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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “portrait”
Where the money went
Largest: $350,000 to (415) SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS — education: to continue the design and early implementation of a reimagined high school experience in alignment with the portrait of a graduate
Largest: $120,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — core support for the national portrait gallery's production of banaka, a multi-channel, time-based media installation
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $849,500 · through 2022Largest: $342,500 to Smithsonian Institution — support for the latino gallery of the smithsonian latino center. support for the smithsonian science education center. support for the smithsonian american art museum/ margaret rob…
The Council for Canadian AmericanNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $114,662 · through 2025Largest: $49,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY — art education
Largest: $10,000 to NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY — to help fund the operating budgets of the charitable organizations.
Largest: $207,135 to THE COURTAULD INSTITUTE OF ART — van gogh self portraits exhibition
Largest: $269,098 to NATIONAL CTR FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY — 80602 supporting completion of the 2022 u.s. transgender survey to provide a portrait of the lives of transgender adults and to effect policy change
Largest: $150,000 to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY — support for the organization's program to protect and conserve african wild dogs in zimbabwe as well as support for the forthcoming book photoark, portraits of animals threatened, …
The Greater Cincinnati FoundationCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $427,500 · through 2024Largest: $227,000 to PORTRAITS IN FAITH FOUNDATION — programatic support
Largest: $100,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION - NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY — tells the history of america through individuals who have shaped its culture
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $697,500 · through 2023Largest: $276,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — advised - for the publications endowment of smithsonian american art museum. advised - for the office of the under secretary for education for the santana internships. advised - to…
Largest: $5,000 to PORTRAIT SOCIETY OF AMERICA — general support for operations
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →