About Artsfund
ArtsFund supports the arts through leadership, advocacy, and grantmaking in order to build a healthy, equitable, and creative Washington.
Focus Areas
artscultureheritagesciencearts educationcapacity buildingcommunity recovery and resilience
Who They Fund
nonprofit organizations (general)unspecified populations
Funding Style
general operating supportproject-specific supportunrestricted / flexible fundingorganizational sustainability
About Artsfund
ArtsFund’s recent giving shows a clear pattern: it backs Washington arts organizations with repeated general support, and the largest grant in the record is $547,500 to Shunpike in 2025. That same year, Northwest Film Forum received $229,490 for general support, underscoring how the foundation combines larger operating grants with sustained institutional support. Across the recent grants list, the funder appears again and again in the Seattle arts ecosystem, supporting organizations such as Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Seattle Opera over multiple years. The grant purposes are often broad rather than narrowly programmatic, including general support and, in some cases, project support. ArtsFund’s stated focus areas include arts, culture, heritage, science, arts education, capacity building, community recovery and resilience, which matches the mix of cultural institutions and arts infrastructure in its grant records. The pattern suggests a funder working to sustain core arts organizations while also supporting the broader systems that help them operate.
What Artsfund Funds
In arts infrastructure, ArtsFund gave $547,500 to Shunpike in 2025 for general support, a sign that it funds the organizations that help the arts sector function behind the scenes. It also supported Northwest Film Forum with $229,490 in 2025 for general support, extending that operating-support approach to film and media. Performing arts are a major thread in the recent grants list: Seattle Symphony Orchestra received $170,540 in 2023 for general support and project support, and again $160,755 in 2024 for general support. The same pattern appears with Seattle Opera, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The 5th Avenue Theatre, and Village Theatre, all funded through general support or a mix of general and project support. ArtsFund also includes museums and visual arts institutions, such as the Seattle Art Museum and Henry Gallery Association Inc Dba Henry Art Gallery.
How Artsfund Gives
ArtsFund’s grant sizes cluster in the low five figures, with a p25 of $10,600, a median of $12,500, and a p75 of $23,800. The recent record also includes much larger operating grants to core arts institutions, showing that the distribution includes a smaller set of high-value awards alongside many smaller ones. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Act Theatre, Village Theatre, and Seattle Repertory Theatre, which points to recurring support rather than one-off awards. ArtsFund is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$12.2M
Total Assets
$7.4M
Total Revenue
$16.2M
Total Expenses
$15.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $11K and $24K, with a median of $13K.
25th Percentile
$11K
Median
$13K
75th Percentile
$24K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MICHAEL GREER
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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