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12 funders with a record of paying for “smithsonian”

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Lilly Endowment Inc → Smithsonian Institution: $72M across 12 grants, latest 2025Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $21M across 10 grants, latest 2024The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $11M across 11 grants, latest 2024The Ford Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $3.5M across 11 grants, latest 2024The Rohr Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $1.7M across 7 grants, latest 2024The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Smithsonian Institute: $1.3M across 9 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Smithsonian Institution: $1.2M across 4 grants, latest 2023The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution: $925K across 4 grants, latest 2024Terra Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian Institute: $728K across 9 grants, latest 2024Wyeth Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian American Art Museum: $343K across 4 grants, latest 2024Craig and Barbara Barrett Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $128K across 6 grants, latest 2024Tahoe Blue Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $122K across 8 grants, latest 2024The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Smithsonian American Art Museum: $913K across 8 grants, latest 2024Terra Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery: $673K across 5 grants, latest 2022Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Smithsonian Institution: $537K across 3 grants, latest 2020The Andrew W Mellon Foundation → Designing Justice Designing Spaces: $330K across 1 grant, latest 2024Wyeth Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian Institution: $128K across 1 grant, latest 2024Craig and Barbara Barrett Foundation → O'connor Institute: $114K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution: $425K across 3 grants, latest 2023Terra Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (Apac): $165K across 1 grant, latest 2023Wyeth Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Smithsonian Institute: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Craig and Barbara Barrett Foundation → Friends of the Smithsonian: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center: $240K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Henry Luce Foundation Inc → Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023Terra Foundation for American Art → Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2024Terra Foundation for American Art → Archives of American Art Smithsonian Institution: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2021Craig and Barbara Barrett Foundation → Smithsonian National Air Space Muse: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lilly Endowment Inc: $72M on this topic. Open the funder.Lilly Endowment Inc$72MGordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $22M on this topic. Open the funder.Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo…$22MThe Andrew W Mellon Foundation: $11M on this topic. Open the funder.The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$11MThe Ford Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ford Foundation$3.5MThe Henry Luce Foundation Inc: $2.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Henry Luce Foundation Inc$2.7MThe Rohr Foundation: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.The Rohr Foundation$1.7MTerra Foundation for American Art: $1.7M on this topic. Open the funder.Terra Foundation for American…$1.7MThe Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $1.3M on this topic. Open the funder.The Goldman Sachs Charitable…$1.3MThe Chicago Community Trust: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$1.2MWyeth Foundation for American Art: $521K on this topic. Open the funder.Wyeth Foundation for American…$521KCraig and Barbara Barrett Foundation: $257K on this topic. Open the funder.Craig and Barbara Barrett Fou…$257KTahoe Blue Foundation: $122K on this topic. Open the funder.Tahoe Blue Foundation$122KSmithsonian Institution: received $109M on this topicSmithsonian Institution$109MSmithsonian Institute: received $2.0M on this topicSmithsonian Institute$2.0MSmithsonian Institution: received $1.7M on this topicSmithsonian Institution$1.7MNational Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution: received $925K on this topicNational Museum of American His…$925KSmithsonian American Art Museum: received $913K on this topicSmithsonian American Art Museum$913KSmithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery: received $673K on this topicSmithsonian American Art Museum…$673KNational Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution: received $425K on this topicNational Museum of the American…$425KSmithsonian American Art Museum: received $343K on this topicSmithsonian American Art Museum$343KDesigning Justice Designing Spaces: received $330K on this topicDesigning Justice Designing Spa…$330KSmithsonian Asian Pacific American Center: received $240K on this topicSmithsonian Asian Pacific Ameri…$240KSmithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (Apac): received $165K on this topicSmithsonian Asian Pacific Ameri…$165KCooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum: received $150K on this topicCooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Desig…$150KO'connor Institute: received $114K on this topicO'connor Institute$114KSmithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum: received $75K on this topicSmithsonian's Anacostia Communi…$75KSmithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian: received $50K on this topicSmithsonian's National Museum o…$50KArchives of American Art Smithsonian Institution: received $24K on this topicArchives of American Art Smiths…$24KFriends of the Smithsonian: received $10K on this topicFriends of the Smithsonian$10KSmithsonian National Air Space Muse: received $5K on this topicSmithsonian National Air Space…$5K
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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 →