Interlochen Center for the Arts

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