261 distinct organizations, with 2% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 33% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 56% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $15,000. Half of what it reported fell between $8,500 and $33,023; the smallest was $5,040 and the largest $85,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Schedule I only reports grants over $5,000. Form 990 requires a charity to list recipients it paid more than that and lets it omit the rest, so every grant-size figure on this page describes the grants it reported, not all of them. Its real median is lower and its real recipient count is higher. This is also why these numbers cannot be compared with the private-foundation figures elsewhere on this site -- Form 990-PF has no reporting floor, so the two are different populations rather than two samples of one.
37 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $321,313 in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
All 261 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received a reported grant.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interurban Arthouse | Overland Park, KS | $120,115 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greenwood Cultural Center Inc | Tulsa, OK | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma Visual Arts Coaliton Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $97,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| El Museo Latino | Omaha, NE | $95,280 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Armed Services Arts Partnership | Alexandria, VA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods | Riverwoods, IL | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Association of Latino Arts & Culture | San Antonio, TX | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Norman Arts and Humanities Council | Norman, OK | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Outside the Lens | San Diego, CA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Union for Contemporary Art Inc | Omaha, NE | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Black Liberated Arts Center | Oklahoma City, OK | $89,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dallas Black Dance Theatre | Dallas, TX | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Project Row Houses | Houston, TX | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cara Mia Theatre Co | Dallas, TX | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Nebraska Writers Collective | Omaha, NE | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas | Pine Bluff, AR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Ensemble Theater | Houston, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mexic-Arte | Austin, TX | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| National Blues Museum | Saint Louis, MO | $72,500 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Black Archives of Mid-America Inc | Kansas City, MO | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| No Divide Kc | Kansas City, MO | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ra-Ve Cultural Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Johnson County | Overland Park, KS | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Oklahomans for the Arts Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Say Si | San Antonio, TX | $63,900 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| St Louis Artworks | Saint Louis, MO | $63,610 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Exit 12 Dance Company Inc | New York, NY | $58,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Spacetaker | Houston, TX | $56,650 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Artsconnect Inc | Topeka, KS | $56,150 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Path With Art | Seattle, WA | $52,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Harvester Arts | Wichita, KS | $51,150 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| American Jazz Museum | Kansas City, MO | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Anastasis Theatre Co | Omaha, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Red Barn Retreat | Blythewood, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creative Movement Inc | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Decolonizing the Music Room | Fort Worth, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Deltaarts Inc | West Memphis, AR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Diaz Music Institute | Kingwood, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Echo Collective | Lincoln, NE | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Entre LLC | Harlingen, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| East Lubbock Art House | Lubbock, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great Promise for American Indians | Austin, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Islamic Arts Society | Spring, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Local Enviromental Action Demanded Agency Inc | Miami, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mission Belonging Inc | Rockville, MD | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center | Hendersonvlle, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mosaic Arts Collective | Springfield, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mulberry Arts Inc | Wichita, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Deaf History Arts and Culture Inc Mdhac | Olathe, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Native Fashion Arts Collective LLC | Tulsa, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Soul Rep Theatre Company | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Art Place Initiative Inc | Saint Louis, MO | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Third Space Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Black Actor's League LLC | Tulsa, OK | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Visionairi Foundation | Fayetteville, AR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Museum of Glass | Tacoma, WA | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Resounding Joy Inc | San Diego, CA | $48,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blixt Locally Grown | Lincoln, NE | $47,200 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Art Spark Texas | Austin, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| University of Kansas Center for Research Inc | Lawrence, KS | $42,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Bff Omaha Inc | Omaha, NE | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bihl Haus Arts Inc | San Antonio, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bootheel Youth Museum Inc | Kennett, MO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Calico Rock Community Foundation Inc | Calico Rock, AR | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Traditional Music and Dance Inc | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Choregus Productions Inc | Tulsa, OK | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Circle Theatre Inc | Omaha, NE | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Music Center of Houston | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Mesa | Mesa, AZ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dance of Asian America | Houston, TX | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Diavolo Dance Theatre | Los Angeles, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Frontline Arts a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation | Branchburg, NJ | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Josephine Herrick Project | New York, NY | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Modern Warrior Live | Cleveland, OH | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Human Achievement | Austin, TX | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Old Globe Theatre | San Diego, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salina Art Center Inc | Salina, KS | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Louis African Chorus | Saint Louis, MO | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tacoma Arts Live | Tacoma, WA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center | Tampa, FL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Kansas African American Museum Inc | Wichita, KS | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Theatre & Arts Foundation of San Diego County | La Jolla, CA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cosacosa Art at Large Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $36,800 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theatre Lab | Washington, DC | $35,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Why Arts Inc | Omaha, NE | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texans for the Arts Foundation | Austin, TX | $34,670 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Arkansans for the Arts | Little Rock, AR | $33,920 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Prison Performing Arts | Saint Louis, MO | $33,375 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| De-Cruit Inc | New York, NY | $30,308 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mid America All Indian Center Inc | Wichita, KS | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Teatro Hispano De Dallas | Dallas, TX | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Macarthur Museum of Arkansas Military History | Little Rock, AR | $29,123 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Texas Folklife Resources | Austin, TX | $28,765 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Dancing Well the Soldier Project Inc | Louisville, KY | $28,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allied Arts of Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Amplify Arts | Omaha, NE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Delaware Art Museum | Wilmington, DE | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Folk Alliance International | Kansas City, MO | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Indianapolis Art Center Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Killeen Creators | Killeen, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawrence Arts Center Inc | Lawrence, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Seattle Opera | Seattle, WA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Songwritingwith Inc | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nebraskans for the Arts Inc | Omaha, NE | $24,678 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Greentrike | Tacoma, WA | $23,958 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arts Council of Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City, OK | $23,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Mount Sequoyah Center Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tennessee Shakespeare Company | Cordova, TN | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Charles B Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts Inc | Ardmore, OK | $22,766 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allison Orr Dance Inc | Austin, TX | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Arkansas Educational Telecommunications Network Fdn | Conway, AR | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Autismoklahomaorg Inc | Edmond, OK | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Collide | Austin, TX | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Salvage Vanguard Theater | Austin, TX | $22,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Missouri Alliance for Arts Education | Kansas City, MO | $21,150 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Virginia Beach Art Center Inc | Virginia Bch, VA | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Art for the Journey | Richmond, VA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arts Center Association Inc | St Petersburg, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Austin Film Society | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Black Repertory Theatre of Kansas City | Kansas City, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Creativets | Nashville, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creativity Unlimited Arts Council | North Platte, NE | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Huntingdon County Arts Council | Huntingdon, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lawrence Childrens Choir Inc | Lawrence, KS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art Inc | Shawnee, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manhattan Arts Center Inc | Manhattan, KS | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Missouri Citizens for the Arts | Joplin, MO | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Inc | Austin, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pegasus Media Project | Dallas, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tejas Storytelling Association | Denton, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Anderson Center for the Arts | Houston, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trucha | Mcallen, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tulsa Community Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma Foundation Inc | Chickasha, OK | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voice of Arkansas Minority Advocacy Council | Jonesboro, AR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dance Source Houston | Houston, TX | $19,520 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Anchorage Concert Association Inc | Anchorage, AK | $19,020 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Caregivers on the Homefront Inc | Kansas City, MO | $19,016 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa Inc | Tulsa, OK | $18,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Washington Drama Society Inc | Washington, DC | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Johnson County Park and Recreation District Opera | Overland Park, KS | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Old State Capitol Foundation Inc | Baton Rouge, LA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Western Carolina University Foundation | Cullowhee, NC | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capitol View Arts | Austin, TX | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Artists Collective | Houston, TX | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado State University | Fort Collins, CO | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| India Fine Arts Inc | Austin, TX | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Writers League of Texas | Austin, TX | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| West Nebraska Arts Center 106 E 18TH St | Scottsbluff, NE | $15,800 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Apollo Chamber Players | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Blue Barn Theatre | Omaha, NE | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Contemporary Arts Museum Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Glass Half Full Theatre | Austin, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Houston Grand Opera Association Inc | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Laumeier Sculpture Park | Saint Louis, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Low Key Arts | Hot Springs, AR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mesner Puppet Theater | Kansas City, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Performing Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Prism Movement Theater | Dallas, TX | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| So Say We All | San Diego, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Black Repertory Company Inc | University Cy, MO | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas Accountants & Lawyers for the Arts | Austin, TX | $14,712 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Art Maker LLC | Pawhuska, OK | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Irving Arts Center | Irving, TX | $13,920 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Irving Archives and Museum | Irving, TX | $13,680 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Junior Players Guild | Dallas, TX | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nebraska Folklife Network Inc | Waverly, NE | $12,448 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Literary Cleveland | Cleveland, OH | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Dance Council | Dallas, TX | $11,460 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jim Thorpe Association Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $11,220 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Robert M Merryman Performing Arts Center | Kearney, NE | $11,218 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for San Luis