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Holly Peterson Foundation

Name: Holly Peterson Foundation grants, 2021–2023
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.

107
grants reported: $4.0M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

core gala dinner spring scholarship artists awards ball

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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.

The Studio Museum in Harlem8 grants · $690,309
Brown University6 grants · $600,000
Whitney Museum of American Art7 grants · $332,500
University of Texas Foundation1 grant · $250,000
The Brooklyn Museum6 grants · $210,000
Museum of Fine Arts1 grant · $200,000
Friends of the High Line6 grants · $180,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art5 grants · $165,000
Dunelm USA1 grant · $125,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture3 grants · $105,000

Giving over time

$1.4M

2021

$1.1M

2022

$1.5M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 107 grants.

$355,309
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023
To support the charity's core activities.
$250,000
University of Texas Foundation · Austin, TX · 2021
To support the darren walker scholars program.
$200,000
Museum of Fine Arts · Boston, MA · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$175,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To support the charity's endowed scholarship.
$175,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
To support the charity's endowed scholarship.
$125,000
Dunelm USA · Denver, CO · 2021
To support the sir harry evans memorial fund.
$100,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
To support the charity's core activities.
$100,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2022
To support the annual fund.
$100,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2021
To support the charity's brown annual fund scholarship.
$100,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2021
To support the charity's endowed scholarship.
$76,000
Speed Art Museum · Louisville, KY · 2023
To support the christina quarles purchase.
$76,000
American Friends of the Art Fund · New York, NY · 2021
To support the museum der moderne salzburg.
$75,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2023
To support the awards dinner.
$55,000
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To support the barbara chase-riboud zanzibar acquisition.
$55,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$53,000
Dia Center for the Arts · New York, NY · 2022
To support the witten acquisition.
$53,000
Centre Pompidou Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
To support the acquisitions by the museum.
$50,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2023
To support the charity's annual operations.
$50,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the 2024 brooklyn artists ball.
$50,000
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society · Rye Brook, NY · 2023
To support the new york city student visionaries of the year.
$50,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023
To support the 2024 gala.
$50,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
To support the annual gala.
$50,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
To support the edges of ailey exhibit.
$50,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2022
To support the charity's annual operations.
$50,000
Partnership To End Addiction · New York, NY · 2022
To support the 2023 hope out loud gala.
$50,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support the 2023 brooklyn artists ball.
$50,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2022
To support the 2023 gala.
$50,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
To support the gala.
$50,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
To support the adam d. Weinberg artists first fund.
$50,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's annual operations.
$50,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
To support 2022 brooklyn artists ball.
$50,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021
To support the 2021 gala.
$50,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021
To support the gala.
$50,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2021
To support the 2022 gala.
$40,000
Grace Church School · New York, NY · 2023
To support teachers' salaries.
$35,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2023
To support the 2024 gala.
$35,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2022
To support the spring gala.
$35,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2022
To support the artemis council & artistic directors circle 2022.
$35,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2022
To support the artemis council & artistic directors circle 2023.
$30,000
The Kitchen · New York, NY · 2023
To support the 2024 spring gala.
$27,500
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
To support the painting & sculpture committee.
$25,000
Brooklyn Children'S Theater · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the 2024 gala.
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2023
To support the charity's brown annual fund scholarship.
$25,000
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, NY · 2023
To support educational programming.
$25,000
Pen America Center · New York, NY · 2023
To support the pen america gala.
$25,000
Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach · Palm Beach, FL · 2023
To support annual dinner dance.
$25,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support the charity's core activities.
$25,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023
To support the 2024 spring luncheon.
$25,000
Brown University · Providence, RI · 2022
To support the charity's brown annual fund scholarship.
$25,000
National Lgbtq Task Force · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the 50th anniversary fundraiser.
$25,000
New York Foundation for the Arts · New York, NY · 2022
To support the anna deavere smith pipeline project.
$25,000
Pen America Center · New York, NY · 2022
To support the pen america gala.
$25,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To support the carrie mae weems acquisition.
$25,000
Pen America Center · New York, NY · 2021
To support the pen america literary.
$25,000
Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2021
To support the 2022 welcome sesame annual benefit.
$25,000
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$20,000
Grace Church School · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$20,000
The Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$15,000
Sculpture Center · Long Island City, NY · 2023
To support the annual gala.
$15,000
The Child Mind Institute · New York, NY · 2023
To support the child advocacy award dinner.
$15,000
Norton Museum of Art · West Palm Beach, FL · 2022
To support the norton gala.
$15,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2022
To support the awards dinner.
$15,000
Tate Americas Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
To support the north american acquisitions committee.
$15,000
Fielding Graduate University · Santa Barbara, CA · 2021
To fund immediate costs and provide a named endowment for the sally h. Peterson award.
$15,000
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture · New York, NY · 2021
To support the awards dinner.
$12,000
American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2022
To support the gala.
$10,000
Broadway for All · New York, NY · 2023
To support the nextgen ticketing initiative.
$10,000
The Brooklyn Museum · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To support contemporary art committee.
$10,000
Corporation of Yaddo · Saratoga Springs, NY · 2022
To support the concert.
$10,000
Dia Center for the Arts · New York, NY · 2022
To support dia: beacon (jack witten show).
$10,000
Foundation for Art & Preservation in Embassies · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the charity's core activities.
$10,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2022
To support the high line art dinner.
$10,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2022
To support the spring benefit.
$10,000
Jerusalem Peacebuilders · Houston, TX · 2022
To honor nicholas porter & dorothy porter.
$10,000
Museum City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To support the louis auchincloss prize.
$10,000
National Trust for Historic Preservation · Washington, DC · 2022
To support nina simone childhood home.
$10,000
Repurpose Wardrobe · New York, NY · 2022
To support the charity's core activities.
$10,000
Apollo Theater · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$10,000
Friends of the High Line · New York, NY · 2021
To support the high line dinner.
$10,000
Jerusalem Peacebuilders · Houston, TX · 2021
To honor nicholas porter & dorothy porter.
$10,000
New York Philharmonic · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$10,000
Prep for Prep · New York, NY · 2021
To support the lilac ball.
$10,000
The Kitchen · New York, NY · 2021
To support the simone leigh studio reception.
$10,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021
To support the spring 2022 luncheon.
$7,500
World Connect · New York, NY · 2021
To support the spring benefit.
$5,000
Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship · Bedford Corners, NY · 2023
To support the charity's core activities.
$5,000
Snack & Friends · New York, NY · 2023
To support the luncheon.
$5,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · New York, NY · 2022
To support the light for lukie.
$5,000
Casita Maria · Bronx, NY · 2022
To support the fiesta 2022 gala.
$5,000
Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship · Bedford Corners, NY · 2022
To support the charity's core activities.
$5,000
House of Speakeasy · New York, NY · 2022
To support the charity's core activities.
$5,000
Louis Armstrong House Museum · Queens, NY · 2022
To support the un-gala.
$5,000
Maysles Institute · New York, NY · 2022
To support the albie awards.
$5,000
American Academy in Rome · New York, NY · 2021
To support the gala.
$5,000
Cityarts · New York, NY · 2021
To support the 2022 back to life gala.
$5,000
Inside the Middle East · Baltimore, MD · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.
$2,500
Equality Florida Institute · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
To support the event honoring fred hochberg.
$2,500
O Miami · Miami, FL · 2023
To support the charity's core activities.
$2,500
O Miami · Miami, FL · 2022
To support the charity's core activities.
$2,500
Cosmic Writers Corp · New York, NY · 2021
To support the charity's core activities.

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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.