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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 “sculpture”
Where the money went
Largest: $115,000 to CENTER FOR CRAFT — to pursue excellence in ceramic and sculptural arts
Largest: $100,000 to LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK — art & culture
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2023Largest: $1.4M to ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — general operating support, luminary society contribution, support for school of the art institute of chicago: new artists society/annual fund, support for women's board, support fo…
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $425,000 to SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK INC — healthy individuals and communities
Largest: $1.0M to CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — core support for an archeology of silence, a new body of paintings and sculptures by american artist kehinde wiley
The Ayco Charitable FoundationCohoes, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $176,000 · through 2025Largest: $40,000 to NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER — arts and culture
Largest: $89,700 to JOHN MICHAEL KOHLER ARTS CENTER — art donation-silvio barile sculptures 2022
Largest: $350,000 to SETTLEMENT HOUSING FUND INC — to support restoration of 3 sculptures, the re-creation of missing sculptures, new murals at the north and south entryways, & the research & installation of interpretive signage do…
Largest: $10.7M to THE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER — various expense payments
Largest: $100,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — for the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden (hmsg) for artlab to enlist more artists as teachers
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…
Communities Foundation of TexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $205,357 · through 2024Largest: $62,866 to NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER — this grant is designated for general support.
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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 →