About Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is a nonprofit dedicated to ensuring the Lincoln Center campus is a destination that welcomes all — offering inspiration, artistic innovation, and community through robust, year‑round performing arts programming and complementary educational activities.
Focus Areas
Performing artsArts educationCommunity grantsArtist developmentAccessibility initiatives
Who They Fund
performing artists and arts organizationsgeneral public/audiences/visitorslocal community and neighborhood businesses
Funding Style
capital infrastructure fundingproject-specific/capital campaign supportrestricted/construction funding
About Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
A defining feature of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Inc is its sustained funding for redevelopment of the Lincoln Center campus. The three largest recent grants on file all went to Lincoln Center Development Project Inc in New York for that purpose, with awards of $5,840,192 in 2024, $3,983,164 in 2025, and $2,407,604 in 2023. That pattern shows a funder investing across multiple years in the physical and programmatic setting where its arts work happens. Beyond campus redevelopment, the foundation’s active programs point to a broader role in performing arts access and artist support. Its grant and fellowship umbrella includes artist fellowships, scholarships, and other funding initiatives for artists, students, and arts organizations. The named programs also include Artist Development, Community Grants, Leadership Fellows, Avery Fisher Artist Program, Kenan Fellowship, The Collider Fellowship, and the Lincoln Center Campus Fund. The foundation’s public profile centers on a performing arts campus that is meant to welcome all, with year-round programming and educational activities. In that context, grantmaking appears closely tied to the campus, its resident organizations, and the community around it.
What Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Funds
In campus redevelopment, the foundation gave $5,840,192 in 2024 to Lincoln Center Development Project Inc for redevelopment of the Lincoln Center campus. A second grant of $3,983,164 in 2025 to the same recipient continued that work. Its program pages also show a focus on artist support. The Grants & Scholarships umbrella covers financial awards and resources to artists, students, and arts organizations, including scholarships and artist fellowships. Community-facing work appears in the Community Grants program, which supports neighborhood-focused projects and organizations that advance access, community engagement, and arts participation on and around the Lincoln Center campus. Artist Development similarly emphasizes support for artists and projects that expand access, equity, and creative opportunities on the campus. Leadership development is another visible strand through Leadership Fellows, which is listed as a fellowship focused on leadership and arts administration.
How Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Gives
The available grant-size data shows a high-dollar pattern: the 25th percentile is $3,195,384, the median is $3,983,164, and the 75th percentile is $4,911,678. That distribution indicates that even the smaller grants in the recent set are substantial. The same recipient appears across multiple years, suggesting recurring support rather than isolated one-off awards. Lincoln Center Development Project Inc received grants in 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation does not fund individuals, and the active program pages show no public unsolicited application route in the scraped content. Its funding profile also includes restricted and project-specific support tied to campus redevelopment and modernization.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12.2M
Total Assets
$1.2B
Total Revenue
$171.7M
Total Expenses
$220M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3.2M and $4.9M, with a median of $4M.
25th Percentile
$3.2M
Median
$4M
75th Percentile
$4.9M
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
About 100% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JIM O'HARA
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