About Three Arts Scholarship Fund
Three Arts Scholarship Fund Inc. appears to be a single‑purpose fund that supports scholarships for arts students, channeling its entire giving through the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. Its sole recorded grant is a large scholarship gift, suggesting the foundation’s primary objective is to fund arts education awards rather than operating programs directly.
Focus Areas
Scholarships for students in performing and visual arts (Cincinnati area)Endowed/managed scholarship funds held at a community foundationPostsecondary access/support for arts students
Who They Fund
studentspostsecondary/college studentsindividual scholars
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: one very large grant routed through a local community foundation to fund scholarships. Funds are likely endowed or managed long‑term rather than distributed as many small direct grants.
Funding Style
scholarship funding
About Three Arts Scholarship Fund
Three Arts Scholarship Fund Inc. centers its giving on scholarships for arts students, with a 2024 transfer of $5,876,378 to the Greater Cincinnati Foundation for scholarship support. That single grant anchors a pattern of funding arts education through a community-foundation vehicle rather than operating its own scholarship program directly. The fund’s recent record also shows repeated support for colleges and universities in the Cincinnati region and nearby Ohio and Kentucky campuses, pairing scholarship awards with program support. Within that pattern, the University of Cincinnati received both program support and scholarships in 2023, while the Art Academy of Cincinnati received grants for the same two purposes. Miami University, Northern Kentucky University, Xavier University, and Wright State University also appear in the recent grants list, indicating a broad higher-education footprint across institutions that enroll arts students. The foundation’s activity is concentrated in Ohio, and its grants include both institutional support and direct scholarship awards. Its structure suggests a scholarship fund focused on managing awards for students in performing and visual arts through established educational and community partners.
What Three Arts Scholarship Fund Funds
Arts education is the clearest thread in the grant record. The Art Academy of Cincinnati received $16,000 for scholarships and another $16,000 for program support, showing attention to both student aid and institutional capacity. At Xavier University, the foundation supported both program work and scholarships with separate 2023 grants, and the University of Cincinnati also received funding in both categories. The funder also supports several Ohio campuses outside Cincinnati. Miami University and Wright State University each appear with scholarship and program-support awards, while University of Dayton and Cedarville University show up in the recent list as well. In Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More University received scholarship-related funding. The repeated pairing of scholarship and program-support grants points to a funder that backs the infrastructure around arts education, not only individual awards.
How Three Arts Scholarship Fund Gives
Typical grants are modest to mid-sized, with a p25 of $2,300, a median of $6,800, and a p75 of $30,475. The recent record is dominated by one very large 2024 scholarship transfer, followed by a set of smaller 2023 awards across universities and scholarship programs. The grant list shows recurring support to the same institutions within a single year, often in both program-support and scholarship lines, which suggests a managed scholarship structure rather than one-off project grants. The foundation funds individuals and institutions, and it does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.9M
Total Assets
$0
Total Revenue
$300K
Total Expenses
$5.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $30K, with a median of $7K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$7K
75th Percentile
$30K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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