1,458 private foundations reported arts & culture grants on their IRS Form 990-PF filings for tax years 2022–2025. Historical giving records — not an open application portal.
Themes are derived from the free-text purpose each foundation wrote on its own Part XV filing, so a grant is classified by what the funder said it was for. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from recipient counts and tables.
Across tax years 2022–2025, 1,458 private foundations reported 4,798 grants for arts & culture totaling $296,866,314 to 3,965 organizations nationwide. Recipients span 51 states and territories, concentrated in New York, California, Pennsylvania. John S and James L Knight Foundation reported the most arts & culture giving — $21,174,931 across 68 grants. The median grant was $10,000.
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States whose organizations received the most reported arts & culture grants.
| State | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 666 | $48,459,011 |
| California | 515 | $28,723,124 |
| Pennsylvania | 304 | $20,139,772 |
| Colorado | 261 | $5,954,179 |
| Florida | 228 | $15,078,588 |
| Texas | 214 | $13,668,632 |
| Massachusetts | 207 | $11,648,773 |
| Illinois | 144 | $6,204,377 |
| Michigan | 141 | $19,623,200 |
| District of Columbia | 136 | $10,013,145 |
| Oregon | 133 | $3,538,091 |
| Connecticut | 124 | $3,555,384 |
| North Carolina | 121 | $13,991,953 |
| Ohio | 112 | $5,699,749 |
| Virginia | 98 | $2,195,574 |
| Missouri | 82 | $1,284,880 |
| Wisconsin | 81 | $3,051,071 |
| Arizona | 77 | $5,069,826 |
| Minnesota | 72 | $3,914,695 |
| Washington | 72 | $3,345,225 |
| Foundation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | 68 | $21,174,931 |
| Eugene V and Clare E Thaw Charitable Trust | 3 | $15,967,240 |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | 19 | $15,045,000 |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | 15 | $13,259,000 |
| The Kresge Foundation | 18 | $10,899,750 |
| ROY Lichtenstein Foundation | 4 | $10,406,903 |
| The William Penn Foundation | 74 | $8,673,531 |
| The Henry Luce Foundation Inc | 70 | $7,033,833 |
| The Hearthland Foundation | 18 | $6,596,000 |
| Delta AIR Lines Foundation | 4 | $6,000,000 |
| The Norton Simon Foundation | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| Endeavor Foundation Inc | 3 | $5,280,878 |
| Linde Family Foundation | 6 | $4,875,048 |
| Freedom Together Foundation | 7 | $4,320,000 |
| HUO Family Foundation | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| Recipient | Location | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenimore ART Museum | Cooperstown, NY | 2 | $15,913,000 |
| Nasher Museum of ART at Duke University | Durham, NC | 1 | $7,239,083 |
| Delta AIR Transport Heritage Museum Inc | Atlanta, GA | 3 | $6,000,000 |
| Norton Simon Museum of ART at Pasadena | Pasadena, CA | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| President & Fellows of Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | 1 | $5,176,600 |
| Foundation for Detroits Future | Detroit, MI | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| Metropolitan Museum of ART | New York, NY | 11 | $4,564,503 |
| Joshua M Freeman Foundation | Selbyville, DE | 2 | $3,060,000 |
| Community Foundation of Abilene | Abilene, TX | 1 | $3,000,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | 3 | $2,963,381 |
| Culturesource | Detroit, MI | 4 | $2,712,250 |
| First Peoples Fund | Rapid City, SD | 1 | $2,575,000 |
| Philanthropic Impact Foundation | Bevely Hills, CA | 1 | $2,490,000 |
| MID Atlantic Arts Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 2 | $2,425,000 |
| Studio in a School Association | New York, NY | 1 | $2,310,000 |
| The Miami Foundation | Miami, FL | 7 | $2,294,128 |
| New York Public Library | New York, NY | 1 | $2,083,400 |
| Colby College | Waterville, ME | 2 | $2,007,797 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | Washington, DC | 1 | $2,000,000 |
| Columbus Museum of ART | Columbus, OH | 2 | $1,948,950 |
1,458 private foundations reported arts & culture grants on their IRS Form 990-PF filings, totaling $296,866,314. The largest by reported dollars were John S and James L Knight Foundation, Eugene V and Clare E Thaw Charitable Trust, Margaret a Cargill Foundation. These are historical filings, not open application portals — check each foundation's own guidelines before approaching them.
3,965 distinct organizations appear as recipients, led by Fenimore ART Museum, Nasher Museum of ART at Duke University, Delta AIR Transport Heritage Museum Inc. Grants paid directly to named individuals are excluded from these figures.
The median reported arts & culture grant was $10,000, and the largest single reported grant was $15,907,000. Amounts are as reported by the filing foundation for a historical tax year.
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Source: public IRS Form 990-PF Part XV filings (tax years 2022–2025). Theme classification is derived from the funder’s own purpose text and is a summary, not a legal categorization. UseGrants is an independent aggregator, not affiliated with any foundation listed.
