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12 funders with a record of paying for “artifacts”
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Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $85,318 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to Coastal Heritage Society — to conserve historical artifacts
Largest: $50,000 to Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum — for general operating support - somali artifact and cultural museum is the only institution in north america devoted to preserving, celebrating, and advancing somali culture and ar…
Largest: $261,000 to PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF NEWPORT COUNTY — support for the preservation of structures and artifacts in newport ri.
Largest: $1.5M to MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM INC — to digitize key audio, audiovisual and physical artifacts from motown's archive and make them available to the public via a "digital jukebox."
Colbythomas CountyColby, KSCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $234,707 · through 2024Largest: $58,627 to PRAIRIE MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY — preservation of historical artifacts
Largest: $853,100 to AMERICAN SPEED MUSEUM — to preserve historic automotive artifacts
Largest: $250,000 to CONSERVATION CENTER FOR ART AND HISTORIC ARTIFACTS — core support 2020
Largest: $102,714 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — the institution is as an independent trust instrumentality of the united states and holds more than 137 million artifacts and specimens in its collections. it is a center for scien…
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $925,700 · through 2023Largest: $875,000 to SOMALI ARTIFACT AND CULTURAL MUSEUM — arts- culture- humanities, general
The 1854 FoundationPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $247,850 · through 2025Largest: $112,350 to PHILADELPHIA CRICKET CLUB — for the preservation and display of historic artifacts.
Largest: $25,000 to MENNONITE LIFE — annual fund / artifact storage
Largest: $200,000 to ABYSSINIAN BAPTIST CHURCH — core support for the archives & history ministry project for onsite and digital access and display of church archives and artifacts for individuals and groups, as well as reading a…
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →