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Terra Foundation for American Art

Name: Terra Foundation for American Art 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.

757
grants reported: $56.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $50,000
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

education arts

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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.

Terra Foundation for American Art Fund1 grant · $3.8M
The Studio Museum in Harlem2 grants · $1.0M
South Side Community Art Center6 grants · $745,000
Smithsonian Institute9 grants · $728,150
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery5 grants · $672,535
National Museum of Mexican Art10 grants · $633,500
Centre Pompidou3 grants · $595,000
Whitney Museum of American Art3 grants · $575,000
Hyde Park Art Center8 grants · $556,340
Forge Project Association1 grant · $550,000

Giving over time

$12.3M

2021

$14.3M

2022

$14.3M

2023

$15.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 757 grants.

$3.8M
Terra Foundation for American Art Fund · Chicago, IL · 2021
Art education
$1.0M
The Studio Museum in Harlem · New York, NY · 2021
Art education
$625,000
South Side Community Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
Art education
$550,000
Forge Project Association · Ancram, NY · 2024
Arts education
$350,000
Grey Art Museum Nyu · New York, NY · 2022
Art education
$342,500
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art education
$300,000
Amistad Research Center · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Art education
$300,000
Hyde Park Art Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art education
$285,000
Floating Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts education
$280,000
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024
Arts education
$250,000
Centre Pompidou · 2024
Arts education
$250,000
Palais De Tokyo · 2024
Arts education
$250,000
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa · 2024
Arts education
$250,000
Museum of Fine Arts Houston · Houston, TX · 2023
Art education
$250,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023
Art education
$250,000
Laxart · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Art education
$250,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2022
Art education
$250,000
National Museum of the American Indian - New York · Washington, DC · 2022
Art education
$250,000
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum · Long Island City, NY · 2022
Art education
$250,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2022
Art education
$250,000
National Gallery of Art · Landover, MD · 2021
Art education
$250,000
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, NY · 2021
Art education
$225,000
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Art education
$225,000
Copenhagen Contemporary · 2021
Art education
$220,000
Yinka Shonibare Foundation (London) · 2024
Arts education
$204,930
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery · Washington, DC · 2021
Art education
$201,882
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
Abbotsford Cultural Centre · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
Carnegie Institute · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
Institute for Freedoms · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
Muse Des Beaux-Arts De Montral · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts education
$200,000
Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Biennale of Sydney · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Fells Point Creative Alliance · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Moderna Museet Stockholm · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Royal Academy of Arts · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Art education
$200,000
Cincinnati Art Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
Art education
$200,000
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery · Washington, DC · 2022
Art education
$200,000
The Baltimore Museum of Art · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Art education
$200,000
Winterthur Museum Garden and Library · Winterthur, DE · 2022
Art education
$200,000
Barbican Centre Trust · 2021
Art education
$200,000
Museum of Fine Arts Boston · Boston, MA · 2021
Art education
$195,331
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2023
Art education
$195,000
Centre Pompidou · 2021
Art education
$190,000
Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Art education
$184,010
College Art Association · New York, NY · 2021
Art education
$183,870
The University of Sydney · 2023
Art education
$175,000
Kunst-Werke Berlin E V Kw Institute for Contemporary Art · 2022
Art education
$175,000
The National Gallery · 2022
Art education
$175,000
Barnes Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Art education
$175,000
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, NY · 2021
Art education
$168,065
University of Oxford · 2021
Art education
$167,650
Smithsonian Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
Art education
$167,650
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery · Washington, DC · 2022
Art education
$165,000
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (Apac) · Washington, DC · 2023
Art education
$164,336
University of Oxford · 2022
Art education
$160,000
Swiss Institute · New York, NY · 2021
Art education
$150,000
Albuquerque Museum Foundation · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University · Tempe, AZ · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
First Americans Museum · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
Hampton University Museum · Hampton, VA · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
Heckscher Museum · Huntington, NY · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
Phillips Collection · Washington, DC · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
Stdtisches Museum Braunschweig · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Arts education
$150,000
Akete Art Foundation · 2023
Art education
$150,000
American Museum of the Moving Image · Astoria, NY · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Association of Historians of American Art · Oviedo, FL · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Bma Support · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Burke Museum Association · Seattle, WA · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Center for Curatorial Leadership · New York, NY · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Chicago Historical Society · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery · San Marino, CA · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2023
Art education
$150,000
National Museum of Mexican Art · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art education
$150,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Art education
$150,000
The National Public Housing Museum · Chicago, IL · 2023
Art education
$150,000
El Museo Del Barrio · New York, NY · 2022
Art education
$150,000
Hamburger Kunsthalle · 2022
Art education
$150,000
Japanese American National Museum · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Art education
$150,000
Kunstmuseum Basel · 2022
Art education
$150,000
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Art education
$150,000
Centre Pompidou · 2021
Art education
$150,000
Fondation Beyeler · 2021
Art education
$150,000
The Institute of Contemporary Artboston · Boston, MA · 2021
Art education
$148,000
Museum of International Folk Art · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Art education
$145,000
McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture · Knoxville, TN · 2022
Art education
$130,950
Doshisha University Kyoto Kobe University Kobe · 2021
Art education
$125,000
Associazione Culturale Bhmf · 2024
Arts education
$125,000
Black Artists Archive · Detroit, MI · 2024
Arts education
$125,000
Columbia Museum of Art · Columbia, SC · 2024
Arts education
$125,000
Haus Am Waldsee · 2024
Arts education
$125,000
Rebuild Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Arts education

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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.