Funding search · EIN 387106076 · Philadelphia, PA

The Forman Family Foundation

Name: The Forman Family Foundation grants, 2020–2024
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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.

75
grants reported: $24.1M
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

1 grant matching “cecily” · $25,000

$25,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Support the cecily brown exhibition

Top recipients

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

Forman Arts Initiative5 grants · $19.4M
Washington University4 grants · $725,000
Forman Arts Initative1 grant · $715,000
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation1 grant · $666,667
Philadelphia Museum of Art4 grants · $574,000
Vetri Community Partnership2 grants · $310,000
Rodeph Sholom Congregation4 grants · $220,400
Friends' Central School2 grants · $210,000
The Cat Collaborative2 grants · $190,000
Drexel University3 grants · $110,000

Giving over time

$13.1M

2020

$8.6M

2022

$2.0M

2023

$475,000

2024

Grant history

All 75 reported grants, largest first.

$12.5M
Forman Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
This grant is intended to provide the forman arts initiative funds to acquire untitled dss 137 sculpture by donald judd in furthering the organization's mission.
$5.5M
Forman Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to fai for art purchase
$717,500
Forman Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to fai for building purchases for future museum
$715,000
Forman Arts Initative · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$666,667
Cobbs Creek Restoration and Community Foundation · West Conshohocken, PA · 2023
Support of the campaign for the cobbs creek restoration and community foundation.
$500,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Endowment support of it starts here:campaign for the philadelphia museum of art (installment 5of 5)
$455,000
Forman Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to fai to support art commission and art work grant programs
$300,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2024
Forman family foundation scholarship
$300,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023
Forman family foundation scholarship
$300,000
Forman Arts Initiative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$200,000
Friends' Central School · Wynnewood, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$165,000
The Cat Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$160,000
Vetri Community Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$150,000
Vetri Community Partnership · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Vetri community partnership pledge (installment 3 of 3)
$100,000
Big Picture Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Bpp pledge to support real world learning program for students at el centro de estudiantes (installment 2 of 2)
$100,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Support chancellor's fund for excellence
$75,000
Rodeph Sholom Congregation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Endowment campaign - support the synagogue
$75,000
Rodeph Sholom Congregation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Endowment campaign - support the synagogue
$60,000
Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to support theaster gates programming at drexel
$55,000
Creative Time · New York, NY · 2022
Support for charles gaines' project 'the american manifest'
$50,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Support for cara fry endowment
$50,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Support of the cara k. Fry university endowment and enhancing the universitys art collections
$50,000
Teach for America Greater Philadelphia · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Leadership giving choice (installment 2 of 2)
$50,000
Center City District Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support for center city recovery
$50,000
Philadelphia Youth Basketball · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Capital pledge to support pyb's effort to construct the alan horwitz sixth man center (3 of 3 installments)
$50,000
Rodeph Sholom Congregation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Endowment campaign - support the synagogue
$50,000
Teach for America Greater Philadelphia · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Leadership giving choice (installment 1 of 2)
$50,000
Women'S Way · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$50,000
Philadelphia Youth Basketball · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$44,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$25,000
The Cat Collaborative · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support for the cat collaborative's inauglural gala supporting its mission to reduce cat overpopulation and improve feline welfare through community-based programs, rescue partnerships, and affordable care initi… read allGeneral support for the cat collaborative's inauglural gala supporting its mission to reduce cat overpopulation and improve feline welfare through community-based programs, rescue partnerships, and affordable care initiatives. less
$25,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Support the cecily brown exhibition
$25,000
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Support phs healthy neighborhood giving circle
$25,000
Community College of Philadelphia Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$25,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support giuseppe penone exhibition
$25,000
Revolution School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support of mission to promote experiential learning, diversity, innovation and community
$25,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
Support for the kemper art museum
$25,000
Acct · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$25,000
Center City District Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$25,000
Fund for the School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$25,000
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$25,000
Revolution School · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$21,500
Education Law Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$20,400
Rodeph Sholom Congregation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$20,000
Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$15,000
Abortion Liberation Fund of Pa · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$12,500
Center City District Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$12,500
Independence Historical Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Support vision framework for the historical district in philadelphia. Support assistance will enable the trust to begin preparing for the celebration of the semiquincentennial in 2026.
$12,500
Independence Historical Trust · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Support vision framework for the historical district in philadelphia. Support assistance will enable the trust to begin preparing for the celebration of the semiquincentennial in 2026.
$10,000
Opera Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Women'S Way · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$10,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Donation for 24 hours of impact
$10,000
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Dia Center for the Arts · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Fractured Atlas · Hartsdale, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Friends' Central School · Wynnewood, PA · 2022
General support
$10,000
Impactphl · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Philadelphia School · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$10,000
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$8,788
Fund for the School District of Philadelphia · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Dr hite event
$5,000
The Clay Studio · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Center City District Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support timothy rub fund
$5,000
Purr · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
General support
$5,000
Alternative Art School · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Support of female artists of color from the philadelphia area so that they can gain access to the community, participate in courses and receive mentorship from the school.
$5,000
Artstart · New York, NY · 2020
Unrestricted
$5,000
Dia Art Foundation · Beacon, NY · 2020
Unrestricted
$5,000
Klehr Center · Lancaster, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$3,500
Paws · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unrestricted
$2,500
Franklin and Marshall College - Klehr Center · Lancaster, PA · 2022
General support
$2,000
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
General support
$1,750
Forgotten Cats · Greenville, DE · 2020
Unrestricted
$1,500
Cape Eleuthera Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Grant to supporti tis summer teacher program
$1,000
Society Hill Civic Association · Philadelphia, PA · 2020
Unresticted

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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.