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12 funders with a record of paying for “painted”
Where the money went The Ahmanson Foundation → Henry E Huntington Lib & Art Gal: $6.5M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation → Grantees Outside USA- Attached List: $1.8M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → Art Institute of Chicago: $1.4M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Edward J Gallagher Jr Foundation Inc → Arizona Board of Regents: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The William Penn Foundation → Painted Bride Art Center: $1.2M across 20 grants, latest 2024 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman → College Football Hall of Fame: $285K across 7 grants, latest 2023 Hillman Family Foundations → The Westmoreland Museum of American Art: $257K across 6 grants, latest 2021 Foundation for the Art Renewal → Arc Salon Foundation Inc: $92K across 11 grants, latest 2023 Wells Fargo Foundation → Trustees of Davidson College: $82K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Champlin Foundation → St Patrick Academy: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Connection Church Longmont: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ahmanson Foundation → Huntington Library & Art Gallery: $1.7M across 1 grant, latest 2021 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation → Grantees in USA-Attached List: $1.7M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → New York Studio School of Drawing Painting & Sculpture Inc: $700K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman → Pro Football Hall of Fame: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Edward J Gallagher Jr Foundation Inc → Metropolitan Museum of Art: $122K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Hillman Family Foundations → Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2024 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Yale University: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wells Fargo Foundation → Cypress Mandela Training Center: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Champlin Foundation → Samaritans of Rhode Island: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The William Penn Foundation → Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Chugach Bible Church: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ahmanson Foundation → The Painted Turtle: $451K across 3 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Nw Indiana: $361K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Edward J Gallagher Jr Foundation Inc → The Balto Museum of Art Inc: $122K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman → Les Paul Foundation: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2022 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Science History Institute: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Champlin Foundation → Foster Preservation Society: $33K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wells Fargo Foundation → Brothers Redevelopment Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Sure Foundation Baptist Church: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Hillman Family Foundations → New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture Inc: $3K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The Ahmanson Foundation → YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles: $132K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Norfield Congregational Church: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Aubin Pictures Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman → Nsu Art Museum: $43K across 3 grants, latest 2023 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Japan Society Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Paint the City: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2021 The Champlin Foundation → Warwick Public Library: $31K across 1 grant, latest 2023 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2024 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → China Institute in America Incorporated: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Platte Valley Community Center Foundation: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2022 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Free Library of Philadelphia: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Champlin Foundation → First Baptist Church in Wickford: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Champlin Foundation → Kingston Congregational Church: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman → School of Art Institute of Chicago: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Dayton Art Institute: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → The Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman → United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum: $17K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → I Paint My Mind - Nfp: $16K across 2 grants, latest 2021 Wells Fargo Foundation → Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Japanese American National Museum: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Wells Fargo Foundation → Invest Dsm Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Cornerstone Baptist Church: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Iglesia Biblica Cristiana De Tallahassee Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Wells Fargo Foundation → Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Caney Creek Church: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Champlin Foundation → Cornerstone of Faith United Methodist Church: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Life Spring Church: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Oldham Little Church Foundation → The Bridge Church: $14K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Oldham Little Church Foundation → Word in Life Outreach: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation → Morikami Inc: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman → Lebron James Family Foundation: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Wells Fargo Foundation → The Jesse Tree of Idaho Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Ahmanson Foundation: $8.8M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ahmanson Foundation $8.8M Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Elizabeth Greenshields Founda… $3.5M The Chicago Community Trust: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $2.7M Edward J Gallagher Jr Foundation Inc: $1.5M on this topic. Open the funder. Edward J Gallagher Jr Foundat… $1.5M The William Penn Foundation: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The William Penn Foundation $1.2M E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation: $802K on this topic. Open the funder. E Rhodes and Leona B Carpente… $802K Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman: $582K on this topic. Open the funder. Leroy Neiman and Janet Byrne… $582K Hillman Family Foundations: $359K on this topic. Open the funder. Hillman Family Foundations $359K The Champlin Foundation: $224K on this topic. Open the funder. The Champlin Foundation $224K Wells Fargo Foundation: $217K on this topic. Open the funder. Wells Fargo Foundation $217K Oldham Little Church Foundation: $138K on this topic. Open the funder. Oldham Little Church Foundati… $138K Foundation for the Art Renewal: $92K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation for the Art Renewal $92K Henry E Huntington Lib & Art Gal: received $6.5M on this topic Henry E Huntington Lib & Art Gal $6.5M Grantees Outside USA- Attached List: received $1.8M on this topic Grantees Outside USA- Attached… $1.8M Huntington Library & Art Gallery: received $1.7M on this topic Huntington Library & Art Gallery $1.7M Grantees in USA-Attached