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12 funders with a record of paying for “display”
Where the money went Museo Reina Sofia Foundation (USA) Inc → Fundacion Museo Reina Sofia: $3.4M across 8 grants, latest 2024 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Milan Biblioteca Braidense: $2.4M across 1 grant, latest 2021 John S and James L Knight Foundation → The Miami Foundation: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2024 One Million Years Foundation Inc → Dia Center for the Arts Inc: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Richard C Paine Jr Automobile → Seal Cove Auto Museum: $925K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Diane & Michael Canney Foundation → Art of the Matter: $247K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Ying Family Charitable Foundation → Lunghwa University: $176K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Geo Global Foundation → El Museo Del Barrio: $143K across 9 grants, latest 2022 The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Frederick R Weisman Philanthropic → Los Angeles Co Museum of Art: $50K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Jr Simplot Foundation Inc → Zoo Boise: $45K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Arvest Foundation → Holiday in the Park: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Centre Pompidou: $1.6M across 1 grant, latest 2021 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Greater Miami Jewish Federation: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation → Motion Picture & Television Fund: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jr Simplot Foundation Inc → Boise Art Museum: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Geo Global Foundation → Dallas Museum of Art: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Frederick R Weisman Philanthropic → Ucla Hammer Museum: $18K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Arvest Foundation → Pine Street Community Museum: $15K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Richard C Paine Jr Automobile → Stanley Museum: $4K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ying Family Charitable Foundation → Huntington Library: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Oklahoma State University: $867K across 1 grant, latest 2021 John S and James L Knight Foundation → Freedom Forum Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Jr Simplot Foundation Inc → Idaho Botanical Garden: $20K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Frederick R Weisman Philanthropic → Museum Contemprary Art: $18K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Arvest Foundation → Lucky Star Handmade: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation → Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma): $4K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → New Orleans Museum of Art: $717K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Williams College Museum of Art: $575K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Risd Museum: $359K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → High Museum of Art: $341K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts: $334K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Art Institute of Chicago: $327K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Dnp Foundation for Cultural Promotion: $313K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Triennale Milano: $312K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Smart Museum of Art: $291K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Albertina Modern: $272K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: $242K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts: $224K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Menil Drawing Institute: $223K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Scad Museum of Art: $213K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Guild Hall: $211K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Nasher Sculpture Center: $199K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Allen Memorial Art Museum: $172K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Columbus Museum of Art: $168K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Seattle Art Museum: $165K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Colby College Museum of Art: $163K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Harvard Art Museums: $152K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Dallas Museum of Art: $141K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Stanley Museum of Art: $139K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Ackland Art Museum: $138K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Eskenazi Museum: $134K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Currier Museum of Art: $134K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Morgan Library & Museum: $122K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Speed Art Museum: $121K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Saint Louis Art Museum: $119K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → National Baseball Hall of Fame: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Mcmullen Museum of Art: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Bates College Museum of Art: $109K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts Bilbao Spain: $109K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense: $107K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Maier Museum of Art: $99K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Worcester Art Museum: $90K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation → Lyman Allyn Art Museum: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Saul Steinberg Foundation: $13M on this topic. Open the funder. The Saul Steinberg Foundation $13M Museo Reina Sofia Foundation (USA) Inc: $3.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Museo Reina Sofia Foundation… $3.4M John S and James L Knight Foundation: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. John S and James L Knight Fou… $3.0M One Million Years Foundation Inc: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder. One Million Years Foundation… $1.8M The Richard C Paine Jr Automobile: $929K on this topic. Open the funder. The Richard C Paine Jr Automo… $929K Diane & Michael Canney Foundation: $247K on this topic. Open the funder. Diane & Michael Canney Founda… $247K The Ying Family Charitable Foundation: $178K on this topic. Open the funder. The Ying Family Charitable Fo… $178K The Geo Global Foundation: $163K on this topic. Open the funder. The Geo Global Foundation $163K The Barry and Wendy Meyer Foundation: $129K on this topic. Open the funder. The Barry and Wendy Meyer Fou… $129K Frederick R Weisman Philanthropic: $86K on this topic. Open the funder. Frederick R Weisman Philanthr… $86K Jr Simplot Foundation Inc: $85K on this topic. Open the funder. Jr Simplot Foundation Inc $85K Arvest Foundation: $35K on this topic. Open the funder. Arvest Foundation $35K Fundacion Museo Reina Sofia: received $3.4M on this topic Fundacion Museo Reina Sofia $3.4M Milan Biblioteca Braidense: received $2.4M on this topic Milan Biblioteca Braidense $2.4M The Miami Foundation: received $2.0M on this topic The Miami Foundation $2.0M Dia Center for the Arts Inc: received $1.8M on this topic Dia Center for the Arts Inc $1.8M Centre Pompidou: received $1.6M on this topic Centre Pompidou $1.6M Greater Miami Jewish Federation: received $1.0M on this topic Greater Miami Jewish Federation $1.0M Seal Cove Auto Museum: received $925K on this topic Seal Cove Auto Museum $925K Oklahoma State University: received $867K on this topic Oklahoma State University $867K New Orleans Museum of Art: received $717K on this topic New Orleans Museum of Art $717K Williams College Museum of Art: received $575K on this topic Williams College Museum of Art $575K Risd Museum: received $359K on this topic Risd Museum $359K High Museum of Art: received $341K on this topic High Museum of Art $341K Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts: received $334K on this topic Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts $334K Art Institute of Chicago: received $327K on this topic Art Institute of Chicago $327K Dnp Foundation for Cultural Promotion: received $313K on this topic Dnp Foundation for Cultural Pro… $313K Triennale Milano: received $312K on this topic Triennale Milano $312K Smart Museum of Art: received $291K on this topic Smart Museum of Art $291K Albertina Modern: received $272K on this topic Albertina Modern $272K Art of the Matter: received $247K on this topic Art of the Matter $247K Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: received $242K on this topic Virginia Museum of Fine Arts $242K Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts: received $224K on this topic Achenbach Foundation for Graphi… $224K Menil Drawing Institute: received $223K on this topic Menil Drawing Institute $223K Scad Museum of Art: received $213K on this topic Scad Museum of Art $213K Guild Hall: received $211K on this topic Guild Hall $211K Nasher Sculpture Center: received $199K on this topic Nasher Sculpture Center $199K Lunghwa University: received $176K on this topic Lunghwa University $176K Allen Memorial Art Museum: received $172K on this topic Allen Memorial Art Museum $172K Columbus Museum of Art: received $168K on this topic Columbus Museum of Art $168K Seattle Art Museum: received $165K on this topic Seattle Art Museum $165K Colby College Museum of Art: received $163K on this topic Colby College Museum of Art $163K Dallas Museum of Art: received $161K on this topic Dallas Museum of Art $161K Harvard Art Museums: received $152K on this topic Harvard Art Museums $152K El Museo Del Barrio: received $143K on this topic El Museo Del Barrio $143K Stanley Museum of Art: received $139K on this topic Stanley Museum of Art $139K Ackland Art Museum: received $138K on this topic Ackland Art Museum $138K Eskenazi Museum: received $134K on this topic Eskenazi Museum $134K Currier Museum of Art: received $134K on this topic Currier Museum of Art $134K Morgan Library & Museum: received $122K on this topic Morgan Library & Museum $122K Speed Art Museum: received $121K on this topic Speed Art Museum $121K Saint Louis Art Museum: received $119K on this topic Saint Louis Art Museum $119K National Baseball Hall of Fame: received $114K on this topic National Baseball Hall of Fame $114K Mcmullen Museum of Art: received $114K on this topic Mcmullen Museum of Art $114K Bates College Museum of Art: received $109K on this topic Bates College Museum of Art $109K Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts Bilbao Spain: received $109K on this topic Bilbao Museum of Fine Arts Bilb… $109K Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense: received $107K on this topic Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense $107K Maier Museum of Art: received $99K on this topic Maier Museum of Art $99K Worcester Art Museum: received $90K on this topic Worcester Art Museum $90K Smithsonian Institution: received $75K on this topic Smithsonian Institution $75K Lyman Allyn Art Museum: received $75K on this topic Lyman Allyn Art Museum $75K Los Angeles Co Museum of Art: received $50K on this topic Los Angeles Co Museum of Art $50K Motion Picture & Television Fund: received $50K on this topic Motion Picture & Television Fund $50K Freedom Forum Inc: received $50K on this topic Freedom Forum Inc $50K Zoo Boise: received $45K on this topic Zoo Boise $45K Boise Art Museum: received $20K on this topic Boise Art Museum $20K Idaho Botanical Garden: received $20K on this topic Idaho Botanical Garden $20K Ucla Hammer Museum: received $18K on this topic Ucla Hammer Museum $18K Museum Contemprary Art: received $18K on this topic Museum Contemprary Art $18K Holiday in the Park: received $15K on this topic Holiday in the Park $15K Pine Street Community Museum: received $15K on this topic Pine Street Community Museum $15K Lucky Star Handmade: received $5K on this topic Lucky Star Handmade $5K Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma): received $4K on this topic Los Angeles County Museum of Ar… $4K Stanley Museum: received $4K on this topic Stanley Museum $4K Huntington Library: received $1K on this topic Huntington Library $1K 12 funders, 63 recipients, grants matching “display” 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: $2.4M to MILAN BIBLIOTECA BRAIDENSE — donation of artwork to be displayed. the foundation is in compliance with revenue proc. 2017-53 and necessary documents are on file.
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Largest: $30,000 to ZOO BOISE — community display
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Largest: $15,000 to LOS ANGELES CO MUSEUM OF ART — financial support for public display
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Largest: $2.5M to FUNDACION MUSEO REINA SOFIA — support to acquire additional artworks to be displayed at the museo reina sofa (madrid).
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Largest: $35,000 to EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO — promote public awareness of jaime davidovich artworks by contributing diverse collections of art to be displayed in museums.
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Largest: $71,400 to LUNGHWA UNIVERSITY — to support promoting research and education in the science and technology through the development and support of a community of scholars, and through the display and interpretation…
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Largest: $314,984 to Seal Cove Auto Museum — to fund seal cove auto museum - displays classic autos
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Largest: $50,000 to MOTION PICTURE & TELEVISION FUND — providing displays of art to the community
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Largest: $15,000 to Holiday in the Park — to assist with maintenance and expansion needs for the holiday light displays.
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Largest: $450,000 to DIA CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC — artwork for public display
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Largest: $50,000 to FREEDOM FORUM INC — to support an exhibit entitled "the first amendment and you(th)," to be displayed at the dulles international and reagan national airports.
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Largest: $142,000 to ART OF THE MATTER — art outreach, public displays of art, national quilt exhibit, covid and first responder memorials, sponsorship of art displays in inova sharr cancer center (fairfax va).
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