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Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Name: Helen Frankenthaler 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.

318
grants reported: $47.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $40,000
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.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art1 grant · $5.0M
Art Institute of Chicago1 grant · $4.6M
Kunstmuseum Basel1 grant · $3.8M
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao1 grant · $3.5M
University of Chicago - Smart Museum of Art1 grant · $3.2M
Smithsonian Institution - Smithsonian American Art Museum3 grants · $2.0M
Provincetown Art Association and Museum1 grant · $1.6M
New Britain Museum of American Art3 grants · $1.6M
World Monuments Fund3 grants · $1.5M
Foundation for Contemporary Arts4 grants · $1.4M

Giving over time

$7.7M

2022

$25.3M

2023

$14.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 318 grants.

$5.0M
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
Art for museum collection
$4.6M
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art for museum collection
$3.8M
Kunstmuseum Basel · 2024
Art for museum collection
$3.5M
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao · 2024
Art for museum collection
$3.2M
University of Chicago - Smart Museum of Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art for museum collection
$2.0M
Smithsonian Institution - Smithsonian American Art Museum · Washington, DC · 2023
Hff fellowship endowment
$1.6M
Provincetown Art Association and Museum · Provincetown, MA · 2022
For museum collection
$1.4M
New Britain Museum of American Art · New Britain, CT · 2023
Art for museum collection
$1.3M
Foundation for Contemporary Arts · New York, NY · 2024
Endowment: hf award for painting
$835,000
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York, NY · 2023
Art for museum collection
$666,667
Pen American Center · New York, NY · 2024
2024 arc support (3 of 3)
$666,667
Pen America Center · New York, NY · 2023
2023 arc support (2 of 3)
$666,667
Pen America · New York, NY · 2022
2022 arc support (pmt 1of 3)
$502,200
Northwestern University - the Block Museum of Art · Evanston, IL · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$500,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2024
Ukraine heritage response fund (3 of 3)
$500,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2023
2023 ukrainian heritage response fund
$500,000
World Monuments Fund · New York, NY · 2022
Ukraine heritage response fund contribution
$377,250
The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ - Cantor Arts Center · Stanford, CA · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$354,650
Syracuse University Art Museum · Syracuse, NY · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$349,000
North Dakota Museum of Art · Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$340,000
Swiss Institute · New York, NY · 2024
2024 nyc arts (consortium: 15 arts organizations) (2 of 3)
$325,000
Swiss Institute · New York, NY · 2023
2023 covid relief (consortium: 15 arts organizations) 1 of 3
$315,500
University of Georgia - Georgia Museum of Art · Athens, NY · 2023
Frankenthaler prints intitiative
$307,650
Indiana University - Eskenazi Museum of Art · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$298,650
New York University Grey Art Gallery · New York, NY · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$250,000
Swiss Institute · New York, NY · 2022
2022 covid relief (consortium: 15 arts organizations)
$245,950
Henry Gallery Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$220,000
Bennington College Corporation · Bennington, VT · 2024
2024 museum fellows term program (2 of 5)
$220,000
Bennington College Corporation · Bennington, VT · 2023
2023 museum fellows term program (1 of 5)
$211,050
University of Miami - Lowe Art Museum · Miami, FL · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$158,750
University of New Mexico Foundation - Unm Art Museum · Albuquerque, NM · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$100,000
Asheville Glass Art School Aka North Carolina Glass Center · Asheville, NC · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
California College of the Arts · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Ellis-Beauregard Foundation · Rockland, ME · 2024
Support for ellis-beauregard foundation artist campus
$100,000
Flint Institute of Arts · Flint, MI · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Kinosaito · Verplanck, NY · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
National Nordic Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Nevada Museum of Art · Reno, NV · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York City, NY · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Piqua Arts Council · Piqua, OH · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Seattle Art Museum · Seattle, WA · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2024
Final univ. In exile installment grant