Obispo County Public Libraries | Sn Luis Obisp, CA | $10,950 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hot Springs Area Cultural Alliance | Hot Springs, AR | $10,344 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Annie & Abel Van Meter State Park | Miami, MO | $10,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art Maker LLC | Skiatook, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Inc | Baltimore, MD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue River Arts Council Inc | Crete, NE | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brady Craft Inc | Tulsa, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Photographic Arts Center Inc | Denver, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Canterbury Voices Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dances of India | Saint Louis, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| East Lubbock Art House | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Flatlands Dance Theater | Lubbock, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Grand River Arts Council | Lemmon, SD | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hispanic Festival Inc | Florissant, MO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Intoto Creative Arts Forum | Birmingham, AL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Make Art With Purpose Incorporated | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Marshall University Research Corporation | Huntington, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Montgomery County Council for the Arts Inc | Mt Sterling, KY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Open Mouth Reading Series | Fayetteville, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Spark Creative Lab Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Carnegie Hall Corporation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The H E L P USA Fund Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Visual Arts Center of Richmond | Richmond, VA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tilt | Austin, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| True Soul Media Group | Rogers, AR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| U S a Film Festival | Dallas, TX | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Urbanglass New York Contemporary Glass Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Yew Mountain Center | Hillsboro, WV | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chamber Music Tulsa Inc | Tulsa, OK | $9,985 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Western Plains Arts Association | Colby, KS | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kinetic Ensemble | Houston, TX | $8,600 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stillwater Museum Association Inc | Stillwater, OK | $8,550 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Des Moines Art Festival Inc | Des Moines, IA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Northwest Arkansas Council Foundation | Springdale, AR | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Truman State University Foundation | Kirksville, MO | $8,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts Asylum | Kansas City, MO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for African American Military History Inc | Houston, TX | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cohesion Dance Project | Helena, MT | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Radio Project | Cortez, CO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Donna Lexa Community Art Centers | Waukesha, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Edmundson Art Foundation Inc | Des Moines, IA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Footprints Inc | Kansas City, MO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts Inc | Annapolis, MD | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Foundation | Spokane, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Studio Project Inc | Evanston, IL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Piece By Piece | Los Angeles, CA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seattle Repertory Theatre | Seattle, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Kansas Alliance for the Arts in Education | Urich, MO | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The National Jazz Museum in Harlem | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama | Birmingham, AL | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kansas City Public Library | Kansas City, MO | $7,980 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Arkansas - Little Rock | Little Rock, AR | $7,980 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Collier County Museums | Naples, FL | $7,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Levoy Theatre Preservation Society Inc | Millville, NJ | $7,738 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Art League of Houston | Houston, TX | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts | Omaha, NE | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Canton Museum of Art | Canton, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Art Museum St Louis | Saint Louis, MO | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Perpetual Motion Modern Dance Oklahoma Inc | Oklahoma City, OK | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Regina Klenjoski Dance Company | Wichita, KS | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theatre Squared Inc | Fayetteville, AR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Claude and Donalda Stauth Foundation | Montezuma, KS | $7,400 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Organ Vespers Series Incorporated | Omaha, NE | $7,325 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Music Education Initiative | Rogers, AR | $7,250 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Texas State History Museum Foundation | Austin, TX | $6,840 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Memphis Museums Inc | Memphis, TN | $6,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capital University | Columbus, OH | $6,150 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Del Rio Council for the Arts | Del Rio, TX | $6,045 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Chickasaw Cultural Center | Sulpher, OK | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers & Accountants for the Arts | Kansas City, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kentucky Shakespeare Festival Inc | Louisville, KY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lux Center for the Arts | Lincoln, NE | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Seminole Nation Historical Society | Wewoka, OK | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts | Saint Louis, MO | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Converse Library at Glenrock | Glenrock, WY | $5,800 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National World War I Museum and Memorial | Kansas City, MO | $5,760 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washakie Museum | Worland, WY | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
62 of 261 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
It also reported 4 groups of grants to individuals -- scholarships, emergency assistance and similar. Schedule I reports these by category with a headcount and never by name, so there is nothing here we could publish about the recipients even if we wanted to.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 204 of 261 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 68 | $1,960,086 | $20,000 |
| 2021 | 117 | $2,268,225 | $15,000 |
| 2022 | 61 | $934,229 | $8,400 |
| 2024 | 85 | $2,174,664 | $15,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
25% of its giving went to organizations in Texas. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
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- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $15,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Texas.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Mid-America Arts Alliance's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 84 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 3 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2018 Baltimore Ave, Kansas City, MO, 64108.
EIN 23-7303693 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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