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12 funders with a record of paying for “curatorial”
Where the money went Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation → Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: $87M across 3 grants, latest 2023 Marieluise Hessel Foundation → Bard College-Center for Curatorial Studies: $27M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Alice L Walton Foundation → Spelman College: $4.5M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $3.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Center for Curatorial Leadership Inc: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Hammer Museum: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Teiger Foundation → Center for Curatorial Leadership: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → International Center of Photography: $190K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc → The Graduate Center Foundation: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Boston Lgbtq Museum of Art History & Culture: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Kettering Family Foundation → International Studio & Curatorial Program: $44K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Easton Family Fund → Center for Curatorial Leadership: $31K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation → Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: $39M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → City of Boston: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → The Studio Museum in Harlem Inc: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Shelburne Museum: $235K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Teiger Foundation → Carnegie Museums: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Alice L Walton Foundation → Center for Curatorial Leadership: $170K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Walker Art Center: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc → International Studio & Curatorial Program: $114K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Td Charitable Foundation → Issue Project Room Inc: $65K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Kettering Family Foundation → Apex Art Curatorial Program: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Center for Curatorial Leadership: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Brooklyn Museum: $445K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Historic Deerfield Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Teiger Foundation → Independent Curators International: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc → Center for Curatorial Leadership Inc: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Africa Center: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Kettering Family Foundation → International Studio & Curatorial: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Frances Perkins Center: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Artists Space Inc: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Arizona State University: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Texas at Austin: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → University of Texas at El Paso: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Oakland Museum of California: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Myriad USA: $345K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → 516 Arts: $253K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Tufts University: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Mexic-Arte Museum: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Georgia O'keeffe Museum: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → American Museum of Natural History: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Museum of Contemporary Native Arts: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Teiger Foundation → Queens Museum: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Japanese American Cultural and Community Center: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Louisiana Museum of African American History: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Mishkin Gallery Baruch College: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → One National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Visual Studies Workshop: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Center for Curatorial Leadership: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Allied Media Projects: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Antenna Press Street: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Arizona State University Art Museum: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Art Galleries at Black Studies at the Univ of Texas at Austin: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Art Gallery of York University: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Art Papers: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Association Irtijal: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Carleton College: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Congo Square Preservation Society: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Phoenix Art Museum: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $127M on this topic. Open the funder. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts… $127M Marieluise Hessel Foundation: $27M on this topic. Open the funder. Marieluise Hessel Foundation $27M The Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $11M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andrew W Mellon Foundation $11M Alice L Walton Foundation: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Alice L Walton Foundation $4.7M The Ford Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $3.5M The Andy Warhol Foundation for the: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andy Warhol Foundation fo… $1.3M The Henry Luce Foundation Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Henry Luce Foundation Inc $1.0M Teiger Foundation: $650K on this topic. Open the funder. Teiger Foundation $650K Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc: $294K on this topic. Open the funder. Helen Frankenthaler Foundatio… $294K Td Charitable Foundation: $140K on this topic. Open the funder. Td Charitable Foundation $140K Kettering Family Foundation: $124K on this topic. Open the funder. Kettering Family Foundation $124K Easton Family Fund: $31K on this topic. Open the funder. Easton Family Fund $31K Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: received $87M on this topic Virginia Museum of Fine Arts $87M Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: received $39M on this topic Virginia Museum of Fine Arts $39M Bard College-Center for Curatorial Studies: received $27M on this topic Bard College-Center for Curator… $27M Spelman College: received $4.5M on this topic Spelman College $4.5M Smithsonian Institution: received $3.0M on this topic Smithsonian Institution $3.0M Center for Curatorial Leadership: received $2.1M on this topic Center for Curatorial Leadership $2.1M City of Boston: received $2.0M on this topic City of Boston $2.0M Center