New York · Private foundation
American Academy of Arts and Letters
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $1.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 84
- Grants FY2024
- 82
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 78%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 82 to 135
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 21
- Total assets, FY2024
- $117M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 78% of the organizations American Academy of Arts and Letters funded were first-time grantees, receiving 82% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 18% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $664k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 84 | $1.0M | 77% |
| FY2023 | 82 | $809k | 78% |
| FY2022 | 98 | $1.1M | 74% |
| FY2021 | 110 | $1.2M | 83% |
| FY2020 | 135 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Mill Playhouse | $60,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Composers Alliance | $26,975 | 1 | 9% |
| Richard & Deborah Polonsky Charitable Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Copland House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ecce Arts Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Center for Arts Education Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Association of Contractors and Fabricators of N y C Inc | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mason Dixon Oliver Cletrac Collectors Association | $1,700 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 420 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.2M), not named here.
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Compare American Academy of Arts and Letters with peer funders
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About American Academy of Arts and Letters
- How much does American Academy of Arts and Letters give?
- American Academy of Arts and Letters reported 84 grants totaling $1,047,150 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 82 and 135 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does American Academy of Arts and Letters fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (89%), Education (7%), Employment (4%).
- Who are American Academy of Arts and Letters's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Paper Mill Playhouse ($60k), American Composers Alliance ($27k), Richard & Deborah Polonsky Charitable Foundation ($10k).
- Does American Academy of Arts and Letters fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 78% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does American Academy of Arts and Letters accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as American Academy of Arts and Letters?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is American Academy of Arts and Letters based?
- American Academy of Arts and Letters is based in NY.
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