About Interlochen Center for the Arts
A gift to Interlochen is an investment in the life of an emerging artist: sustaining a community that nurtures talent, provides scholarships, supports guest artists, performances, and arts education across camp, academy, public radio, and year-round programs.
Focus Areas
Arts educationStudent scholarshipsPerforming and visual artsPublic radio / mediaCommunity outreach
Who They Fund
youth/art studentsemerging/aspiring young artistscamp participants
Funding Style
operating supportunrestricted/general operating fundingcapacity buildingdirect service support
About Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen Center for the Arts directs its giving toward keeping the Interlochen arts ecosystem operating: in 2025, its largest reported grant was $8,103,535 to Interlochen Arts Group for support for the operation of the Interlochen Arts Group. The second-largest grant that year, $2,340,464, went to Interlochen Arts Camp for support for the operation of the camp. Those awards point to a funder that backs core institutional activity rather than a broad external grant portfolio. The foundation’s public profile centers on arts education, student scholarships, performing and visual arts, public radio and media, and community outreach. Its stated audience includes youth and student artists, emerging artists, and camp participants. The existing program description also frames a gift as support for scholarships, guest artists, performances, and arts education across camp, academy, public radio, and year-round programs. A defining feature of this funder is its local concentration: the recent grants listed here all support Interlochen-based entities in Michigan. The result is a grantmaker whose work is closely tied to one institution and its related programs, with operating support and direct service support appearing in the grant descriptions.
What Interlochen Center for the Arts Funds
Arts education is a central theme in the foundation’s giving. The Interlochen Campus Visit Grant is a renewable tuition grant for students who complete an official in-person campus visit and enroll at Interlochen Arts Academy; it is applied directly to tuition and included in the student’s financial aid package upon re-enrollment. That structure links giving to enrollment and student aid. Performing and visual arts training also appear in the foundation’s support of institutional operations. In 2025, it gave $8,103,535 to Interlochen Arts Group for support for the operation of the Interlochen Arts Group, and $2,340,464 to Interlochen Arts Camp for support for the operation of the camp. The existing focus list also includes performing and visual arts, which aligns with those operating awards. The foundation’s broader program language includes public radio and media, community outreach, and youth arts programming, suggesting support for the full range of Interlochen’s educational and artistic activities.
How Interlochen Center for the Arts Gives
The typical grant size is large: the 25th percentile is $3,781,232, the median is $5,222,000, and the 75th percentile is $6,662,767. That distribution fits an institution-level funder making sizable operating awards rather than many small outside grants. The available grant records show a repeated pattern of support for affiliated Interlochen entities in 2025. The foundation also makes one renewable tuition grant program available for students who complete an official campus visit and enroll at Interlochen Arts Academy. It does not fund individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The giving profile here is local and institution-centered.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$10.4M
Total Assets
$322.8M
Total Revenue
$66M
Total Expenses
$26.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3.8M and $6.7M, with a median of $5.2M.
25th Percentile
$3.8M
Median
$5.2M
75th Percentile
$6.7M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in MI.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
PATRICK M KESSEL
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