The Loreen Arbus Foundation

What they fund

peoplewomenartsdisabilitiesresearchsciencessocialmedia

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.

• Women'S Enews4 grants · $309,625
• Barnard College3 grants · $220,000
• Reelabilities International2 grants · $210,000
• Television Academy Foundation4 grants · $185,000
• Paley Center for Media3 grants · $133,900
• Women'S Media Center4 grants · $121,503
• Inevitable Foundation3 grants · $102,500
• New York Women in Film & Television4 grants · $100,000
• Cerebral Palsy Foundation3 grants · $80,000
• Studio Museum in Harlem2 grants · $75,460

Giving over time

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

• $150,000

  Reelabilities International · New York, NY · 2025

  To support platforms dedicated to international films focusing on the lives, stories, artistic expression of people with disabilities.

• $120,000

  Barnard College · New York, NY · 2023

  Supports educations

• $82,675

  Women'S Enews · New York, NY · 2025

  Provides electronic news of womens issues

• $80,000

  Women'S Enews · New York, NY · 2024

  Provides electronic news of womens issues

• $75,350

  Women'S Enews · New York, NY · 2023

  Provides electronic news of womens issues

• $75,000

  Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art · Bentonville, AR · 2024

  Supports the arts

• $71,600

  Women'S Enews · New York, NY · 2022

  Provides electronic news of womens issues

• $60,000

  Reelabilities International · New York, NY · 2024

  To support platforms dedicated to international films focusing on the lives, stories, artistic expression of people with disabilities.

• $60,000

  Marlene Meyerson Jcc Manhattan · New York, NY · 2022

  Creates opportunities for people to connect, grow, and learn within an ever-changing jewish landscape.

• $58,250

  Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023

  Support the arts

• $57,950

  Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2024

  Social significance of film and television in our society

• $50,000

  Barnard College · New York, NY · 2025

  Supports educations

• $50,000

  Cerebral Palsy Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

  Enables real world impact by collaborating with influential researchers, thinkers, and organizations around the world to drive significant change.supports medical research for cerebral palsy

• $50,000

  Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2025

  Social significance of film and television in our society

• $50,000

  Television Academy Foundation · No Hollywood, CA · 2025

  Advancement of telecommunication arts and sciences and to foster creative leadership in the telecommunication industry

• $50,000

  Women'S Media Center · Washington, DC · 2025

  Has the goal of making women visable and powerful in the media

• $50,000

  Barnard College · New York, NY · 2024

  Supports educations

• $50,000

  Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  Assist disabled writers and filmmakers to achieve artistic and financial freedom

• $50,000

  Television Academy Foundation · No Hollywood, CA · 2024

  Advancement of telecommunication arts and sciences and to foster creative leadership in the telecommunication industry

• $50,000

  Equality Now · New York, NY · 2023

  Creating a world for women and girls

• $50,000

  Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

  Assist disabled writers and filmmakers to achieve artistic and financial freedom

• $50,000

  Peace Innovation Initiative · Beverly Hills, CA · 2023

  To create and enable a global practice of peace by connecting diverse minds and equipping them with the knowledge and tools to launch peace innovations

• $50,000

  Television Academy Foundation · No Hollywood, CA · 2023

  Advancement of telecommunication arts and sciences and to foster creative leadership in the telecommunication industry

• $50,000

  Women'S Entrepreneurship Day Organization · New York, NY · 2023

  Provide awareness to girls living in poverty worldwide and empower women across the globe

• $50,000

  World Institute On Disability · Berkley, CA · 2023

  Advance the inclusion, rights and justice of people with disabilities

• $35,000

  Luisa Diaz Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  To elevate kindess, empowering individuals and supporting grassroots organizations and survivors.

• $35,000

  Television Academy Foundation · No Hollywood, CA · 2022

  Advancement of telecommunication arts and sciences and to foster creative leadership in the telecommunication industry

• $25,950

  Paley Center for Media · New York, NY · 2023

  Social significance of film and television in our society

• $25,000

  Disability Rights Advocates · Berkeley, CA · 2025

  To advance equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities nationwide.advocates for equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities

• $25,000

  New York Women in Film & Television · New York, NY · 2025

  Supports women in the performing arts

• $25,000

  New York Women in Film & Television · New York, NY · 2024

  Supports women in the performing arts

• $25,000

  New York Women in Film & Television · New York, NY · 2023

  Supports women in the performing arts

• $25,000

  Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2023

  Prepares and delivers healthy meals to feed people impacted by serious illness, bringing comfort and hope every day

