Funding search · EIN 205678503 · Cincinnati, OH

Thomas R Schiff Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

141
grants reported
$2.9M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$3,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Top recipients

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  • Fotofocus3 grants · $1.5M
  • Aperture Foundation2 grants · $502,195
  • Contemporary Arts Center2 grants · $155,625
  • Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center3 grants · $86,539
  • Cincinnati Museum Association3 grants · $85,000
  • Art Academy of Cincinnati3 grants · $51,500
  • Alice F & Harris K Weston Art Gallery3 grants · $40,600
  • Wexner Center Foundation3 grants · $38,500
  • University of Cincinnati3 grants · $28,250
  • Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra1 grant · $27,000

Giving over time

$901,009
2022
$1.0M
2023
$968,603
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 141 grants.

  • $559,844

    Fotofocus · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Sponsorship of organization's general operating support

  • $552,345

    Fotofocus · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Sponsorship of organization's general operating support

  • $391,133

    Fotofocus · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Sponsorship of organization's general operating support

  • $382,195

    Aperture Foundation · New York City, NY · 2024

    Sponsorship of the book club project and the sally mann book

  • $145,625

    Contemporary Arts Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Blink project a special exhibition support

  • $120,000

    Aperture Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Support of ernest cole publication and digital talk series the photobook club

  • $36,539

    Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center · Covington, KY · 2022

    Fotofocus event general operating support

  • $35,000

    Art Academy of Cincinnati · Cincinnatioh, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $30,000

    Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center · Covington, KY · 2024

    Fotofocus event general operating support

  • $30,000

    Cincinnati Museum Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    A biennial project grant

  • $30,000

    Cincinnati Museum Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    A biennial project grant

  • $30,000

    Wexner Center Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $27,000

    Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $25,000

    Alice F & Harris K Weston Art Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $25,000

    Cincinnati Museum Association · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    A biennial project grant

  • $20,000

    Carnegie Visual & Performing Arts Center · Covington, KY · 2023

    Fotofocus event general operating support

  • $17,500

    Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $14,000

    University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $10,425

    Wave Pool Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $10,000

    Art Academy of Cincinnati · Cincinnatioh, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $10,000

    Skirball Museum of Hebrew Union College · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $10,000

    Contemporary Arts Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Blink project a special exhibition support

  • $9,608

    National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant & 2023 symposium support

  • $9,500

    Columbus Museum of Art · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $9,500

    Fitton Center Creative Arts · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $9,000

    Dayton Art Institute · Dayton, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $8,500

    Taft Museum of Art · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $8,000

    Alice F & Harris K Weston Art Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $7,750

    University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $7,600

    Alice F & Harris K Weston Art Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $7,500

    Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $7,000

    Taft Museum of Art · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $6,750

    Iimagine · Union, KY · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $6,500

    University of Cincinnati · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $6,500

    Art Academy of Cincinnati · Cincinnatioh, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $6,300

    Seedling Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $6,000

    Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $6,000

    Art Opportunities · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $6,000

    Dayton Visual Arts Center · Dayton, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $6,000

    Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park · Hamilton, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $6,000

    Wright State University · Dayton, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $6,000

    Art Opportunities · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $5,000

    Cincinnati Museum Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Kennedy Heights Art Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $5,000

    Northern Kentucky University · Highland Heights, KY · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Wexner Center Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Cincinnati Museum Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Kennedy Heights Art Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $5,000

    Living Arrangements for the Developmentally Disabled · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Otr film festival support

  • $5,000

    Northern Kentucky University · Highland Heights, KY · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Columbus College of Art & Design · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Miami University Art Museum · Oxford, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $5,000

    Northern Kentucky University · Highland Heights, KY · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $5,000

    Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park · Hamilton, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $4,500

    Art Opportunities · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $4,250

    Manifest Creative Research Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $4,250

    Manifest Creative Research Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $4,250

    Manifest Creative Research Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,850

    Mercantile Library · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,750

    Lloyd Library and Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,750

    Lloyd Library and Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,750

    Dayton Visual Arts Center · Dayton, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,525

    University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,525

    University of Dayton · Dayton, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,500

    A Picture'S Worth · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,500

    The Welcome Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,500

    Wave Pool Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,500

    Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,500

    The Welcome Project · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,500

    Wave Pool Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,500

    Cincinnati Nature Center Association · Milford, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,500

    Wexner Center Foundation · Columbus, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,350

    Miami University Art Museum · Oxford, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,250

    Seedling Foundation · Dayton, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,250

    Visionaries and Voices · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,250

    Visionaries and Voices · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,100

    Kennedy Heights Art Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,000

    City of Kettering · Kettering, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,000

    Annex Gallery · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,000

    City of Kettering · Kettering, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,000

    3cdc · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,000

    Cincinnati Museum Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $3,000

    Lloyd Library and Museum · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $3,000

    Visionaries and Voices · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $2,500

    Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $2,500

    National Underground Railroad Freedom Center · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant & 2023 symposium support

  • $2,500

    Professional Artistic Research · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $2,500

    Voyageur Media Group · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $2,500

    Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

  • $2,500

    Voyageur Media Group · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $2,500

    Action Tank USA · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $2,500

    Antioch College · Yellow Springs, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grants

  • $2,100

    Xavier University · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Biennial project grant

  • $2,000

    German Village Society · Columbus, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $2,000

    Mount St Joseph University · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grants

  • $2,000

    Xavier University · Cincinnati, OH · 2024

    Biennial project grant

  • $2,000

    German Village Society · Columbus, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grant

  • $2,000

    Mount St Joseph University · Cincinnati, OH · 2023

    Biennial project grants

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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.