Funding search · EIN 954336984 · Glendale, CA

Sam Francis Foundation

Name: Sam Francis Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

92
grants reported: $252,329
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $572
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.

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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.

18th Street Arts3 grants · $125,350
San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture1 grant · $10,500
J Paul Getty Trust1 grant · $10,000
Art Division2 grants · $10,000
Calpoly Pomona3 grants · $9,500
Nsu Art Museum1 grant · $7,500
Adopt-a-Village4 grants · $6,062
Jung Institute4 grants · $6,000
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center1 grant · $5,000
Nyu1 grant · $5,000

Giving over time

$12,107

2022

$58,819

2023

$85,527

2024

$95,876

2025

Grant history

All 92 reported grants, largest first.

$50,350
18th Street Arts · Santa Monica, CA · 2025
Charitable
$50,000
18th Street Arts · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Charitable
$25,000
18th Street Arts · Santa Monica, CA · 2023
Charitable
$10,500
San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture · Redwood City, CA · 2025
Charitable
$10,000
J Paul Getty Trust · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$7,500
Nsu Art Museum · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2023
Charitable
$6,500
Calpoly Pomona · Pomona, CA · 2023
Charitable
$5,000
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$5,000
Art Division · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Nyu · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$5,000
Art Division · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$3,500
Armory Center for the Arts · Pasadena, CA · 2025
Charitable
$3,500
The Mesa Refuge · Point Reyes Station, CA · 2025
Charitable
$3,500
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$3,500
Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
Phillips Academy · Endover, MA · 2024
Charitable
$3,000
San Luis Obispo Art Museum · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Charitable
$2,900
Plain Sight Archive · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$2,500
Community Initiatives1871 Memorial Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Charitable
$2,460
Lacma · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$2,075
Sfai Legacy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Charitable
$2,000
Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Charitable
$1,545
Southwest Florida Community Foundation · Fort Myers, FL · 2024
Charitable
$1,545
Skirball Cultural · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,531
Adopt-a-Village · Weymouth, MA · 2025
Charitable
$1,531
Adopt-a-Village · Weymouth, MA · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Calpoly Pomona · Pomona, CA · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Jung Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Warsaw Bauhaus Foundation - Arden 2 · 2025
Charitable
$1,500
Calpoly Pomona · Pomona, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Jung Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,500
Adopt-a-Village · Weymouth, MA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Coast Union High · Cambria, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Jung Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$1,500
Adopt-a-Village · Weymouth, MA · 2022
Charitable
$1,500
Jung Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$1,350
Aspen Institute · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Aspen Institute · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Charitable
$1,000
E2ac · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$1,000
Artsmartorg · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Charitable
$933
World Arts Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025
Charitable
$886
Nyu Grey Art Gallery · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$750
Beth Thielen - Prison Art Project · Fresno, CA · 2024
Charitable
$625
Appraisers Association of America · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$600
Foundation of Ia · West Des Moines, IA · 2023
Charitable
$543
World Art Foundation · Brea, CA · 2022
Charitable
$540
Braille Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$515
Philosophical Research Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$515
Philosophiacal Research Society · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$500
Rada Foundation · Asheville, NC · 2024
Charitable
$500
International Foundation for Art Research · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$500
Avenue 50 · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$325
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
Charitable
$300
Moma · Manhattan, NY · 2025
Charitable
$300
Avenue 50 Studio · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$287
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$286
Huntington Art Collection · San Marino, CA · 2023
Charitable
$285
Norton Simon Museum of Art · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Charitable
$285
Norton Simon Museum of Art · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Charitable
$259
Corita Art Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$250
Hammer Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Charitable
$242
Arttable Nyc · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable
$175
Art Table Nyc · New York, NY · 2025
Charitable
$175
Arttable Nyc · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable
$175
Arttable Nyc · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable
$159
Huntington Art Collection · San Marino, CA · 2022
Charitable
$155
Project Angel Food · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$155
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2025
Charitable
$150
Artlab21 Foundation · El Segundo, CA · 2025
Charitable
$150
Fresno Art Museum · Fresno, CA · 2024
Charitable
$145
Brand Associate · Glendale, CA · 2023
Charitable
$140
Autry Museum of the American West · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$125
Bakersfield Museum of Art · Bakersfield, CA · 2024
Charitable
$120
Archives of American Art · Washington, DC · 2023
Charitable
$109
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$108
Descanso Garden · La Canada Flintridge, CA · 2025
Charitable
$108
Uncommon Charitable · Claremont, CA · 2022
Charitable
$105
Tree People · Beverly Hills, CA · 2022
Charitable
$103
Clockshop · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Charitable
$103
Public Council · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Charitable
$100
Bellosguardo · Santa Barbara, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100
Brand Associate · Glendale, CA · 2025
Charitable
$100
Brand Associate · Glendale, CA · 2024
Charitable
$100
Moma · Manhattan, NY · 2024
Charitable
$100
Moma · Manhattan, NY · 2023
Charitable
$100
Brand Associate · Glendale, CA · 2022
Charitable
$100
Moma · Manhattan, NY · 2022
Charitable
$50
Catalogue Raisonne Scholars · Williamstown, MA · 2025
Charitable
$50
Ukranian Cultural · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Charitable
$38
Glenstone Museum · Potomac, MD · 2022
Charitable
$18
Onecause · Carmel, IN · 2022
Charitable

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