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Edlis - Neeson Foundation Nfp

Name: Edlis - Neeson Foundation Nfp grants, 2022–2025
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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.

56
grants reported: $15.0M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

unrestriced

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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.

Museum of Contemporary Art5 grants · $9.5M
Lyric Opera of Chicago4 grants · $1.6M
New Museum4 grants · $1.6M
Aspen Music Festival4 grants · $958,200
Aspen Art Museum4 grants · $628,500
Whitney Museum of American Art3 grants · $172,000
The Aspen Institute3 grants · $158,000
Renaissance Society4 grants · $71,000
Tate Americas Foundation3 grants · $52,500
Aspen Institute1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$1.1M

2022

$1.7M

2023

$1.4M

2024

$10.8M

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$9.0M
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$633,000
New Museum · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$605,700
New Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$600,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$528,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$500,500
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$480,000
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$329,300
Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$292,100
Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$250,000
New Museum · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$200,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$181,800
Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$155,000
Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$136,500
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$130,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$105,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$85,500
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Unrestricted
$83,750
New Museum · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$75,000
Museum of Contemporary Art · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$72,350
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$62,000
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted
$46,500
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2022
Unrestricted
$45,000
Chicago Opera Theater · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$30,000
Friends of the Jewish Museum of Vienna · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestriced
$29,650
Aspen Art Museum · Aspen, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$28,800
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$25,000
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted
$25,000
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$22,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024
Unrestricted
$20,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$12,000
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted
$11,700
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$11,000
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$10,500
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Circle of Hope - Wellspring Health Access (87-1195144) · Casper, WY · 2025
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wttwwfmt · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$10,000
Guggenheim Musuem · New York, NY · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Renaissance Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Roger Baldwin Foundation of the Aclu · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wttwwfmt · Chicago, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$10,000
Wttwwfmt · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$5,000
Anderson Ranch Art Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$5,000
Anderson Ranch Art Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$5,000
Anderson Ranch Art Center · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars - Martin J Sherwin Fellows · Washington Dc, DC · 2023
Unrestricted
$5,000
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
Unrestricted
$3,000
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$3,000
The Buddy Program · Aspen, CO · 2023
Unrestricted
$2,500
Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2025
Unrestricted
$2,500
Aspen Public Radio · Aspen, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$2,000
Center for Reproductive Rights · New York, NY · 2022
Unrestricted
$1,000
5 Point Film Festival · Carbondale, CO · 2024
Unrestricted
$1,000
Chicago Foundation for Women · Chicago, IL · 2024
Unrestricted
$500
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Unrestricted
$500
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains · Denver, CO · 2022
Unrestricted

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