Funding search · EIN 946642644 · San Francisco, CA

The Jay Defeo 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.

37
grants reported
$621,450
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. 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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5 grants matching “catalogue · $27,500

  • $5,000

    Oakland Museum of California Art · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Mildred Howard exhibition catalogue

  • $5,000

    Art Science Lab · New York, NY · 2025

    New College catalogue

  • $10,000

    Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024

    Support for catalogue to accompany exhibition

  • $5,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Support for catalogue to accompany exhibition

  • $2,500

    San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Support for catalogue to accompany exhibition

Grant history

All 37 reported grants, largest first.

  • $120,000

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

    General Support - 2 Art Works by Jay DeFeo

  • $110,000

    Paestum · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support - 2 Art Works by Jay DeFeo

  • $75,000

    Museum of Modern Art New York · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support - 1 Art Work by Jay DeFeo

  • $65,000

    The Menil Collection Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

    General Support - 1 Art Work by Jay DeFeo

  • $55,000

    Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

    General Support - 1 Art Work by Jay DeFeo

  • $45,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $24,000

    The Drawing Center · New York, NY · 2024

    General Support - 1 Art Work by Jay DeFeo

  • $10,000

    Getty Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    LA Arts Fire Relief Fund

  • $10,000

    Laguna Art Museum · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024

    Support for catalogue to accompany exhibition

  • $10,000

    Institute of Contemporary Art La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

    Museum Funds Grant

  • $10,000

    Mills College Art Museum · Oakland, CA · 2023

    Museum Funds Grant

  • $8,000

    Roulette Intermedium-Zeena Parkins · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Art Science Lab · New York, NY · 2025

    New College catalogue

  • $5,000

    Berkeley Art Museum Uc Regents · Berkeley, CA · 2025

    Fellowship Theresa Hak Kyung Cha exhibit

  • $5,000

    Oakland Museum of California Art · Oakland, CA · 2025

    Mildred Howard exhibition catalogue

  • $5,000

    The Drawing Center · New York, NY · 2025

    Trisha Donnelly exhibit

  • $5,000

    Bampfa · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    BAM Fellowship

  • $5,000

    Sfmoma · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Support for catalogue to accompany exhibition

  • $5,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Brooklyn Rail · Brooklyn, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $5,000

    Creative Growth · Oakland, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $5,000

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    General Support

  • $3,000

    Philadelphia Contemporary · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    M0 21 Lab

  • $2,500

    California College of the Arts · Oakland, CA · 2025

    WattisSTEADY exhibit

  • $2,500

    Rockefeller Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2025

    Further Triennial

  • $2,500

    Sfai Legacy Foundation and Archive · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    SFAI Legacy Foundation and Archive

  • $2,500

    Noah Purifoy Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $2,500

    San Jose Museum of Art · San Jose, CA · 2022

    Support for catalogue to accompany exhibition

  • $2,100

    King Baudouin Foundation US · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $2,100

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    General Support

  • $2,000

    Bampfa · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Support for exhibition

  • $2,000

    Creative Growth · Oakland, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $2,000

    San Jose Ica · San Jose, CA · 2023

    General Support

  • $1,500

    The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2025

    Aspen Institute AEFI

  • $1,000

    Swiss Institute · New York, NY · 2023

    General Support

  • $1,000

    Aamc Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    General Support

  • $250

    Pen America · New York, NY · 2023

    General 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.