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Sherman Fairchild Foundation

Name: Sherman Fairchild Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

250
grants reported: $152.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $82,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

phase summer stipend arts conservation services emergency technology

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Capital and endowment gifts to major museums, libraries, seminaries
Undergraduate science equipment and summer research stipends at liberal arts colleges
Arts & Technology program grants at small colleges (~$45K-$206K)
Museum conservation and collections care at mid-size art museums
Cryoelectron microscopy and research instrumentation at research universities
Small local grants to youth, arts, and Salvation Army emergency services

Typical grant

Median grant is $82,500 and the middle half runs $30,000 to $193,502, so most of what they do is modest. The money, though, is barely distributed by that median: single gifts of $2M to $10M to institutions like Union Theological Seminary, Northwestern, The Morgan Library, Bard, and Worcester Art Museum swallow most of the $152M. Repeat giving is real at both ends, with Northwestern funded at $7.5M in consecutive years and the structured college programs recurring by phase.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“General Support”
“Summer Stipend Program”
“Museum Conservation Program”
“Arts & Technology Program”
“Conservation and Collections Care”

Positioning adjacent work

If you are at a liberal arts college, frame the ask as undergraduate science equipment or summer student research, sized $40K-$125K.
Science instrumentation asks travel well here; cite the Northwestern cryoEM gifts as the model for shared-facility capacity.
Museum-affiliated researchers should lead with conservation and collections care, not curatorial scholarship, at $80K-$125K.
Multi-million requests need institutional profile and a named capital or endowment purpose, not project support.

Worth knowing: Giving concentrates hard in New York, DC, California, and Illinois, and the eight-figure gifts go to long-standing marquee institutions in ways that read relationship-driven rather than competitive. The reliable entry points are the phased college programs (SEP Phase XVI, A&T Phase VI, Summer Stipend, Museum Conservation), which recur year to year at predictable sizes.

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art4 grants · $15.8M
Northwestern University2 grants · $15.0M
California Institute of Technology3 grants · $13.2M
University of Southern California9 grants · $10.3M
The Morgan Library & Museum1 grant · $10.0M
Union Theological Seminary1 grant · $10.0M
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill1 grant · $7.5M
The New 42nd Street1 grant · $5.8M
University of Miami1 grant · $5.0M
Bard College1 grant · $5.0M

Giving over time

$57.4M

2022

$46.3M

2023

$48.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 250 grants.

