Funding search · EIN 134091650 · South Portland, ME

The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation

Name: The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

155
grants reported: $2.3M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $2,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Jessica Lynne2 grants · $53,000
Nicole Martinez1 grant · $52,000
Paul Chaat Smith1 grant · $52,000
Eva Recinos1 grant · $52,000
Tempestt Hazel1 grant · $52,000
America Meredith1 grant · $52,000
Brandy McDonnell1 grant · $52,000
J Wortham1 grant · $52,000
Shana Nys Dambrot2 grants · $51,500
Eileen G'Sell2 grants · $51,500

Giving over time

$542,050

2021

$507,000

2022

$582,800

2023

$650,686

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 155 grants.

$52,000
America Meredith · Norman, OK · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$52,000
Brandy McDonnell · Lindsay, OK · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$52,000
Eva Recinos · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$52,000
J Wortham · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$52,000
Jessica Lynne · Newburgh, NY · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$52,000
Nicole Martinez · Biscayne Park, FL · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$52,000
Paul Chaat Smith · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$52,000
Tempestt Hazel · Chicago, IL · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Cassie Packard · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Emily Watlington · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Greg Allen · Washington, DC · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Hrag Vartanian · New York, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Robin Givhan · Washington, DC · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Siddhartha Mitter · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Thomas Lawson · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Tk Smith · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$51,000
Annette Le Pique · Chicago, IL · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Darla Migan · New York, NY · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Eileen G'Sell · St Louis, MO · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Erin Joyce · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Harmony Holiday · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Jillian Steinhauer · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Jori Finkel · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Maximiliano Duron · New York, NY · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Rebecca Solnit · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Bryn Evans · Decatur, GA · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Darryl Rattcliff · Desoto, TX · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Jeanne Claire Vanryzin · Austin, TX · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Joseph Fyfe · New York, NY · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Margo Vansynghei · Seattle, WA · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Peter L'Official · New York, NY · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Shana Nys Dambrot · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$51,000
Stacy Pratt · Tulsa, OK · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$50,000
Lucy Lippard · Galisteo, NM · 2024
Lifetime achievement award
$50,000
Peter Schjeldahl · Bovina, NY · 2021
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$30,000
The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operating
$25,000
Aica USA (Holland Cotter) · Weehawken, NJ · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$25,000
Forge Project (Holland Cotter) · Ancram, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$20,000
Local Media Foundation · Lake City, MI · 2024
General arts writing grant
$17,500
Surf Point · York, ME · 2023
Writers residency
$16,500
High Museum of Art · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Folk art grants
$15,000
Artadia · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General arts writing grant
$15,000
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2024
Maine grants
$15,000
National Trust for Local News · Englewood, CO · 2024
Maine grants
$15,000
The American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$12,000
Museum of Contemporary Art - La · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating
$11,000
John Michael Koehler Arts Center · Sheboygan, WI · 2023
Writers residency travel stipend
$10,600
Global Impact · Washington, DC · 2023
Momus arts journalism fellowship
$10,000
Global Impact (Momus) · Washington, DC · 2024
General arts writing grant
$10,000
Archives of American Art · Washington, DC · 2023
Rabkin out of the box feature in aaaj
$10,000
Eyebeam Center for Art Technology · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Momus arts journalism fellowship
$10,000
Laxart · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Arts writing fees - frimkess monograph
$10,000
The American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Symposium
$10,000
Intuit - the Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2021
General operating
$10,000
Speedwell Projects · Portland, ME · 2021
General operating
$9,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating
$8,000
American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2022
General operating
$7,500
Burnaway · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General arts writing grant
$7,500
Social Good Fund · Richmond, CA · 2024
General arts writing grant
$7,500
The Architectural League of New York · New York, NY · 2024
General arts writing grant
$6,500
Surf Point · York, ME · 2024
General arts writing grant
$5,500
High Desert Test Sites · Joshua Tree, CA · 2024
General arts writing grant
$5,500
John Michael Koehler Arts Center · Sheboygan, WI · 2024
General arts writing grant
$5,500
High Desert Test Sites · Joshua Tree, CA · 2023
Writers residency
$5,500
Indigo Arts Alliance · Portland, ME · 2023
Arts writing support
$5,500
Union of Maine Visual Artists · Portland, ME · 2023
Journal
$5,200
The Art Council Inc Dba Artadia · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Juniper magazine
$5,050
Seed & Spark · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General operating
$5,000
American Abstract Artists · New York, NY · 2024
General arts writing grant
$5,000
Lights Out · Norway, ME · 2024
Maine grants
$5,000
Museum of International Folk Art · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Folk art grants
$5,000
Create Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Revolutionary art & culture residency
$5,000
Lights Out · Norway, ME · 2023
Video interview series
$4,500
Union of Maine Visual Artists · Portland, ME · 2022
General operating
$2,500
The Farnsworth Museum · Rockland, ME · 2023
Momentum exhibition
$2,500
Valerie J Maynard Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Research, scholarship & archival work for maynard's maine art practice
$2,000
Carina Del Valle Schorske · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Hilton Als · New York, NY · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Kaya Noteboom · Portland, OR · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Makeda Easter · Chicago, IL · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Miranda Belarde-Lewis · Seattle, WA · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Salamishah Tillet · Newark, NJ · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Tamar Avishai · Shaker Heights, OH · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Zachary Small · New York, NY · 2024
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$2,000
Creative Portland · Portland, ME · 2022
General operating
$1,500
Glasstire · Houston, TX · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Creative Portland · Portland, ME · 2024
Maine grants
$1,000
Ben Davis · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Dean Kissick · New York, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Erika Fredrickson · Missoula, MT · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Holland Cotter · Bronx, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Jessica Lynne · New York, NY · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie · Scituate, MA · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Liza Roberts · Raleigh, NC · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Nancy Zastudil · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Visual arts journalism prize; see part viii-a for more information
$1,000
Space Gallery · Portland, ME · 2023
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$1,000
Alice Thorson · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$1,000
Berette Macaulay · Everett, WA · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
$1,000
Charlotte Kent · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information

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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.