for Curatorial Leadership Inc: received $1.8M on this topic Center for Curatorial Leadershi… $1.8M The Studio Museum in Harlem Inc: received $1.1M on this topic The Studio Museum in Harlem Inc $1.1M Frances Perkins Center: received $500K on this topic Frances Perkins Center $500K Artists Space Inc: received $500K on this topic Artists Space Inc $500K Arizona State University: received $500K on this topic Arizona State University $500K University of Texas at Austin: received $500K on this topic University of Texas at Austin $500K Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego: received $500K on this topic Museum of Contemporary Art San… $500K Brooklyn Museum: received $445K on this topic Brooklyn Museum $445K University of Texas at El Paso: received $400K on this topic University of Texas at El Paso $400K Oakland Museum of California: received $400K on this topic Oakland Museum of California $400K Myriad USA: received $345K on this topic Myriad USA $345K 516 Arts: received $253K on this topic 516 Arts $253K Center for Curatorial Leadership: received $251K on this topic Center for Curatorial Leadership $251K Hammer Museum: received $250K on this topic Hammer Museum $250K Tufts University: received $250K on this topic Tufts University $250K Shelburne Museum: received $235K on this topic Shelburne Museum $235K Carnegie Museums: received $200K on this topic Carnegie Museums $200K Mexic-Arte Museum: received $200K on this topic Mexic-Arte Museum $200K International Center of Photography: received $190K on this topic International Center of Photogr… $190K International Studio & Curatorial Program: received $158K on this topic International Studio & Curatori… $158K Walker Art Center: received $150K on this topic Walker Art Center $150K Historic Deerfield Inc: received $150K on this topic Historic Deerfield Inc $150K Independent Curators International: received $150K on this topic Independent Curators Internatio… $150K Georgia O'keeffe Museum: received $150K on this topic Georgia O'keeffe Museum $150K The Graduate Center Foundation: received $120K on this topic The Graduate Center Foundation $120K American Museum of Natural History: received $90K on this topic American Museum of Natural Hist… $90K Boston Lgbtq Museum of Art History & Culture: received $75K on this topic Boston Lgbtq Museum of Art Hist… $75K Museum of Contemporary Native Arts: received $75K on this topic Museum of Contemporary Native A… $75K Queens Museum: received $75K on this topic Queens Museum $75K Issue Project Room Inc: received $65K on this topic Issue Project Room Inc $65K Africa Center: received $50K on this topic Africa Center $50K Japanese American Cultural and Community Center: received $50K on this topic Japanese American Cultural and… $50K Louisiana Museum of African American History: received $50K on this topic Louisiana Museum of African Ame… $50K Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: received $50K on this topic Massachusetts Museum of Contemp… $50K Mishkin Gallery Baruch College: received $50K on this topic Mishkin Gallery Baruch College $50K One National Gay and Lesbian Archives at the USC Libraries: received $50K on this topic One National Gay and Lesbian Ar… $50K Museum of Contemporary Art Denver: received $50K on this topic Museum of Contemporary Art Denv… $50K Visual Studies Workshop: received $50K on this topic Visual Studies Workshop $50K Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti: received $50K on this topic Experimental Media and Performi… $50K Allied Media Projects: received $50K on this topic Allied Media Projects $50K Antenna Press Street: received $50K on this topic Antenna Press Street $50K Arizona State University Art Museum: received $50K on this topic Arizona State University Art Mu… $50K Art Galleries at Black Studies at the Univ of Texas at Austin: received $50K on this topic Art Galleries at Black Studies… $50K Art Gallery of York University: received $50K on this topic Art Gallery of York University $50K Art Papers: received $50K on this topic Art Papers $50K Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: received $50K on this topic Asian Art Museum of San Francis… $50K Association Irtijal: received $50K on this topic Association Irtijal $50K Carleton College: received $50K on this topic Carleton College $50K Congo Square Preservation Society: received $50K on this topic Congo Square Preservation Socie… $50K Phoenix Art Museum: received $50K on this topic Phoenix Art Museum $50K Apex Art Curatorial Program: received $40K on this topic Apex Art Curatorial Program $40K International Studio & Curatorial: received $40K on this topic International Studio & Curatori… $40K 12 funders, 59 recipients, grants matching “curatorial” 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: $150,000 to WALKER ART CENTER — dyani white hawk exhibition; and curatorial research fellowship: rosario giraldes
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Largest: $1.0M to CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP — to support curatorial leadership programs and organizational capacity
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Largest: $385,000 to CENTER FOR CURATORIAL LEADERSHIP INC — core support for its fellowship training program that prepares museum curators for leadership roles and seeks to diversify the curatorial leadership track at cultural institutions
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Largest: $645,000 to BARD COLLEGE-CENTER FOR CURATORIAL STUDIES — purpose: restricted grant to the center for curatorial studies to provide funding for the general operations of the hessel museum of art, support for two positions on the center fo…
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Largest: $2.2M to Spelman College — to support the atlanta university center (auc) collective for the study of art history & curatorial studies.
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Largest: $250,000 to Hammer Museum — luce curatorial fellowships
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Largest: $60,000 to THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION — 2023 global curatorial training initiative (1 of 3)
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Largest: $39.3M to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts — to assist in implementing and funding programs, projects, and operations of the virignia museum of fine arts. for the year ended june 30, 2025, assistance was used for curatorial, …
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Largest: $20,000 to ISSUE PROJECT ROOM INC — 2026 residency and curatorial fellowship community programs
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Largest: $150,000 to INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL — for ici's programs: curatorial intensive, the curatorial forum, and the mississippi initiative
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Largest: $43,500 to INTERNATIONAL STUDIO & CURATORIAL PROGRAM — detroit artist residency at iscp
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Largest: $11,010 to Center for Curatorial Leadership — curatorial research
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