Funding search · EIN 416035163 · Saint Paul, MN
Jerome 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.
- 510
- grants reported
- $16.1M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $25,000
- 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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Funding pattern
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21 grants matching “filmmakers” · $542,500
- $43,500
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2024
Support for nonfiction filmmakers in the Documentary Lab program.
- $40,000
Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2024
Support for filmmakers in the BDC Films Program.
- $32,500
Spnnst Paul Neighborhood Network · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for documentary filmmakers in the New Angle Fellows program.
- $30,000
Mam Papaya · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for filmmakers in the Storyseeds and FilmSparks programs.
- $25,000
In Progress · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for fiscal sponsor for the MN Filmmaker Cohort (July 2024 July 2025).
- $25,000
In Progress · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for fiscal sponsor for the MN Filmmaker Cohort (August 2025August 2026).
- $22,500
Axs Lab · Long Island City, NY · 2024
Support for filmmakers in the AXS Film Fund program.
- $22,500
Black Public Media · New York, NY · 2024
Support for filmmakers and creative technologists in the BPM Emerging Media Artist Fellowship program.
- $22,500
Camera News Inc Dba Third World Newsreel · New York, NY · 2024
Support for filmmakers, prioritizing past workshop graduates, in the TWN Advanced Production Workshop program.
- $22,500
In Progress · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for filmmakers in the Convergence program.
- $22,500
Sundance Institute · Park City, UT · 2024
Support for filmmakers in the Trans Possibilities Intensive program.
- $30,000
Jingjing Tian · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $30,000
Eunice Lau · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $30,000
Rhiana Yazzie · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through MN Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $30,000
Sarah Friedland · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $30,000
Kristian Mercado · New York, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $30,000
Breaking Bizr Productions · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $20,000
Idesign Creative Llc · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $15,000
Suneil Sanzgiri · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $15,000
Shirley Bruno · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through NYC Film, Video and Digital Production program
- $4,000
Raven Johnson · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
Support for early career filmmaker through MN Film, Video and Digital Artist Development program
Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Map Fund3 grants · $390,000
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design3 grants · $321,000
- Propel Nonprofits1 grant · $300,000
- Playwrights' Center3 grants · $297,500
- American Composers Forum2 grants · $279,500
- Loft Literary Center1 grant · $246,000
- The Museum of Modern Art1 grant · $244,000
- Roulette Intermedium3 grants · $239,000
- Springboard for the Arts2 grants · $232,500
- Pillsbury House Theatre3 grants · $194,500
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 510 grants.
- $300,000
Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for the Seeding Cultural Treasures, a Minnesota-based collaborative - cont. funding initiative to support BIPOC arts organizations
- $246,000
Loft Literary Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $244,000
The Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2023
Support for high-resolution scans for Jerome Hill's films
- $210,000
Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $200,000
Springboard for the Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for the MN Emergency Relief Project from April 2025 to April 2027.
- $192,000
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Support for music organization working with early career artists
- $187,500
The Map Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the Scaffolding for Practicing Artists (SPA) program for Jerome Hill Artist Fellows.
- $187,500
The Map Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Support for professional development programs for Jerome Hill Artist Fellows
- $105,000
Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $105,000
Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $100,000
Color Congress · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support Minnesota- and New York City-based organizations in its Resilience Fund.
- $100,000
Foundation for Contemporary Arts · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the Emergency Grants program assisting urgent, project-related emergencies.
- $100,000
Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for visual artists in the MCAD-Jerome Foundation Fellowships for Early Career Artists program.
- $100,000
Minnesota Historical Society · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for archival integration and digitization and expanded access to the Jerome Hill collection.
- $100,000
Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023
Fiscal sponsor for Color Congress, supporting its Field Building Program
- $96,000
The Cowles Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for Body Prayers: For Artists, a dance program working with early career artists
- $87,500
American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for composers in the ACF | Create program.
- $87,500
Loft · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for literary artists in the Mentor Series program.
- $87,500
Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for playwrights in the Jerome Fellowship, Many Voices Fellowship, and Many Voices Mentorship programs.
- $87,500
Pillsbury House Theatre · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Support for the Naked Stages, New Works, and Maker Series programs
- $87,000
Queens Museum · Flushing, NY · 2024
Support for visual artists in the QM-Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists program.
- $87,000
Roulette Intermedium · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for music organization working with early career artists
- $87,000
Pillsbury House Theatre · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $87,000
Queens Museum · Flushing, NY · 2022
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $87,000
Roulette Intermedium · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for music organization working with early career artists
- $80,000
The Cedar Cultural Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for performing artists and composers in the Cedar Commissions program.
- $78,000
Kundiman · New York, NY · 2023
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $78,000
The Public Theater (Aka New York Shakespeare Festival) · New York, NY · 2023
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $72,000
Arts for Art · New York, NY · 2023
Support for music organization working with early career artists
- $65,000
Roulette Intermedium · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for composers in the Commissions and Residencies Program.
- $60,000
First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2024
Support for grants and professional development opportunities for early career artists.
