The Susman Foundation

What they fund

throughchildrenpreservationeducationalpublicaccessafricanappreciation

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.

• Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden2 grants · $400,000
• Hirshhorn Museum2 grants · $350,000
• Hirshhorn Museum Trustee Annual Amount1 grant · $50,000
• Congregation Beth Israel2 grants · $26,000
• Rice University2 grants · $20,000
• The Jewish Board1 grant · $16,000
• Rothko Chapel2 grants · $10,500
• Anderson Ranch Council Membership1 grant · $10,000
• Yale University1 grant · $10,000
• Washington Institute1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

Grant history

All 54 reported grants, largest first.

• $300,000

  Hirshhorn Museum · Washington, DC · 2024

  General support

• $200,000

  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Washington, DC · 2023

  General support

• $200,000

  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden · Washington, DC · 2022

  To promote the visual art of the african diaspora, an appreciation of artists who lack public recognition, and public access to art through best practices in preservation and placement of culturally important artworks

• $50,000

  Hirshhorn Museum Trustee Annual Amount · Washington, DC · 2023

  General support

• $50,000

  Hirshhorn Museum · Washington, DC · 2022

  To promote the visual art of the african diaspora, an appreciation of artists who lack public recognition, and public access to art through best practices in preservation and placement of culturally important artworks

• $20,000

  Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support

• $16,000

  The Jewish Board · New York, NY · 2023

  General support

• $10,000

  Anderson Ranch Council Membership · Smowmass Village, CO · 2024

  General support

• $10,000

  Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support

• $10,000

  Rice University · Houston, TX · 2023

  General support

• $10,000

  Rothko Chapel · Houston, TX · 2023

  General support

• $10,000

  Washington Institute · Washington Dc, WA · 2023

  General support

• $10,000

  The Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2022

  To support the presentation of diverse histories of art spanning 5,000 years.

• $10,000

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022

  Yale is committed to improving the world today and for future generations through outstanding research and scholarship, education, preservation, and practice. Yale educates aspiring leaders worldwide who serve all secto… read allYale is committed to improving the world today and for future generations through outstanding research and scholarship, education, preservation, and practice. Yale educates aspiring leaders worldwide who serve all sectors of society. We carry out this mission through the free exchange of ideas in an ethical, interdependent, and diverse community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni. less
• $6,000

  Congregation Beth Israel · Houston, TX · 2022

  To support the organization's funds in fulling the purpose for which the funds were created

• $5,100

  Sire · Houston, TX · 2022

  To improve the quality of life for people with special needs through therapeutic horsemanship activities and therapies, and educational outreach

• $5,000

  Children'S Museum of Manhattan · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $3,000

  The Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2022

  To provide new york city children with unforgettable summer experiences that unlock their limitless potential

• $2,500

  Central Synagogue · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $2,500

  Friends of the Israel Museum · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $2,500

  Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support

• $2,500

  Hmaac · Houston, TX · 2022

  To support the presentation and preservation of international, national, and regional art

• $2,500

  The Menil Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022

  To support the menil foundation

• $2,250

  American Friends of the Israel Museum Dinner · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $1,500

  Fresh Air Fund · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $1,500

  Snap · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

  General support

• $1,500

  Houston Center for Contempory Craft · Houston, TX · 2022

  To help provide free educational program to the public

• $1,000

  Aspen Music Festival · Aspen, CO · 2024

  General support

• $1,000

  Jewish Democratic Council of America · Washington, DC · 2024

  General support

• $1,000

  Planned Parenthood · New York, NY · 2024

  General support

• $1,000

  Sire · Spring, TX · 2024

  General support

• $1,000

  The Chinati Foundation- Marfa · Marfa, TX · 2024

  General support

• $1,000

  Yale University Art Gallery · New Haven, CT · 2024

  General support

• $1,000

  Houston Food Bank · Houston, TX · 2023

  General support

• $1,000

  Central Synagogue · New York, NY · 2022

  To help support one of the largest jewish congregations in north america

• $1,000

  Friends of the Children · Houston, TX · 2022

  To support the selection of children who face multiple systemic obstacles and to pair them with a professional mentor.

• $1,000

  Gallmann Africa Donation · Babylon, NY · 2022

  Dedicated to creative, sustainable conservation - people and wildlife flourishing together, through research, education and arts.

• $1,000

  Houston Petset · Houston, TX · 2022

  To provide grants to houston-area animal non-profits

• $1,000

  K9s4cops · Houston, TX · 2022

  To address the need for funding the purchase of k9s for law enforcement agencies

• $1,000

  Kinkaid School · Houston, TX · 2022

  To support the kinkaid school

• $1,000

  Multiple Sclerosis Ms 150 · New York, NY · 2022

  To support the community as they endure the long ride to make a difference.

• $500

  American Saddlebred Museum · Lexington, KY · 2024

  General support

• $500

  League of Women Voters · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support

• $500

  Life Houston · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support

• $500

  Rothko Chapel · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support

• $500

  Houston Center for Contemporary Craft · Houston, TX · 2023

  General support

• $500

  National Ms Society · Houston, TX · 2023

  General support

• $500

  Holocaust Museum · Houston, TX · 2022

  To support the holocaust museum

• $360

  Jfs Houston · Houston, TX · 2023

  General support

• $250

  Museum of Fine Arts · Houston, TX · 2024

  General support

• $250

  Herman Park Conservatory · Houston, TX · 2023

  General support

• $250

  Big Brothers Big Sisters · Irving, TX · 2022

  Partners with parents/guardians, volunteers, and donors to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that changes lives for the better, forever. Our vi… read allPartners with parents/guardians, volunteers, and donors to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that changes lives for the better, forever. Our vision is that all children can achieve success in life. less
• $250

  One Acre Fund · Porter, TX · 2022

  To support specialized outdoor programs and educational information for children with autism or similar special needs.

• $250

  Vision To Learn · Los Angeles, CA · 2022

  To support the vision screenings for students, utilizing medically appropriate tools.

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