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Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation

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.

$311k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
13
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
77%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
9 to 13
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$4.2M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 77% of the organizations Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 75% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $225k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$311k77%
FY202413$300k77%
FY202311$240k82%
FY202212$325k50%
FY202112$305k50%
FY20209$220k67%
FY20199$188kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$1.5MEducation$185kEnvironment$100kCommunity Improvement$50kSocial Science$50kPhilanthropy$25kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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ND
MN
MI
NY
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SD
IA
IN
PA
NJ
CA
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NE
MO
VA
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NC
DC
OK
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AL
GA
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Smithsonian Institution$100,00040%
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts$100,00042%
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens$100,00043%
Center for Land Use Interpretation$100,000411%
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis$75,00031%
Davidson College$50,00020%
Sandhills Institute$50,0002n/a
Independent Curators International$50,00022%
New City Arts Initiative$50,00027%
South Dakota State University Foundation$50,00020%
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All grantees of Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Smithsonian Institution$100,00040%
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts$100,00042%
The Hermitage Museum and Gardens$100,00043%
Center for Land Use Interpretation$100,000411%
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis$75,00031%
Davidson College$50,00020%
Sandhills Institute$50,0002n/a
Independent Curators International$50,00022%
New City Arts Initiative$50,00027%
South Dakota State University Foundation$50,00020%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$25,0001n/a
Amigos del Museo del Barrio Inc El Museo del Barrio$25,00010%
North Dakota Museum of Art$25,00011%
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc$25,00010%
Laumeier Sculpture Park$25,00011%
Virginia Union University$25,00010%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros$25,00012%
Realize Impact$25,0001n/a
Glasstire$25,00015%
Tom Tom Foundation$25,00012%
Film Independent$25,00010%
Goodyear Arts Inc$25,0001n/a
The Detroit Institute of Arts$25,00010%
University at Albany Foundation$25,00010%
The Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc$25,00017%
Indianapolis Art Center Inc$25,00011%
Project Row Houses$25,0001n/a
The Barnes Foundation$25,00010%
Edmundson Art Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Wiregrass Museum of Art Inc$25,00014%
Swiss Institute$25,00010%
Guttenberg Arts a Nj Nonprofit Corp$25,000113%
Lawndale Art & Performance Center$25,00016%
The Heard Museum$25,00010%
From The Heart Productions$25,0001n/a
Pittsburgh Cultural Trust$25,00010%
1708 Gallery Inc$25,00015%
Burnaway Inc$15,00015%
Kassan Foundation Inc$15,000115%
Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center Inc$10,8001n/a
Arts Southeast Inc$10,00013%
Locate Arts TN$3,00013%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($435k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSmithsonian Institution: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetVirginia Center for the Creative Arts: $100,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetThe Hermitage Museum and Gardens: $100,000 over 4y, 2.9% of budgetCenter for Land Use Interpretation: $100,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetContemporary Art Museum St Louis: $75,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetDavidson College: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIndependent Curators International: $50,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetNew City Arts Initiative: $50,000 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetSouth Dakota State University Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmigos del Museo del Barrio Inc El Museo del Barrio: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Dakota Museum of Art: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetOklahoma Contemporary Arts Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetLaumeier Sculpture Park: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetVirginia Union University: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFranconia Sculpture Park Legeros: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetGlasstire: $25,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetTom Tom Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFilm Independent: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Detroit Institute of Arts: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity at Albany Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Paramount Theater Foundation in F/K/A the Paramount Theater Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetIndianapolis Art Center Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Barnes Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEdmundson Art Foundation Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWiregrass Museum of Art Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSwiss Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGuttenberg Arts a Nj Nonprofit Corp: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetLawndale Art & Performance Center: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetThe Heard Museum: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPittsburgh Cultural Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget1708 Gallery Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetBurnaway Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetKassan Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetArts Southeast Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetLocate Arts TN: $3,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 35.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Andy Warhol Found…Via Art Fund IncTerra Foundation for …The Henry Luce Founda…Teiger FoundationHelen Frankenthaler F…Windgate Charitable F…Mid-America Arts Alli…Charlottesville Area …The Andrew W Mellon F…National Philanthropi…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNY23.8× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Via Art Fund Inc · Terra Foundation for American Art · The Henry Luce Foundation Inc · Teiger Foundation · Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc · Mid-America Arts Alliance · Charlottesville Area Community Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation

How much does Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation give?
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $310,800 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 13 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (77%), Education (10%), Environment (5%).
Who are Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Smithsonian Institution ($100k), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts ($100k), The Hermitage Museum and Gardens ($100k).
Does Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation 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 Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc, Via Art Fund Inc, Terra Foundation for American Art.
Where is Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation based?
Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation is based in NY.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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