$100,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Waterfire Providence · Providence, RI · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Westbeth Corp Housing Development Fund Company · New York, NY · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$100,000
Artspace · New York, NY · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Clifton Cultural Arts Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown · Provincetown, MA · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Florence Griswold Museum · Old Lyme, CT · 2023
Fci implementation 2023
$100,000
Henry Gallery Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
Frankenthaler prints initiative
$100,000
Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum · Queens, NY · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Judd Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Midway Contemporary Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Museum of African American History · Boston, MA · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Museum of New Mexico Foundation · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation: museum of international folk art
$100,000
Pratt Institute · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
The Museum of Arts and Design · New York, NY · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$100,000
Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2022
Fci 2022: visual arts center
$100,000
Bennington College · Bennington, VT · 2022
2022 museum fellows term program: final (5th of 5)
$100,000
Carnegie Institute · Troy, MI · 2022
Fci-grant-2022, carnegie museum of art
$100,000
Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · 2022
Fci 2022
$100,000
Elmhurst Art Museum · Elmhurst, IL · 2022
Fci 2022 implementation
$100,000
Museum of Modern Art · New York, NY · 2022
Frankenthaler climate initiative 2022
$100,000
New Britain Museum of American Art · New Britain, CT · 2022
Frankenthaler climate initiative 2022
$100,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2022
Fci 2022
$100,000
Pittsburgh Glass Center · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Fci 2022
$100,000
Storm King Art Center · New Windsor, NY · 2022
Fci 2022
$100,000
Studio in a School Association · New York, NY · 2022
45th gala october 2022
$100,000
Tacoma Art Museum · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Fci 2022
$100,000
The Center for Jewish History · New York, NY · 2022
Fci 2022
$100,000
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Fci2022
$100,000
The Morgan Library & Museum · New York, NY · 2022
Frankenthaler climate initiative 2022
$100,000
The New School · New York, NY · 2022
2023 (2) visual arts residencies
$100,000
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2022
Fci 2022
$100,000
Yale Center for British Art · New Haven, CT · 2022
Fci2022
$100,000
Yale University Art Gallery · New Haven, CT · 2022
Frankenthaler climate initiative 2022
$99,995
Appalachian State University Foundation · Boone, NC · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$99,346
Marian & Edward Macdowell · Peterborough, NH · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$98,890
The Long Island Museum Association · Stony Brook, NY · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$98,220
George Eastman Museum · Rochester, NY · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$98,000
The Museum of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Frankenthaler climate initiative 2022
$90,000
Environment & Culture Partners · Tacoma, WA · 2022
Fci 2023 co-leader grant
$85,000
Byrd Hoffman Water Mill Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$84,127
Western Kentucky University Foundation · Bowling Green, KY · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$78,504
Dancing Spirit · Ignacio, CO · 2023
Fci 2023 implementation
$77,500
Marian & Edward Macdowell · Peterborough, NH · 2022
Fci 2022
$75,000
Mancos Common Press · Mancos, CO · 2024
Fci 2024 implementation
$75,000
The Art Connection · New York, NY · 2024
Support of teen reviewers and critics and teens curate teens programs (2 of 2)
$75,000
The Art Connection · New York, NY · 2023
2023 support of teen reviewers and critics and teens curate teens programs (1 of 2)
$75,000
Artsconnection · New York, NY · 2022
2022 support of teen reviewers and critics
$75,000
Dieu Donne Paper Mill · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Fellowship
$71,553
Aha Projects · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Frankenthaler climate initative ("fci") 2024 implementation
$66,634
University of Wisconsin Foundation - Chazen Museum of Art · Madison, WI · 2023
Fci2023 implementation
$66,500
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO · 2024
Fci year 4 (2 of 2)
$64,975
Environment & Culture Partners · Tacoma, WA · 2024
Fci year 5
$64,584
Hill-Stead Museum · Farmington, CT · 2022
Fci 2022
$60,000
The Graduate Center Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Global curatorial training initiative (2 of 3)
$60,000
The Graduate Center Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
2023 global curatorial training initiative (1 of 3)

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