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12 funders with a record of paying for “gallery”
Where the money went The Ahmanson Foundation → Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery: $12M across 3 grants, latest 2020 The Ford Foundation → National Gallery of Art: $2.7M across 5 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Yale University: $2.0M across 3 grants, latest 2022 The J Paul Getty Trust → National Gallery of Art: $983K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Terra Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery: $673K across 5 grants, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Space Gallery: $550K across 7 grants, latest 2024 Samuel H Kress Foundation → National Gallery of Art: $535K across 4 grants, latest 2023 Freelands Foundation → Ikon Gallery Ltd: $395K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → American Folk Art Museum: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Paramount Center for the Arts: $200K across 3 grants, latest 2021 Seattle Foundation → Henry Gallery Association: $97K across 12 grants, latest 2024 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Trickster Art Gallery: $59K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Ahmanson Foundation → Huntington Library & Art Gallery: $1.8M across 4 grants, latest 2021 The Chicago Community Trust → Smithsonian Institution: $850K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The J Paul Getty Trust → Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery: $633K across 12 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Whitechapel Gallery: $500K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Tufts University Art Galleries: $475K across 6 grants, latest 2024 Freelands Foundation → South London Gallery: $377K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Terra Foundation for American Art → National Gallery of Art: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → University of California Davis: $250K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Mcknight Foundation → Minneapolis American Indian Center: $190K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Samuel H Kress Foundation → National Gallery of Art: $170K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Seattle Foundation → Wonder of Women International Pc: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Union Street Gallery: $23K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The J Paul Getty Trust → Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery: $409K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ahmanson Foundation → National Gallery of Art: $335K across 7 grants, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Museum of the Cherokee People: $225K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Freelands Foundation → Site Gallery: $217K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Terra Foundation for American Art → The National Gallery: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → The Black School Inc: $167K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Mcknight Foundation → Kaddatz Galleries: $135K across 6 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Lehman College Art Gallery Inc: $106K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Samuel H Kress Foundation → Alliance of Hbcu Museums and Galleries Inc: $89K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation → Heaven Gallery: $21K across 5 grants, latest 2022 Seattle Foundation → Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery: $9K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The J Paul Getty Trust → Art Gallery of New South Wales Trust: $240K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The J Paul Getty Trust → Gallerie Nazionali Di Arte Antica: $239K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The J Paul Getty Trust → Gallery Climate Coalition: $235K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Smithsonian American Art Museum: $225K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Nevada Museum of Art: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Woodmere Art Museum: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Montclair Art Museum: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Freelands Foundation → University of Edinburgh Aka Talbot Rice Gallery: $190K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Purdue University: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Benedict College: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Project Eats Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Terra Foundation for American Art → Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Albright-Knox Art Gallery: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Terra Foundation for American Art → National Portrait Gallery: $125K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Terra Foundation for American Art → Art Gallery of Ontario: $125K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $122K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Katherine E Nash Gallery University of Minnesota: $112K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ahmanson Foundation → Museum of Jurassic Technology: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Serpentine Trust: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Yale University Art Gallery: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Fisk University Galleries: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → The High Desert Museum: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Museum of Fine Arts Boston: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Tucson Museum of Art: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ahmanson Foundation: $14M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ahmanson Foundation $14M The Ford Foundation: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $3.8M The Chicago Community Trust: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $3.0M The Henry Luce Foundation Inc: $2.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Henry Luce Foundation Inc $2.9M The J Paul Getty Trust: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The J Paul Getty Trust $2.7M Terra Foundation for American Art: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Terra Foundation for American… $1.5M The Andy Warhol Foundation for the: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andy Warhol Foundation fo… $1.5M Freelands Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. Freelands Foundation $1.2M Samuel H Kress Foundation: $794K on this topic. Open the funder. Samuel H Kress Foundation $794K The Mcknight Foundation: $525K on this topic. Open the funder. The Mcknight Foundation $525K Seattle Foundation: $133K on this topic. Open the funder. Seattle Foundation $133K Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation: $102K on this topic. Open the funder. Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley… $102K Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery: received $13M on this topic Henry E Huntington Library & Ar… $13M National Gallery of Art: received $4.5M on this topic National Gallery of Art $4.5M Yale University: received $2.0M on this topic Yale University $2.0M Huntington Library & Art Gallery: received $1.8M on this topic Huntington Library & Art Gallery $1.8M Smithsonian Institution: received $850K on this topic Smithsonian Institution $850K Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery: received $673K on this topic Smithsonian American Art Museum… $673K Space Gallery: received $550K on this topic Space Gallery $550K National Gallery of Art: received $535K on this topic National Gallery of Art $535K Whitechapel Gallery: received $500K on this topic Whitechapel Gallery $500K Tufts University Art Galleries: received $475K on this topic Tufts University Art Galleries $475K Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery: received $409K on this topic Board of Trustees of the Tate G… $409K Ikon Gallery Ltd: received $395K on this topic Ikon Gallery Ltd $395K South London Gallery: received $377K on this topic South London Gallery $377K American Folk Art Museum: received $350K on this topic American Folk Art Museum $350K University of California Davis: received $250K on this topic University of California Davis $250K Art Gallery of New South Wales Trust: received $240K on this topic Art Gallery of New South Wales… $240K Gallerie Nazionali Di Arte Antica: received $239K on this topic Gallerie Nazionali Di Arte Anti… $239K Gallery Climate Coalition: received $235K on this topic Gallery Climate Coalition $235K Museum of the Cherokee People: received $225K on this topic Museum of the Cherokee People $225K Smithsonian American Art Museum: received $225K on this topic Smithsonian American Art Museum $225K Site Gallery: received $217K on this topic Site Gallery $217K Paramount Center for the Arts: received $200K on this topic Paramount Center for the Arts $200K Nevada Museum of Art: received $200K on this topic Nevada Museum of Art $200K Woodmere Art Museum: received $200K on this topic Woodmere Art Museum $200K Montclair Art Museum: received $200K on this topic Montclair Art Museum $200K University of Edinburgh Aka Talbot Rice Gallery: received $190K on this topic University of Edinburgh Aka Tal… $190K Minneapolis American Indian Center: received $190K on this topic Minneapolis American Indian Cen… $190K The National Gallery: received $175K on this topic The National Gallery $175K The Black School Inc: received $167K on this topic The Black School Inc $167K Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois: received $150K on this topic Gallery 400 at the University o… $150K Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh: received $150K on this topic Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh $150K Purdue University: received $150K on this topic Purdue University $150K Benedict College: received $150K on this topic Benedict College $150K Project Eats Inc: received $150K on this topic Project Eats Inc $150K Albright-Knox Art Gallery: received $150K on this topic Albright-Knox Art Gallery $150K Kaddatz Galleries: received $135K on this topic Kaddatz Galleries $135K National Portrait Gallery: received $125K on this topic National Portrait Gallery $125K Art Gallery of Ontario: received $125K on this topic Art Gallery of Ontario $125K Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: received $125K on this topic Fine Arts Museums of San Franci… $125K Smithsonian Institution: received $122K on this topic Smithsonian Institution $122K Katherine E Nash Gallery University of Minnesota: received $112K on this topic Katherine E Nash Gallery Univer… $112K Lehman College Art Gallery Inc: received $106K on this topic Lehman College Art Gallery Inc $106K Museum of Jurassic Technology: received $100K on this topic Museum of Jurassic Technology $100K Serpentine Trust: received $100K on this topic Serpentine Trust $100K Yale University Art Gallery: received $100K on this topic Yale University Art Gallery $100K Fisk University Galleries: received $100K on this topic Fisk University Galleries $100K Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $100K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $100K The High Desert Museum: received $100K on this topic The High Desert Museum $100K Museum of Fine Arts Boston: received $100K on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Boston $100K Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: received $100K on this topic Memphis Brooks Museum of Art $100K Tucson Museum of Art: received $100K on this topic Tucson Museum of Art $100K Henry Gallery Association: received $97K on this topic Henry Gallery Association $97K Alliance of Hbcu Museums and Galleries Inc: received $89K on this topic Alliance of Hbcu Museums and Ga… $89K Trickster Art Gallery: received $59K on this topic Trickster Art Gallery $59K Wonder of Women International Pc: received $28K on this topic Wonder of Women International Pc $28K Union Street Gallery: received $23K on this topic Union Street Gallery $23K Heaven Gallery: received $21K on this topic Heaven Gallery $21K Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery: received $9K on this topic Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery $9K 12 funders, 58 recipients, grants matching “gallery” 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: $50,000 to ART GALLERY OF YORK UNIVERSITY — (expenditure responsibility grant) curatorial research fellowship: felicia mings
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Largest: $250,000 to NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART — art education
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Largest: $5,000 to Yale University Art Gallery — yale university art gallery
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Largest: $96,045 to FOCAL POINT GALLERY — grant to support focal point gallery, metal and toma as part of the autumn 2023 fund
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Largest: $276,250 to Yale University — support for yale track association, general operating support, support for the yale men's soccer 2023 spring trip, support for yale men?s soccer united campaign, class of 1961 cont…
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Largest: $20,000 to Kaddatz Galleries — for general operating support - kaddatz galleries fosters visual arts education and appreciation and maintains a gallery that celebrates the work of area artists and honors the leg…
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Largest: $408,850 to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TATE GALLERY — getty global art and sustainability fellowships
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Largest: $12.0M to HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIBRARY & ART GALLERY — for the acquisition of thomas cole's "portage falls on the genesee"
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Largest: $1.2M to NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART — core support for the diverse acquisition fund to acquire works by artists of diverse backgrounds
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Largest: $170,000 to NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART — institutional fellowships
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Largest: $8,500 to NEPANTLA CULTURAL ARTS GALLERY — nepantla cultural arts gallery neighbor to neighbor 2023 spring
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Largest: $58,500 to Trickster Art Gallery — general operating support
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