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Art Bridges Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$15M
Granted FY2025still arriving
188
Grants FY2025still arriving
45
States reached
$8.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2023.

Health$249MArts & Culture$31M
02FY2025 · 188 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k73 grants · $378k
  • $10k–50k64 grants · $1.4M
  • $50k–250k47 grants · $4.0M
  • $250k+4 grants · $9.4M
$15,000
Median grant
45
States reached
$961M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$8,100,000
CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART$566,155
WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART$346,744
PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART$342,283
ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART$245,587
MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART$234,986
AMON CARTER MUSUEM OF AMERICAN ART$232,097
ASHEVILLE ART MUSEUM ASSOCIATION INC$200,000
MUSEUM ASSOCIATES$168,178
AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER$138,656
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM$122,711
THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED$112,581
MOBILE MUSEUM OF ART$103,004
MUSEUM ASSOCIATES$88,432
COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART (OH)$84,400
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY19–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 2% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DELAWARE ART MUSEUM: $68k → 10%OLD DARTMOUTH HIST SOC: $50k → 11%AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER: $139k → 11%ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $50k → 11%PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $342k → 22%HECKSCHER MUSEUM: $75k → 7%KATONAH MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 9%AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $123k → 13%ALBANY INSTITUTE OF HISTORY & ART: $246k → 14%INTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORK: $75k → 17%AMON CARTER MUSUEM OF AMERICAN ART: $232k → 11%EL PASO MUSEUM OF ART FOUNDATION: $50k → 21%ALICE L WALTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: $248.7M → 8%DUBUQUE MUSEUM OF ART: $62k → 11%MOBILE MUSEUM OF ART: $103k → 19%SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $50k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - JORDAN SCHNITZER MOA: $69k → 15%MATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $69k → 12%HUNTER MUSEUM OF ART: $57k → 12%MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART: $235k → 17%ROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $72k → 13%AKRON ART MUSEUM: $75k → 13%COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART (OH): $84k → 15%THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART: $75k → 18%TERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART: $1.1M → 14%PEORIA RIVERFRONT MUSEUM: $68k → 14%THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $113k → 19%OGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART: $50k → 23%ACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC: $57k → 10%MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $168k → 14%HUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER: $84k → 9%AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $82k → 13%METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $53k → 17%AMON CARTER MUSUEM OF AMERICAN ART: $72k → 11%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC: $30.0M → 8%MOBILE MUSEUM OF ART: $70k → 19%THE MUSEUM OF ART AND LIGHT INC: $55k → 20%PORTLAND ART MUSEUM (OREGON): $68k → 12%MEMPHIS BROOKS MUSEUM OF ART: $67k → 17%SPELMAN COLLEGE: $50k → 13%COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART (OH): $75k → 15%PEORIA RIVERFRONT MUSEUM: $55k → 14%THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED: $62k → 19%MUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $88k → 14%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $8.1M → 8%WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART: $347k → 11%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $566k → 8%CRYSTAL BRIDGES MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $70k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matches that aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Art Explorium
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Arnot Art Museum

The arnot art museum is an exhibiting and collecting fine arts museum, accredited by the american association of museums. the museum exhibits its permanent collection of 17th-19th century european paintings and sculpture; 19th century…

Arts & Culture
3
Museum of Arts and Design

To collect, display and interpret objects in craft art and design.

Arts & Culture
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The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

The mission of the brooklyn institute of arts and sciences, d/b/a brooklyn museum (the "museum") is to bring people together through art and experiences that inspire celebration, compassion, courage, and the will to act. (see schedule o).

Arts & Culture
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Museum of Modern Art

The Museum of Modern Art is a private, non-profit institution chartered by the State of New York Department of Education in 1929 to foster public awareness of modern and contemporary art. (Continued in Schedule O)

Arts & Culture
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Museum of Collections
Arts & Culture
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Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences dba the Staten Island Museum

Founded in 1881 the Staten Island Museum engages visitors with interdisciplinary exhibitions, public programs, and educational activities for all ages. It is the mission of the Staten Island Museum to spark curiosity and generate…

Arts & Culture
8
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
9
Newport Art Museum and Art Association

The newport art museum's mission is to share a diversity of art and experiences that spark reflection, inspiration, and connection within our newport community and beyond. the museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture…

Arts & Culture
10
Cleveland Museum of Art

The mission of the cleveland museum of art (cma) is to fulfill its dual roles as one of the world's most distinguished comprehensive art museums and as one of northeastern ohio's principal civic and cultural institutions. the museum,…

Arts & Culture
11
The Diversity Museum of Art and Culture
Arts & Culture
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Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Toledo Museum of Art and the most unlike its peers is Terra Foundation for American Art. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 61 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%4%10–20yr14%16%20–35yr13%19%35–55yr19%60%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%0%<5yr14%85%5–10yr19%0%10–20yr14%14%20–35yr13%0%35–55yr19%1%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/124
the rest of the field
15%
2,092/13,956

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

118 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 118 of the 140 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
118/118
Grantees still filing
26/118
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Alice L Walton School of Medicine — $248,696,414 · OtherAlice L Walton School of Medicine+24 more — $769,804 · OtherCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc — $38,735,676 · Arts & CultureCrystal Bridges-…+93 more — $5,219,563 · Arts & Culture+93 moreTERRA FOUNDATION FOR AMERICAN ART — $1,059,000 · PhilanthropyARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $83,000 · EducationKENYON COLLEGE — $64,704 · EducationSpelman College — $50,000 · EducationSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $35,000 · EducationFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 · EducationWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $19,996 · EducationOHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — $15,000 · Education+10 more — $84,343 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS — $7,937 · EnvironmentTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $5,000 · Social Science
Other$249,466,218Arts & Culture$43,955,239Philanthropy$1,059,000Education$427,043Environment$7,937Social Science$5,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCrystal Bridges-Museum of American Art Inc — $38,735,676 over 2y, 20% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART — $389,900 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART — $362,419 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc — $324,086 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES — $256,610 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAsheville Art Museum Association Inc — $218,500 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM — $217,011 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMOBILE MUSEUM OF ART INC — $197,290 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetTHE CHRYSLER MUSEUM INCORPORATED — $179,758 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPeoria Riverfront Museum — $167,441 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCOLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART — $159,127 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHUDSON RIVER MUSEUM OF WESTCHESTER — $134,301 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetAKRON ART MUSEUM — $133,185 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMATTATUCK HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $86,569 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — $83,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY ART MUSEUM INC — $81,836 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetHunter Museum of American Art — $81,600 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetOKLAHOMA CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INC — $75,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART — $74,639 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC — $72,001 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM — $65,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetKENYON COLLEGE — $64,704 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART — $63,896 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF ART AND LIGHT INC — $59,517 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART — $52,793 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC — $52,091 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetKATONAH MUSEUM OF ART — $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetOGDEN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ART — $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSpelman College — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNEW BRITAIN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART INC — $45,060 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetJAPANESE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF OREGON — $44,638 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetMUSEUM BOARD OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE — $39,835 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetSheldon Swope Art Museum Inc — $36,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART — $31,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC — $30,218 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMIGOS DEL MUSEO DEL BARRIO INC EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWESTMORELAND MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCLYFFORD STILL MUSEUM — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKalamazoo Institute of Arts — $24,690 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC — $19,996 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE INC — $19,870 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBENNINGTON MUSEUM INC — $18,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBOISE ART MUSEUM INC — $16,414 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetASHLEY GIBSON BARNETT MUSEUM OF ART AT FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE INC — $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetUtah Museum of Contemporary Art — $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Art Bridges Inc funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 140 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year) — each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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