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Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

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$47.4M
in grants paid
318
grants
231
recipients
2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

  • $3.8M

    Kunstmuseum Basel · 2024

    Art for museum collection

  • $3.5M

    Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · 2024

    Art for museum collection

  • $1.3M

    Foundation for Contemporary Arts · New York, NY · 2024

    Endowment: hf award for painting

  • $666,667

    Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2024

    2024 arc support (3 of 3)

  • $500,000

    World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2024

    Ukraine heritage response fund (3 of 3)

  • $340,000

    Swiss Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    2024 nyc arts (consortium: 15 arts organizations) (2 of 3)

  • $220,000

    Bennington College Corporation · Bennington, VT · 2024

    2024 museum fellows term program (2 of 5)

  • $100,000

    Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Flint Institute of Arts · Flint, MI · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Ellis-Beauregard Foundation · Rockland, ME · 2024

    Support for ellis-beauregard foundation artist campus

  • $100,000

    Westbeth Corp Housing Development Fund Company · New York, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Waterfire Providence · Providence, RI · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    The New School · New York, NY · 2024

    Final univ. In exile installment grant

  • $100,000

    The New School · New York, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Piqua Arts Council · Piqua, OH · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Asheville Glass Art School Aka North Carolina Glass Center · Asheville, NC · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York City, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    Kinosaito · Verplanck, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $100,000

    National Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $99,346

    Marian & Edward Macdowell · Peterborough, NH · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $98,890

    The Long Island Museum Association · Stony Brook, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $98,220

    George Eastman Museum · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $85,000

    Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $75,000

    The Art Connection · New York, NY · 2024

    Support of teen reviewers and critics and teens curate teens programs (2 of 2)

  • $75,000

    Mancos Common Press · Mancos, CO · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $71,553

    Aha Projects · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Frankenthaler climate initative ("fci") 2024 implementation

  • $66,500

    Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024

    Fci year 4 (2 of 2)

  • $64,975

    Environment & Culture Partners · Tacoma, WA · 2024

    Fci year 5

  • $60,000

    The Graduate Center Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

    Global curatorial training initiative (2 of 3)

  • $56,364

    Environment & Culture Partners · Tacoma, WA · 2024

    Fci year 4

  • $56,000

    Studio in a School Association · New York, NY · 2024

    Arts intern program (2 of 2)

  • $50,000

    The Millay Colony for the Arts · Po Box Austerlitz, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $50,000

    The Chinati Foundation · Marfa, TX · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $50,000

    Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $50,000

    Rhode Island School of Design · Providence, RI · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $50,000

    Haleakala Inc Aka the Kitchen · New York, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 technical assistance

  • $50,000

    Lake Placid Association for Music & Art · Lake Placid, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation

  • $50,000

    Corporation of the Fine Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping- de young museum of art

  • $50,000

    President & Trustees of Williams College · Williamstown, MA · 2024

    Fci 2024 implementation - williams college museum of art

  • $50,000

    Arlington Museum of Art · Arlington, TX · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $50,000

    Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $50,000

    Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024

    Harrison exhib support: survival piece #5 (2024)

  • $50,000

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance - weisman art museum

  • $50,000

    Maryland Institute College of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $50,000

    School of the Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $49,210

    Hunter Museum of American Art · Chattanooga, TN · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $45,000

    Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance

  • $38,000

    International Studio & Curatorial Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Hff residency (3 of 3)

  • $30,000

    Madison Square Park Conservancy · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support (2 of 3)

  • $30,000

    Center for Curatorial Leadership · New York, NY · 2024

    Support of core programming (2 of 3)

  • $30,000

    Arttable · New York, NY · 2024

    Support 2024 fellowship program (2 of 2)

  • $30,000

    The Brooklyn Rail · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General operating support (2 of 3)

  • $26,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Artist endowed foundations initiative (2 of 3)

  • $25,000

    Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping - tyler school of art & architecture

  • $25,000

    New Britain Museum of American Art · New Britain, CT · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Center for Photography at Woodstock · Kingston, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Frist Art Museum · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Storefront for Art & Architecture · New York City, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    University of Illinois Foundation · Champaign, IL · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation · North Adams, MA · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Blank Forms · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    The Corporation of Yaddo · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    The Colorado College · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Ps1 Contemporary Art Center · Long Island City, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Giorno Poetry Systems Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $25,000

    Quoddy Tides Foundation · Eastport, ME · 2024

    Support for energy efficiency study for masonic hall renovation

  • $22,857

    University System of New Hampshire · Plymouth, NH · 2024

    Fci 2024 tech assistance - museum of the white mountains

  • $20,000

    Giorno Poetry Systems Institute · New York, NY · 2024

    Support for 2024 salon series

  • $19,500

    The Bakehouse Art Complex · Miami, FL · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping

  • $15,000

    New Mexico Highlands University Foundation · Las Vegas, NM · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Publicolor · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support (2 of 2)

  • $15,000

    Racing Magpie · Rapid City, SD · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Kaneko · Omaha, NE · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Steven Myron Holl Foundation · Rhinebeck, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Carolee Schneemann Foundation · New Paltz, NY · 2024

    Support for window replacement at historic artist's home

  • $15,000

    Housatonic Community College Foundation · Bridgeport, CT · 2024

    Fci 2024 scoping - housatonic museum of art

  • $15,000

    Taft Museum of Art · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Contemporary Art Museum St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Edmundson Art Foundation · Des Moines, IA · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst - des moines art center

  • $15,000

    Art in Residence · Lancaster, CA · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    Pennsylvania College of Technology · Williamsport, PA · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $15,000

    The University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst - neubauer collegium for culture and society

  • $15,000

    Thomas Cole Historic House · Catskill, NY · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $14,439

    Museo De Arte De Puerto Rico · San Juan, PR · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $13,650

    Haystack Mountain School of Crafts · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $13,000

    Bennington College Corporation · Bennington, VT · 2024

    2025 fellows cohort

  • $12,500

    Drawing Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General operating support

  • $11,560

    Akron Art Museum · Akron, OH · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $10,000

    The Brooklyn Institute of Art & Sciences Aka Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    Support 2024-2025: brooklyn artists exhibition

  • $7,500

    Primary Information · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    2024 operational support

  • $7,500

    The Museum of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

    Support participation in cimam conference 2024

  • $6,000

    Artists Space · New York City, NY · 2024

    Michael asher exhibition support

  • $5,596

    Massachusetts Design Art & Tech Institute · New Bedford, MA · 2024

    Fci 2024 catalyst

  • $5,000

    Bennington College Corporation · Bennington, VT · 2024

    2024 creative legacy fellowship

  • $5,000

    National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    Support of 2023 "re/sisters" exhibition at barbican centre

  • $5,000

    On This Spot Nyc · New York, NY · 2024

    Season three support

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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. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.