Funding search · EIN 411570531 · Lake Forest, IL
The Virginia a Groot Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 36
- grants reported
- $14.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $30,000
- 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.
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Grant history
All 36 reported grants, largest first.
- $12.6M
Peter & Penelope West Charitable Fund · Holland, MI · 2024
See attachment
- $115,000
Center for Craft · Asheville, NC · 2024
To pursue excellence in ceramic and sculptural arts
- $100,000
Center for Craft · Asheville, NC · 2024
To promote and provide increased accesss to the craft arts
- $100,000
Project Onward · Chicago, IL · 2024
To promote and provide artists with disabilities support and opportunity
- $100,000
Project Onward · Chicago, IL · 2023
To promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts
- $100,000
Rair Inc Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts through the artist in residency program
- $100,000
Ceramic Studio · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $100,000
Rair Inc Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
To promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts through the artist in residency program
- $85,000
Archie Bray · Helena, MT · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $60,000
Gabriel Dawe · Dallas, TX · 2024
To pursue excellence in ceramic and sculptural arts
- $60,000
Ray Chen · Falmouth, ME · 2024
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $60,000
Lh Project · Joseph, OR · 2023
To promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts
- $60,000
Raven Halfmoon · Norman, OK · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $50,000
Center for Craft · Asheville, NC · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $32,500
Archie Bray Foundation · Helene, MT · 2024
To promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts
- $30,000
Andrea Ferrero · 2024
To pursue excellence in ceramic and sculptural arts
- $30,000
Kukuli Velarde · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $30,000
Michael Ferris · Bronx, NY · 2024
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $30,000
Jason Taylor · 2023
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $30,000
Kukuli Velarde · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $30,000
Claire Morgan · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $25,000
Richard T Notkin · Vaughn, WA · 2024
To pursue excellence in ceramic and sculptural arts
- $20,000
Elise Siegel · New York, NY · 2024
To pursue excellence in ceramic and sculptural arts
- $20,000
Hiroyuki Hamada · East Hampton, NY · 2024
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $20,000
Vivian Chiu · Henrico, VA · 2024
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $20,000
Tamara Kostianovsky · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $20,000
Jessica Segal · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $5,000
Ethan Meyer · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
To pursue excellence in ceramic and sculptural arts
- $5,000
William Virgil · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $5,000
Christa Marquez Smith · Taos, NM · 2023
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $5,000
Thomas Campbell · Asheville, NC · 2023
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $5,000
Cannupa H Luger · Glorieta, NM · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $5,000
David Harper · Mount Pleasant, WI · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $5,000
Victoria Udondian · Buffalo, NY · 2022
To pursue excellence in the sculptural arts
- $3,100
National Council On Education for the Ceramic Arts · Boulder, CO · 2024
To promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts
- $1,050
National Council On Education for the Ceramic Arts · Boulder, CO · 2023
To promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts
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