- $60,000
First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2023
Support for organization working with early career artists
- $60,000
First Peoples Fund · Rapid City, SD · 2022
Support for organization providing creative and professional development - cont. to early career Native artists based in Minnesota
- $57,600
Coffee House Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $54,000
New Dramatists · New York, NY · 2023
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $54,000
New Dramatists · New York, NY · 2022
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $52,800
Participant · New York, NY · 2023
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $51,000
Movement Research · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program.
- $51,000
Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2023
Support for film/video organization working with early career artists
- $51,000
Movement Research · New York, NY · 2023
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $51,000
The Cedar Cultural Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Support for music organization working with early career artists
- $51,000
Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2022
Support for media organization working with early career artists
- $51,000
Movement Research · New York, NY · 2022
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $50,000
Artspace Projects · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Fiscal sponsor for The Cowles Center, supporting its Generating Room program and sunsetting
- $50,000
Benjamin May · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Second year of Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship (Media)
- $48,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for Artist in Residence (AIR), Space Grants, EmergeNYC, and Drag Performance: Between & Beyond Gender programs.
- $48,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $48,000
En Foco · Bronx, NY · 2023
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $48,000
Springboard for the Arts Body Prayers · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Fiscal sponsor for Body Prayers, supporting early career dance artists
- $48,000
Brooklyn Arts Exchange · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $45,000
Asian American Writers' Workshop · New York, NY · 2024
Support for writers working on a book-length project in any genre in the Margins Fellowship program.
- $45,000
Cave Canem · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for poets in the Cave Canem Regional Workshops and Regional Workshop Readings programs.
- $45,000
M3 Musicians Incdba Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M) · New York, NY · 2024
Support for composers in the M Cohort program.
- $45,000
Minnesota Museum of American Art · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Support for visual artists in the Queering Indigeneity exhibition and the Here Now program.
- $45,000
Pioneers Go East Collective · New York City, NY · 2024
Support for choreographers, performing artists, and interdisciplinary media artists in the NEXT! MENTORSHIP program.
- $45,000
The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for artists in the Create Change Residency Program.
- $45,000
Asian American Writers' Workshop · New York, NY · 2023
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $45,000
Soho Repertory Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $45,000
The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $45,000
Asian American Writers' Workshop · New York, NY · 2022
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $45,000
Soho Repertory Theatre · New York, NY · 2022
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $45,000
The Laundromat Project · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $43,500
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2024
Support for nonfiction filmmakers in the Documentary Lab program.
- $40,000
Bronx Documentary Center · Bronx, NY · 2024
Support for filmmakers in the BDC Films Program.
- $40,000
More Than a Single Story · St Paul, MN · 2024
Support for literary artists in the Black Writers Mentorship Program.
- $40,000
National Black Theatre · New York, NY · 2024
Support for playwrights in the I am Soul Playwright Residency program.
- $40,000
Camargo Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General program support
- $39,000
Franklin Furnace Archive · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for performance artists in the Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art program.
- $39,000
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center · New York, NY · 2024
Support for performing artists in the Performance AIRspace Residency program.
- $39,000
Rattlestick Theater · New York, NY · 2024
Support for playwrights in the Van Lier New Voices Fellowship program.
- $39,000
Bronx Academy of Art and Dance (Baad) · Bronx, NY · 2023
Support for PEPATIAN / BAAD!s Dancing Futures Residency program
- $39,000
Bronx Academy of Art and Dance (Baad) · Bronx, NY · 2023
Support for PEPATIAN / BAAD!s partnership supporting early career artists
- $39,000
Franklin Furnace Archive · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Art Center · New York, NY · 2023
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
National Black Theatre · New York, NY · 2023
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
Rattlestick Playwrights Theater (Aka Rattlestick Productions Inc) · New York, NY · 2023
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
Saint Paul Neighborhood Network · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Support for film/video organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
Franklin Furnace Archives · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
Henry Street Settlementabrons Art Center · New York, NY · 2022
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
Kundiman · New York, NY · 2022
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
Public Theater · New York, NY · 2022
Support for theater organization working with early career artists
- $39,000
St Paul Neighborhood Network · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Support for media organization working with early career artists
- $37,500
Theater Mu · St Paul, MN · 2024
Support for playwrights in the Mu Tang Clan and new play development programs.
- $36,000
Eyebeam · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Support for artists working with technology in The Democracy Machine fellowship program.
- $36,000
Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support for writers in the Native Authors Program at All My Relations Arts.
- $36,000
Cave Canem Foundation · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Danspace Project · New York, NY · 2023
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Eyebeam Atelier · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for media organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Feminist Press · New York, NY · 2023
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2023
Support for film/video organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Forecast Public Art · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Support for All My Relations Arts work with early career artists
- $36,000
The Jazz Gallery · New York, NY · 2023
Support for music organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Arts for Art · New York, NY · 2022
Support for music organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Danspace Project · New York, NY · 2022
Support for dance organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Eyebeam · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Support for media organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Feminist Press · New York, NY · 2022
Support for literature organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Firelight Media · New York, NY · 2022
Support for media organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Forecast Public Art · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Support for visual arts organization working with early career artists
- $36,000
Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Support for All My Relations Arts, a visual arts organization working with early - cont. career artists
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