Funding search · EIN 454110224 · New York, NY

The Leon Smith Polk Foundation

Name: The Leon Smith Polk Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
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.

31
grants reported: $578,048
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

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 “mueseum” · $5,000

$5,000
Iaia Mueseum of Contemporary Native Arts · Stanta Fe, NM · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose

Grant history

All 31 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
Lower East Side Printshop · New York, NY · 2023
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$50,000
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild · Woodstock, NY · 2023
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$41,448
International Studio & Curatorial Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$35,000
Camargo Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$25,000
The Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$25,000
Camargo Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$25,000
Camargo Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$25,000
Lower East Side Printshop · New York, NY · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$25,000
Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild · Woodstock, NY · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$22,100
International Studio & Curatorial Program · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Grant for 2024
$20,000
Independent Curators International · New York, NY · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$20,000
The Land With No Name Sanctuary · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$20,000
Independent Curators International · New York, NY · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$20,000
Kentler Intl Drawing Space · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$19,000
Arttable · New York, NY · 2023
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$15,000
Arttable · New York, NY · 2024
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$15,000
First American Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$15,000
Southeastern Indian Artists Association · Tahlequah, OK · 2023
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$15,000
Osu Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$13,000
Archives of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$12,000
Arttable · New York, NY · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$10,000
Aamc Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$10,000
Lower East Side Printshop · New York, NY · 2024
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$10,000
River Valley Arts Collective · Katonah, NY · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$10,000
Studio in School · New York, NY · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$7,500
The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$5,000
Iaia Mueseum of Contemporary Native Arts · Stanta Fe, NM · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$5,000
Foundation for Contemp Art · New York, NY · 2023
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$5,000
Madison Square Park · New York, NY · 2023
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose
$5,000
Aamc Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Furtherance of exempt purpose
$3,000
The Aspen Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Furtherance of Exempt Purpose

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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.