Funding search · EIN 131623897 · New York, NY

The American-Scandinavian Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

40
grants reported
$1.3M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$20,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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Top recipients

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  • United Nations International School2 grants · $374,924
  • United Nations International School2 grants · $271,288
  • North House Folk School1 grant · $50,000
  • Buxton in Bloom Grue Chruch Project1 grant · $44,900
  • Great River School Foundation1 grant · $39,400
  • Sons of Norway1 grant · $39,225
  • Nordic Center of Duluth2 grants · $36,050
  • Finlandia University1 grant · $35,175
  • Gogebic Range Health Foundation1 grant · $33,425
  • Island Angels Ltd1 grant · $30,000

Giving over time

$231,408
2021
$296,105
2022
$514,385
2023
$286,039
2024

Grant history

All 40 reported grants, largest first.

  • $274,635

    United Nations International School · New York, NY · 2023

    Scholarships

  • $178,680

    United Nations International School · New York, NY · 2022

    Scholarships

  • $100,289

    United Nations International School · New York, NY · 2024

    Opera Competition

  • $92,608

    United Nations International School · New York, NY · 2021

    Scholarship

  • $50,000

    North House Folk School · Grand Marais, MN · 2022

    Public project

  • $44,900

    Buxton in Bloom Grue Chruch Project · Buxton, ND · 2021

    Folk Arts

  • $39,400

    Great River School Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024

    Public Project

  • $39,225

    Sons of Norway · Bismark, ND · 2023

    Public Project

  • $35,175

    Finlandia University · Hancock, MI · 2021

    Folk Arts

  • $33,425

    Gogebic Range Health Foundation · Ironwood, MI · 2024

    Public Project

  • $30,000

    Island Angels Ltd · Washington Island, WI · 2023

    Public Project

  • $27,400

    Cedar Cultural Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Public Project

  • $26,725

    Folklore Village Farm · Dodgeville, WI · 2021

    Folk Arts

  • $25,500

    Finlandia Foundation Twin Cities Boys of America · Northfield, MN · 2022

    public project

  • $25,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Visiting Lectureship

  • $24,050

    Nordic Center of Duluth · Duluth, MN · 2023

    Public Project

  • $24,000

    Finnfest 2023 · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Public project

  • $20,000

    Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2024

    Public Project

  • $20,000

    University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2024

    Public Project

  • $20,000

    Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023

    Opera Award

  • $20,000

    Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2021

    Public Project

  • $17,925

    Ironwood Theatre · Ironwood, MI · 2024

    Public Project

  • $17,925

    Ironwood Theatre · Ironwood, MI · 2022

    Public project

  • $16,000

    Museum of Danish America · Elk Horn, IA · 2024

    Public Project

  • $14,000

    Haystack Mountain School of Crafts · Deer Isle, ME · 2024

    Public Project

  • $14,000

    Finlandia Foundation National · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Public Project

  • $14,000

    Finnfest USA Events · Champlin, MN · 2023

    Public Project

  • $12,000

    Nordic Center of Duluth · Duluth, MN · 2021

    Folk Arts

  • $9,575

    Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum · Decorah, IA · 2023

    Public Project

  • $7,500

    American Swedish Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Public Project

  • $7,000

    Haystack Mountain School of Crafts · Deer Isle, ME · 2023

    Public Project

  • $7,000

    National Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    American Literary Translators Association · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    Jacob'S Pillow Dance Festival · Becket, MA · 2024

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    Other Minds Music Festival · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    Rhode Island Arts Foundation · Newport, RI · 2024

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    Vermont Folklife · Burlington, VT · 2024

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    Boston Symphony Orchestra · Boston, MA · 2023

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    National Foundation for Danish America · Hoffman Estates, IL · 2023

    Public Project

  • $5,000

    Pilchuck Glass School · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Public Project

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.