$15.0M
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
Imaging and Conservation
$10.0M
Union Theological Seminary · New York, NY · 2024
Burke Library Renovations
$10.0M
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Centennial Support
$7.5M
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Cryoelectron Microscopy Advancement
$7.5M
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Cryoelectron Microscopy Advancement
$7.5M
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Chancellor's Science Scholars Program
$7.4M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
SXS Program
$5.8M
The New 42nd Street · New York, NY · 2024
General Support FY24-27
$5.0M
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024
Two Micro College Endowed Chairs
$5.0M
Worcester Art Museum · Worcester, MA · 2024
Conservation and Collections Care
$5.0M
Partnership Schools · New York, NY · 2023
General Support/Establish Fellowship
$5.0M
University of Miami · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
Education Innovation Endowment
$5.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
High-Tech Scholar Program
$5.0M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Center for Quantum Precision Measurement
$5.0M
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
High-Tech Scholar Program
$3.0M
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts · New York, NY · 2023
Tradition and Innovation Education
$2.0M
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2024
General Support
$2.0M
Yale Divinity School · New Haven, CT · 2024
Living Village Residential Complex
$2.0M
The Apollo Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Multi-Year Program Support
$1.5M
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General Support
$1.4M
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2023
Center for Art Conservation Campaign
$1.4M
The Frick Collection · New York, NY · 2022
Center for Art Conservation Campaign
$1.0M
The Apollo Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Multi-Year Program Support
$1.0M
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2023
General Support
$1.0M
The Apollo Theater Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Multi-Year Program Support
$1.0M
Central Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2022
Institute for Urban Parks/Capital Projects
$1.0M
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2022
General Support
$850,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
SXS Computer Resources
$833,334
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Arts, Diversity and Technology Initiative
$833,333
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Arts, Diversity and Technology Initiative
$790,000
Buffalo State College Foundation · Buffalo, NY · 2022
Conservation Training Initiative
$790,000
Institute of Fine Arts · New York, NY · 2022
Conservation Training Initiative
$790,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2022
Conservation Training Initiative
$750,000
Nxthvn · New Haven, CT · 2024
Arts, Entrepreneurship and Community
$750,000
Nxthvn · New Haven, CT · 2023
Stipends for Studio and Curatorial Fellows
$700,000
The Salvation Army of Greater New York Division · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
$700,000
The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters · New York, NY · 2023
General Support
$600,000
The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters · New York, NY · 2022
General Support
$500,000
The Boys' Club of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General Support
$500,000
The Partnership for Inner City Education · Ny, NY · 2023
Partnership Schools
$500,000
The Boys Club of New York · New York, NY · 2022
HS & College access programs
$500,000
The Partnership for Inner City Education · Ny, NY · 2022
Partnership Schools
$500,000
The Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2022
Makeba Clay Diversity Fellowship
$301,000
La Casa Norte · Chicago, IL · 2022
Technololy Platform Update
$300,000
The Salvation Army Mass Division · Canton, MA · 2024
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Salvation Army Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Salvation Army National Capital Area Command · Washington, DC · 2024
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Salvation Army North & Central Ill Division · Chicago, IL · 2024
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Salvation Army of Greater Cleveland · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Salvation Army of Greater New York Division · New York, NY · 2024
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2023
Education in Museum
$300,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2023
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Emergency Services
$300,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
Education in Museums
$250,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
Discretionary Support
$250,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Dan Weiss discretionary support
$250,000
The Salvation Army · Chicago, IL · 2022
Emergency Services
$250,000
The Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters · Canton, MA · 2022
Emergency Services
$225,000
Nxthvn · New Haven, CT · 2022
Stipends for Studio and Curatorial Fellows
$206,770
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2022
A&T Phase VI
$206,285
Purchase College Foundation · Purchase, NY · 2024
Arts & Technology Program
$204,128
Shepherd University Foundation · Shepherstown, WV · 2024
Arts & Technology Program
$193,602
Clark University · Worcester, MA · 2024
Arts & Technology Program
$193,200
Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022
A&T Phase VI
$175,000
Building One Community Corp · Stamford, CT · 2022
Immigration Services
$170,948
Lafayette College · Easton, PA · 2023
A&T Phase VI
$167,715
College for Creative Studies · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts & Technology Program
$166,980
Hamline University · St Paul, MN · 2024
Arts & Technology Program
$158,945
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022
Arts & Technology Program - Phase V
$158,704
Lewis and Clark College · Portland, OR · 2022
A&T Phase VI
$156,935
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2023
A&T Phase VI
$156,747
Beloit College · Beloit, WI · 2022
A&T Phase VI
$153,000
Skidmore College · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2023
20-21 general support
$151,000
Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2023
A&T Phase VI
$140,409
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art · New York, NY · 2022
Arts & Technology-Phase V
$132,620
Lewis and Clark College · Portland, OR · 2023
A&T Phase VI
$125,000
Henry Gallery Association · Seattle, WA · 2024
Museum Conservation Program
$125,000
Juniata College · Huntingdon, PA · 2024
SEP Phase XVI
$125,000
Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2024
Museum Conservation Program
$125,000
Oakland Museum of California · Oakland, CA · 2024
Museum Conservation Program
$125,000
Shelburne Museum · Shelburne, VT · 2024
Museum Conservation Program
$125,000
The Chrysler Museum · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Museum Conservation Program
$125,000
Willamette University · Salem, OR · 2024
SEP Phase XVI
$125,000
Gustavus Adophus College · Saint Peter, MN · 2023
SEP Phase XV
$125,000
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2023
SEP Phase XV
$125,000
Willamette University · Salem, OR · 2023
SEP Phase XVI
$125,000
Gustavus Adophus College · Saint Peter, MN · 2022
SEP Phase XV
$125,000
Knox College · Galesburg, IL · 2022
SEP Phase XV
$125,000
Tougaloo College · Tougaloo, MI · 2022
20-21 general support
$124,993
Tougaloo College · Tougaloo, MI · 2023
20-21 general support
$124,963
Laguardia Community College · Long Island City, NY · 2023
SEP Phase XVI
$124,894
Laguardia Community College · Long Island City, NY · 2024
SEP Phase XVI
$124,583
St Mary'S College of Md Foundation · St Marys City, MD · 2022
SEP Phase XV
$123,500
Cornell College · Mt Vernon, IA · 2023
SEP Phase XVI
$122,839
Lewis and Clark College · Portland, OR · 2024
A&T Phase VI
$122,650
Rollins College · Winter Park, FL · 2023
SEP Phase XVI
$122,600
Rollins College · Winter Park, FL · 2024
SEP Phase XVI
$121,500
Juniata College · Huntingdon, PA · 2023
SEP Phase XVI
$106,095
New Mexico Highlands University Foundation · Las Vegas, NM · 2022
SEP Phas XV
$100,000
Queens College Foundation · Flushing, NY · 2024
Summer Stipend Program

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.