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Grantmaking public charityEIN 560599829

THE DURHAM ARTS COUNCIL INC

DURHAM, NC 27701

Total Assets

$1.2M

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$465K

FY 2023

Grants Made

80

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$6K

FY 2023

Grant Range

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Programs & Activities

Program 1

$808K

Arts education programs dac's arts center school provided 710 classes for 6,773 youth & adults in visual, performing & literary arts & 10 weeks of youth arts camps. Enrollment increased 66.2% vs. Fy23. The dac creative arts in schools program (caps) provided 151 programs to 25,089 students at 114 sites in durham, orange, granville, chatham and person counties. Caps provides curriculum-based arts residencies, performances & workshops to strengthen academic outcomes. Dac school & caps arts education programs provided 861 contract jobs that paid $367,423 to teaching artists in fy24.

Program 2

$664K

Arts program and facility support services dac manages & programs the historic dac building as a premier venue for artists, arts organizations, & community groups in downtown durham. Dac programs its galleries, theatres, rehearsal spaces, studios & classrooms for the arts community & public 7 days a week. Dac is the 4th most visited facility in downtown durham and has the largest attendance among comparable regional arts centers. Pre-pandemic fy2019, dac building, and events attracted attendance of 413,234; hosted 5,028 events & programs & managed 26,127 hours of facility use. Post pandemic, in fy2024, attendance rebounded to 414,351 with 5,156 events and programs and 29,014 hours of managed facility use.

Focus Areas

ArtsCulture & Humanities

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$2.7M

Total Expenses

$2.8M

Giving Over Time

6 years

Giving over time from 2017 to 2023. Peak $590K in 2020. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

294 grants

Grant Size Distribution

294 grants

<$10K
261
grants
$10–50K
30
grants
$50–250K
3
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

2 states

North Carolina
$1.8M
99% of total
New York
$17K
1% of total

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