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The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation

Name: The Robert Mapplethorpe 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.

42
grants reported: $6.1M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $12,500
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

donee cash

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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 J Paul Getty Trust1 grant · $2.3M
Los Angeles County Museum of Art1 grant · $2.3M
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation3 grants · $545,000
Bard College4 grants · $315,000
Metropolitan Museum of Art4 grants · $250,000
Elton John AIDS Foundation1 grant · $117,500
Katonah Museum of Art3 grants · $44,456
Whitney Museum of American Art3 grants · $43,125
The Foundation for AIDS Research1 grant · $30,000
Bailey House2 grants · $22,500

Giving over time

$4.9M

2021

$388,800

2022

$331,487

2023

$419,169

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$2.3M
Los Angeles County Museum of Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$2.3M
The J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$195,000
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$175,000
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
For donee's exempt purpose
$175,000
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$137,500
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2024
For donee's exempt purpose
$135,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2022
For donee's exempt purpose
$117,500
Elton John AIDS Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$60,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024
For donee's exempt purpose
$60,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$60,000
Bard College · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$40,000
Katonah Museum of Art · Katonah, NY · 2024
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$37,500
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$37,500
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2022
For donee's exempt purpose
$37,500
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$30,000
The Foundation for AIDS Research · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$20,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
For donee's exempt purpose
$16,000
Currier Museum of Art · Manchester, NH · 2023
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$15,000
Bailey House · New York, NY · 2024
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$13,200
Aperture Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$12,500
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami · Miami, FL · 2024
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$12,500
New Orleans Museum of Art · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$12,500
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$10,625
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2024
Non-cash donation of art for donee support
$10,000
National Gallery of Art · Washington, DC · 2024
For donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
Dallas Museum of Art · Dallas, TX · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$10,000
The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$8,000
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$7,500
Bailey House · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$5,000
New York City AIDS Memorial · New York, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$4,500
The Olana Partnership · Hudson, NY · 2022
For donee's exempt purpose
$3,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose
$2,487
Katonah Museum of Art · Katonah, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$2,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$2,000
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2022
For donee's exempt purpose
$1,969
Katonah Museum of Art · Katonah, NY · 2024
For donee's exempt purpose
$1,600
International Center of Photography · New York, NY · 2022
For donee's exempt purpose
$1,200
International Center of Photography Museum · New York, NY · 2024
For donee's exempt purpose
$1,000
Visual Arts Foundation · New York, NY · 2024
For donee's exempt purpose
$1,000
Visual Arts Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
For donee's exempt purpose
$1,000
Visual Arts Foundation · New York, NY · 2021
For donee's exempt purpose

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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.