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12 funders with a record of paying for “ceramics”
Where the money went Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc → Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts: $3.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Mcknight Foundation → Northern Clay Center: $1.0M across 6 grants, latest 2023 Arkansas Community Foundation Inc → Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Inc - 103 Cochran Road Edgecomb Me 0455: $776K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Dew Foundation → American Museum of Ceramic Art: $420K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts → Kansas City Art Institute: $260K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Rair Inc Foundation: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for → American Museum of Ceramic Art: $190K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Air Products Foundation → The American Ceramic Society Inc: $62K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Richard S and Alita Rogers Family → National Council On Education for the Ceramic Arts: $45K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rosenfield Art Foundation of Texas Inc → Dallas Pottery Invitational: $28K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Jeanne Ward Foundation → American Ceramics Society: $17K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Lef Foundation → Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts: $13K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc → American Museum of Ceramic Art: $685K across 8 grants, latest 2025 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Center for Craft: $115K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Dew Foundation → Pasadena Waldorf School: $21K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Richard S and Alita Rogers Family → Museum of Ceramic Art: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Lef Foundation → Museum of Ceramic Artsny: $11K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Jeanne Ward Foundation → American Museum of Ceramic Art: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rosenfield Art Foundation of Texas Inc → Chronicles of American Ceramics: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Air Products Foundation → Foundry Educational Foundation: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc → Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts: $600K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Project Onward: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Dew Foundation → Copper Mountain College Foundation: $10K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Jeanne Ward Foundation → Pcc Foundation Ceramics Dept: $8K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Rosenfield Art Foundation of Texas Inc → James Olney: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Lef Foundation → Watershed Center for the Creative Arts: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Ceramic Studio: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Gabriel Dawe: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Lh Project: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Archie Bray Foundation: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Andrea Ferrero: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Richard T Notkin: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Elise Siegel: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → Ethan Meyer: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Virginia A Groot Foundation → National Council On Education for the Ceramic Arts: $4K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rosenfield Art Foundation of Texas Inc → Clay Cohorts: $4K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Rosenfield Art Foundation of Texas Inc → Jen Gandee: $2K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc: $4.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Windgate Charitable Foundatio… $4.6M The Mcknight Foundation: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $1.0M Arkansas Community Foundation Inc: $776K on this topic. Open the funder. Arkansas Community Foundation… $776K The Virginia A Groot Foundation: $752K on this topic. Open the funder. The Virginia A Groot Foundati… $752K Dew Foundation: $451K on this topic. Open the funder. Dew Foundation $451K Richard J Stern Foundation for the Arts: $260K on this topic. Open the funder. Richard J Stern Foundation fo… $260K Ruth and Joseph C Reed Foundation for: $190K on this topic. Open the funder. Ruth and Joseph C Reed Founda… $190K Air Products Foundation: $64K on this topic. Open the funder. Air Products Foundation $64K The Richard S and Alita Rogers Family: $60K on this topic. Open the funder. The Richard S and Alita Roger… $60K Rosenfield Art Foundation of Texas Inc: $50K on this topic. Open the funder. Rosenfield Art Foundation of… $50K Jeanne Ward Foundation: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. Jeanne Ward Foundation $35K The Lef Foundation: $29K on this topic. Open the funder. The Lef Foundation $29K Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts: received $3.4M on this topic Watershed Center for the Cerami… $3.4M American Museum of Ceramic Art: received $1.1M on this topic American Museum of Ceramic Art $1.1M Northern Clay Center: received $1.0M on this topic Northern Clay Center $1.0M Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts Inc - 103 Cochran Road Edgecomb Me 0455: received $776K on this topic Watershed Center for Ceramic Ar… $776K Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts: received $600K on this topic Archie Bray Foundation for the… $600K Kansas City Art Institute: received $260K on this topic Kansas City Art Institute $260K Rair Inc Foundation: received $200K on this topic Rair Inc Foundation $200K American Museum of Ceramic Art: received $190K on this topic American Museum of Ceramic Art $190K Center for Craft: received $115K on this topic Center for Craft $115K Project Onward: received $100K on this topic Project Onward $100K Ceramic Studio: received $100K on this topic Ceramic Studio $100K The American Ceramic Society Inc: received $62K on this topic The American Ceramic Society Inc $62K Gabriel Dawe: received $60K on this topic Gabriel Dawe $60K Lh Project: received $60K on this topic Lh Project $60K National Council On Education for the Ceramic Arts: received $49K on this topic National Council On Education f… $49K Archie Bray Foundation: received $33K on this topic Archie Bray Foundation $33K Andrea Ferrero: received $30K on this topic Andrea Ferrero $30K Dallas Pottery Invitational: received $28K on this topic Dallas Pottery Invitational $28K Richard T Notkin: received $25K on this topic Richard T Notkin $25K Pasadena Waldorf School: received $21K on this topic Pasadena Waldorf School $21K Elise Siegel: received $20K on this topic Elise Siegel $20K American Ceramics Society: received $17K on this topic American Ceramics Society $17K Museum of Ceramic Art: received $15K on this topic Museum of Ceramic Art $15K Museum of Ceramic Artsny: received $11K on this topic Museum of Ceramic Artsny $11K Copper Mountain College Foundation: received $10K on this topic Copper Mountain College Foundat… $10K Chronicles of American Ceramics: received $9K on this topic Chronicles of American Ceramics $9K Pcc Foundation Ceramics Dept: received $8K on this topic Pcc Foundation Ceramics Dept $8K James Olney: received $7K on this topic James Olney $7K Watershed Center for the Creative Arts: received $5K on this topic Watershed Center for the Creati… $5K Ethan Meyer: received $5K on this topic Ethan Meyer $5K Clay Cohorts: received $4K on this topic Clay Cohorts $4K Jen Gandee: received $2K on this topic Jen Gandee $2K Foundry Educational Foundation: received $2K on this topic Foundry Educational Foundation $2K 12 funders, 33 recipients, grants matching “ceramics” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $3.0M to WATERSHED CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS — art & culture
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Largest: $3,100 to NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS — to promote and pursue excellence in the ceramic arts
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Largest: $170,000 to Northern Clay Center — for the mcknight artist fellowships for ceramic artists and a visiting ceramic artists residency program
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Largest: $691,000 to WATERSHED CENTER FOR CERAMIC ARTS INC - 103 COCHRAN ROAD EDGECOMB ME 0455 — to support programs and operations at watershed center for the ceramic arts
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Largest: $230,000 to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF CERAMIC ART — mortgage payoff campaign and general operating support
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Largest: $3,500 to WATERSHED CENTER FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS — program support of the fran rudolf scholarship at watershed center for the ceramic arts
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Largest: $6,500 to AMERICAN CERAMICS SOCIETY — art education
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Largest: $15,000 to THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY INC — air products sponsorship toward the 84th conference on glass problems being held november 6-9, 2023 in columbus, oh
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Largest: $6,500 to James Olney — research in tanzania on alternative fuels for firing ceramics
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Largest: $65,000 to KANSAS CITY ART INSTITUTE — ceramics program
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Largest: $30,000 to NATIONAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION FOR THE CERAMIC ARTS — to provide support for the ceramic arts.
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Largest: $90,000 to American Museum of Ceramic Art — grant for the arts
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