List: received $1.7M on this topic Grantees in USA-Attached List $1.7M Art Institute of Chicago: received $1.4M on this topic Art Institute of Chicago $1.4M Arizona Board of Regents: received $1.2M on this topic Arizona Board of Regents $1.2M Painted Bride Art Center: received $1.2M on this topic Painted Bride Art Center $1.2M New York Studio School of Drawing Painting & Sculpture Inc: received $700K on this topic New York Studio School of Drawi… $700K Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: received $500K on this topic Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fo… $500K The Painted Turtle: received $451K on this topic The Painted Turtle $451K Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Nw Indiana: received $361K on this topic Ronald Mcdonald House Charities… $361K College Football Hall of Fame: received $285K on this topic College Football Hall of Fame $285K The Westmoreland Museum of American Art: received $257K on this topic The Westmoreland Museum of Amer… $257K Pro Football Hall of Fame: received $140K on this topic Pro Football Hall of Fame $140K YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles: received $132K on this topic YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles $132K Metropolitan Museum of Art: received $122K on this topic Metropolitan Museum of Art $122K The Balto Museum of Art Inc: received $122K on this topic The Balto Museum of Art Inc $122K Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Inc: received $100K on this topic Skowhegan School of Painting an… $100K Norfield Congregational Church: received $100K on this topic Norfield Congregational Church $100K Arc Salon Foundation Inc: received $92K on this topic Arc Salon Foundation Inc $92K Trustees of Davidson College: received $82K on this topic Trustees of Davidson College $82K St Patrick Academy: received $65K on this topic St Patrick Academy $65K Les Paul Foundation: received $65K on this topic Les Paul Foundation $65K Yale University: received $60K on this topic Yale University $60K Cypress Mandela Training Center: received $50K on this topic Cypress Mandela Training Center $50K Science History Institute: received $50K on this topic Science History Institute $50K Aubin Pictures Inc: received $50K on this topic Aubin Pictures Inc $50K Nsu Art Museum: received $43K on this topic Nsu Art Museum $43K Japan Society Inc: received $40K on this topic Japan Society Inc $40K Paint the City: received $40K on this topic Paint the City $40K Samaritans of Rhode Island: received $33K on this topic Samaritans of Rhode Island $33K Foster Preservation Society: received $33K on this topic Foster Preservation Society $33K Warwick Public Library: received $31K on this topic Warwick Public Library $31K Brothers Redevelopment Inc: received $30K on this topic Brothers Redevelopment Inc $30K Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum: received $30K on this topic Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum $30K China Institute in America Incorporated: received $30K on this topic China Institute in America Inco… $30K Platte Valley Community Center Foundation: received $26K on this topic Platte Valley Community Center… $26K Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates: received $25K on this topic Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocat… $25K Free Library of Philadelphia: received $25K on this topic Free Library of Philadelphia $25K First Baptist Church in Wickford: received $25K on this topic First Baptist Church in Wickford $25K Kingston Congregational Church: received $22K on this topic Kingston Congregational Church $22K Connection Church Longmont: received $20K on this topic Connection Church Longmont $20K School of Art Institute of Chicago: received $20K on this topic School of Art Institute of Chic… $20K Dayton Art Institute: received $20K on this topic Dayton Art Institute $20K The Museum of Fine Arts Houston: received $20K on this topic The Museum of Fine Arts Houston $20K Chugach Bible Church: received $17K on this topic Chugach Bible Church $17K United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum: received $17K on this topic United States Olympic and Paral… $17K I Paint My Mind - Nfp: received $16K on this topic I Paint My Mind - Nfp $16K Sure Foundation Baptist Church: received $16K on this topic Sure Foundation Baptist Church $16K Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: received $15K on this topic Anchorage Neighborhood Housing… $15K Japanese American National Museum: received $15K on this topic Japanese American National Muse… $15K Invest Dsm Inc: received $15K on this topic Invest Dsm Inc $15K Cornerstone Baptist Church: received $15K on this topic Cornerstone Baptist Church $15K Iglesia Biblica Cristiana De Tallahassee Inc: received $15K on this topic Iglesia Biblica Cristiana De Ta… $15K Anchorage Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: received $15K on this topic Anchorage Neighborhood Housing… $15K Caney Creek Church: received $15K on this topic Caney Creek Church $15K Cornerstone of Faith United Methodist Church: received $15K on this topic Cornerstone of Faith United Met… $15K Life Spring Church: received $14K on this topic Life Spring Church $14K The Bridge Church: received $14K on this topic The Bridge Church $14K Word in Life Outreach: received $12K on this topic Word in Life Outreach $12K Morikami Inc: received $12K on this topic Morikami Inc $12K Lebron James Family Foundation: received $12K on this topic Lebron James Family Foundation $12K The Jesse Tree of Idaho Inc: received $10K on this topic The Jesse Tree of Idaho Inc $10K New York Studio School of Drawing Painting and Sculpture Inc: received $3K on this topic New York Studio School of Drawi… $3K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “painted” 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 PAINTED BRIDE ART CENTER — the colored girls museum's outdoor art installation, the living room garden
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Largest: $65,000 to LES PAUL FOUNDATION — painting- les paul
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Largest: $20,000 to Paint the City — support for paint the schools
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Largest: $60,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY — help with the cost of a conservation survey of its east asian paintings and calligraphies collection through a two-year appointment of an assistant or associate conservator of east…
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Largest: $61,947 to THE BALTO MUSEUM OF ART INC — support for the baltimore museum of art for the purchase of worthwhile american paintings
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Largest: $100,000 to THE WESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — painting by david gilmour blythe - on the sly
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Largest: $20,000 to Connection Church Longmont — paint and carpet
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Largest: $65,000 to ST PATRICK ACADEMY — interior painting
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Largest: $14,000 to ARC SALON FOUNDATION INC — painting-city girl by david m. bow
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Largest: $82,000 to Trustees of Davidson College — summer wheat painting acquisition
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Largest: $5.8M to HENRY E HUNTINGTON LIB & ART GAL — for acquisition of painting by francisco jos de goya
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Largest: $842,459 to GRANTEES IN USA-ATTACHED LIST — grants are awarded to applicants with no distinction to race, color, sex and age. to aid talented visual artists and art students in the early stages of their careers or in their f…
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