The Map Fund Inc
New York, NY · EIN 81-2547838. Reported 164 grants totalling $4,938,421 to 153 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
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 The Map Fund Inc, by its IRS classification it raises and distributes funds for arts & culture (NTEE A12).
- How spread out its giving is. 153 distinct organizations, with 3% 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. 7% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $30,000. Half of what it reported fell between $26,250 and $30,000; the smallest was $13,000 and the largest $108,696. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $168,696 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Tank Ltd | New York, NY | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre | Bronx, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Arts Exchange Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dancers Group | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Intersection for the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lookingglass Theatre Company | Chicago, IL | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Partnership for Providence Parks | Providence, RI | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Axis Dance Company | Berkeley, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ensemble Robot Incorporated | Lexington, MA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance Inc | Austin, TX | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ragamala Dance | Minneapolis, MN | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Performance Zone Inc | New York, NY | $53,100 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Theater Labrador Inc | New York, NY | $52,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Foundation for Independent Artists Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $51,375 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| 4N4K4LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Albany Park Theater Project | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Academy of Arts and Letters | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ananya Dance Theatre | Saint Paul, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Anikaya Akhra Inc | Somerville, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ars Nova Theater I Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art Council Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Art of the Matter Performance Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Artis Contemporary Israeli Art Fund Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Artogether | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Best Practices Policy Project | Morristown, NJ | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Label Movement | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bodhi Tree Concerts | La Jolla, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boston Dance Theater | Medford, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bramble Nfp | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brava for Women in the Arts | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation | Water Mill, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Carne Viva Dance Theatre | Miami, FL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Circo Zero | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Civic Ensemble Inc | Ithaca, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cornerstone Theater Company Inc | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Craigardan Inc | Elizabethtown, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Creative Action Unlimited Inc | East Greenbush, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Creative Time Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Culture Flow Projects | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Culture Push Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Deaf West Theatre Company Inc | Studio City, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Detroit Puppet Company | Detroit, MI | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Exapno New Music Community Center Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Experimental Sound Studio | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fictional Artists Contemporary Theatre San Franciso - Factsf | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fiji Theater Company Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Flux Theatre Ensemble Inc | Forest Hills, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flamencoysol LLC | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Flux Innovations LLC | Pasadena, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gilloury | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Gorno LLC | Bronx, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Guerilla Opera Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre Northwest | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hero Theatre Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hidden Voices | Cedar Grove, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Honey Pot Performance | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartache and Paint LLC | Saint Louis, MO | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Inkboat Inc | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iranian Female Composers Association | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kulintang Arts Inc | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kamara Thomas Music Inc | Durham, NC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kinesis Project Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Nomadic Division Land | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Merrimack Repertory Theatre | Lowell, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mira Theatre Guild | Vallejo, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mixed Blood Woman Projects | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Naks Naman Corporation | Somerville, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Nava Dance Theatre | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neo Philanthropy Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Foundation for the Arts Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Live Arts Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northwest Arkansas Communitycreative Center | Fayetteville, AR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ole Education Fund | Albuquerque, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Other Minds | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oye Group Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pano Pra Manga Arts Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peoples Theatre Project Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pioneers Go East Collective Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pones Inc | Highland Hgts, KY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Bandaloop | Oakland, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Proyectoteatro | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Red Eye Collaboration | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rosy Simas Danse Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rebecca Kwan | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Revival Arts Consulting LLC | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Secret to Life Inc | Northfield, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Shabach Enterprise | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Street Symphony Project Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Talilomarfilmusic LLC | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Teada Productions | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Teatro Del Pueblo Inc | St Paul, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Civilians Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Tower Foundation of San Jose State University | San Jose, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theater Offensive Inc | Boston, MA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Theatre Latte-Da | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theatre Novi Most | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Theatre of the Emerging American Moment | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tierra Caliente Academy of Arts | Vista, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tonality | Los Angeles, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Una Inc | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Urban Theater Chicago Nfp | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ulysses | Sunnyvale, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vineyard Theatre and Workshop Center Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vision Into Arts Presents Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vida Magica Love LLC | Baltimore, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wills Players | Sherman Oaks, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| World Arts West | San Francisco, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yaa Samar Dance Theater | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yara Arts Group Inc | New York, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Yarnwire Inc | Ridgewood, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young One Incorporated | Chevy Chase, MD | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sozo Impact Inc | Oakland, CA | $27,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Contemporary Arts Center | Cincinnati, OH | $27,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Arts Services Initiative of Western New York | Buffalo, NY | $26,750 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ignition Arts Inc | York, PA | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zeitgeist | Red Wing, MN | $26,250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Performance Network Inc | New Orleans, LA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Agitarte | Cambridge, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Abre Comino Collective | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Beth Morrison Projects Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Contra Tiempo | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Creative Legacy Projects LLC | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dance Iquail Inc | Philadelphia, PA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Epiphany Foundation for the Arts | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Floating Museum Nfp | Chicago, IL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Contemporary Ensemble Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jean Appolon Expressions Inc | Malden, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Jess Curtisgravity Inc | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Latsky Dance Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Lower Bottom Playaz Inc | Oakland, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Liz Glynn Studio Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mountain Time Arts | Bozeman, MT | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Theatre Workshop Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Nouveau Classical Project Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Poetic Societies Inc | Hamtramck, MI | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| President & Trustees of Colby College | Waterville, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Propagation Project LLC | Tucson, AZ | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| San Francisco Girls Chorus Inc | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Silk Road Project Inc | Somerville, MA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Skywatchers | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Spiderwoman Theatre Workshop Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sarah Cameron Sunde Studio Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Synchronicity Theatre | Atlanta, GA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tickle the Sleeping Giant Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Unit Souzou LLC | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Universes Inc | Ashland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Winesap Music LLC | Columbus, OH | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Wonder and Invention Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Zaccho S F | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Center for Applied Theater and Active Culture | Akron, OH | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
11 of 153 (7%) received money in more than one year over the 3 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 117 of 153 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 | 47 | $1,288,421 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 59 | $1,885,000 | $30,000 |
| 2023 | 58 | $1,765,000 | $30,000 |
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
36% of its giving went to organizations in New York. 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
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $30,000 -- 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 New York.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The Map Fund Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 228 Park Ave S Pmb 30006, New York, NY, 10003.
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