• $25,000

  World Science Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

  To cultivate a general public informed by science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future

• $25,000

  New York Women in Film & Television · New York, NY · 2022

  Supports women in the performing arts

• $24,700

  Women'S Media Center · Washington, DC · 2022

  Has the goal of making women visable and powerful in the media

• $23,428

  Women'S Media Center · Washington, DC · 2023

  Has the goal of making women visable and powerful in the media

• $23,375

  Women'S Media Center · Washington, DC · 2024

  Has the goal of making women visable and powerful in the media

• $20,000

  Cerebral Palsy Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  Enables real world impact by collaborating with influential researchers, thinkers, and organizations around the world to drive significant change.supports medical research for cerebral palsy

• $20,000

  Disability Rights Advocates · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  To advance equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities nationwide.advocates for equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities

• $20,000

  The Field · New York, NY · 2023

  Support the arts

• $17,850

  Museum of Arts & Design · New York, NY · 2022

  Explores art, design and crafts

• $17,210

  Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2022

  Support the arts

• $12,500

  Disability Rights Advocates · Berkeley, CA · 2023

  To advance equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities nationwide.advocates for equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities

• $12,500

  Disability Rights Advocates · Berkeley, CA · 2022

  To advance equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities nationwide.advocates for equal rights and opportunity for people with all types of disabilities

• $10,000

  Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2025

  Conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development

• $10,000

  Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2024

  Conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development

• $10,000

  Brookings Institution · Washington, DC · 2023

  Conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development

• $10,000

  Cerebral Palsy Foundation · New York, NY · 2023

  Enables real world impact by collaborating with influential researchers, thinkers, and organizations around the world to drive significant change.supports medical research for cerebral palsy

• $10,000

  Media Matters for America · Washington, DC · 2023

  Educate people on misleading infromation presented by the u.s. Media

• $10,000

  New York Landmarks Conservancy · New York, NY · 2023

  Dedicated to preserving, revitalizing, and reusing new york's architecturally significant buildings

• $10,000

  The American Independent Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  Foster strong, independent journalism that helps create positive societal change through increased public awareness of progressive issues

• $10,000

  The Brookings Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

  Devoted to independent research and innovative policy solutions

• $7,500

  Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2024

  Engage with artists, curators, writers, and scholars through innovative programs that explore the whitney's current exhibitions and permanent collection.supports art programs and preservation

• $7,500

  Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023

  Engage with artists, curators, writers, and scholars through innovative programs that explore the whitney's current exhibitions and permanent collection.supports art programs and preservation

• $5,500

  Chicken & Egg Films · Brooklyn, NY · 2025

  To support women and gender-expansive filmmakers globally.

• $5,000

  Broadway Cares · New York, NY · 2024

  To support organizations accross the country which provide treatment or services for peaople affected by hiv/aids.

• $5,000

  Equality Now · New York, NY · 2024

  Creating a world for women and girls

• $5,000

  Give Beauty Wings · New York, NY · 2024

  To help people with disability who struggle with self-esteem, body image, and depression.

• $5,000

  New York STEM Cell Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  Supports medical research

• $5,000

  New York Women'S Foundation · New York, NY · 2024

  Give women a voice and fight poverty

• $5,000

  Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Prepares and delivers healthy meals to feed people impacted by serious illness, bringing comfort and hope every day

• $5,000

  Spm Disability Justice Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To support the work of disabled people by creating visibility, interdependent systems of care, and advocate for an inclusive future.

• $5,000

  American Folk Art Museum · New York, NY · 2023

  Support the arts

• $5,000

  American Friends of Shalva · New York, NY · 2023

  Provide an all-encompassing range of services for people with disabilities

• $5,000

  Museum of Arts & Design · New York, NY · 2023

  Explores art, design and crafts

• $5,000

  Policy Works · Tallahassee, FL · 2022

  Support equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency of people with disabilities.

• $3,000

  Women'S Forum of New York · New York, NY · 2023

  To bring women of diverse accomplishments and provide them with a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences

• $3,000

  Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022

  Engage with artists, curators, writers, and scholars through innovative programs that explore the whitney's current exhibitions and permanent collection.supports art programs and preservation

• $2,500

  Inevitable Foundation · New York, NY · 2025

  Assist disabled writers and filmmakers to achieve artistic and financial freedom

• $2,500

  Share · Beverly Hills, CA · 2024

  Help the disabled

• $2,500

  Xceptional Communications · Olivebridge, NY · 2024

  To empower individuals through media training and social media campaign development.

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