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Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$987k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
105
Grants FY2024
113
Organizations funded FY2023
82%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$75,000
Organizations funded a year
47 to 139
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
8
Total assets, FY2024
$48M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 82% of the organizations Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts funded were first-time grantees, receiving 80% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $786k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalEnvironmentOther
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
FY2024still arriving105$987k85%
FY2023113$977k82%
FY2022139$1.2M71%
FY2021136$1.1M86%
FY2020108$942k93%
FY201947$421kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$3.3MEducation$430kEnvironment$350kCommunity Improvement$159kHousing & Shelter$145kCivil Rights$142kScience & Tech$124kHealth$105kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
DC
OK
LA
GA
TX
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 86 grantees
All grantees of Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc$295,000515%
Chicago Architecture Foundation$80,00040%
Storefront for Art and Architecture Inc$65,00043%
Anyone Corporation$55,000410%
Association of Architecture Organizations Inc$55,000533%
Landmark Columbus Foundation Inc$40,00031%
Museum of Modern Art$40,00030%
Lampo Inc$35,000416%
Spaces$35,00012%
Design History Foundation Inc$35,00036%
Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc$30,00010%
A Project 83 Inc$30,000310%
The School of Architecture$27,00032%
Queens Museum of Art$25,00020%
The Architectural League of New York$25,00021%
Elmhurst Art Museum$25,00041%
Society of Architectural Historians$23,80041%
The Forum for Urban Design$22,50031%
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University$20,00020%
Center for Land Use Interpretation$20,00024%
Ragdale Foundation$20,00021%
The Jewish Museum$20,00010%
Terreform Inc$20,00027%
Virginia Commonwealth University Foundat$15,00010%
The Brick$15,00011%
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture$15,00011%
The Art Institute of Chicago$15,00010%
The Center for Independent Documentary Inc$12,50010%
Robert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc$10,00010%
Loudreaders Inc$10,00014%
National Building Museum$10,00010%
Black Reconstruction Collective Inc$10,00013%
Vanderbilt University$10,00010%
California College of the Arts$10,00010%
Museum of Design-Atlanta Inc$10,00011%
Del Vaz Projects Inc$10,00017%
Soberscove Press$10,000112%
Southern California Institute of Architecture$10,00010%
Chicago Mobile Makers$10,00014%
Dia Center for the Arts Inc$10,00010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$10,00010%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$10,00010%
Craft Contemporary$10,00011%
Primary Information Inc$10,00013%
The Drawing Center Inc$10,00010%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$10,00010%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$10,00010%
Japan Society Inc$10,00010%
Swiss Institute$10,00010%
University of Washington$10,0001n/a
The Center for Architecture Inc$10,00010%
Minerva Projects$10,0001n/a
Mass Design Group Ltd$10,00010%
Materials & Applications$10,000163%
The Hunter College Foundation Inc$10,00010%
Friends of the High Line Inc$10,00010%
World Around Inc$10,00011%
Art Omi Inc$10,00010%
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago$10,00020%
Mak Center for Art and Architecture La$10,00011%
Counterpublic$10,00011%
Floating Museum NFP$10,00012%
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Inc$10,00012%
I Press Incorporated$10,0001n/a
The Arts Club of Chicago$10,00017%
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$8,0002n/a
Big Bend Conservation Alliance$7,00012%
Forefront$5,57230%
The Richard H Driehaus Museum$5,00010%
Texas Tech Foundation Inc$5,00010%
Aia Chicago Foundation$5,00014%
Equitable Vitrines$5,0001n/a
Denver Architecture Foundation$5,00011%
Northwest Architectural League$5,0001n/a
The Trust for Public Land$5,00010%
El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera$5,00017%
Flat Out Inc.$5,0001n/a
ArchiteXX$5,0001n/a
Praxis$5,0001n/a
Museum of Contemporary Art$5,00010%
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago$5,00010%
Felines Inc$5,00010%
Illinois Arts Alliance$3,02410%
New Amsterdam Presents Inc$2,50011%
Paprika Exclamation Mark Inc$2,5001n/a
The Aspen Institute Inc$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 459 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 76 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChicago Architecture Biennial Inc: $295,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetChicago Architecture Foundation: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetStorefront for Art and Architecture Inc: $65,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetAnyone Corporation: $55,000 over 4y, 9.6% of budgetAssociation of Architecture Organizations Inc: $55,000 over 5y, 33% of budgetLandmark Columbus Foundation Inc: $40,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $40,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLampo Inc: $35,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetSpaces: $35,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetDesign History Foundation Inc: $35,000 over 3y, 6.4% of budgetMadison Square Park Conservancy Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetA Project 83 Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetThe School of Architecture: $27,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetQueens Museum of Art: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Architectural League of New York: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetElmhurst Art Museum: $25,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSociety of Architectural Historians: $23,800 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetThe Forum for Urban Design: $22,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetArizona State University Foundation for a New American University: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Land Use Interpretation: $20,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetRagdale Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTerreform Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetVirginia Commonwealth University Foundat: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Brick: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetAssociation of Collegiate Schools of Architecture: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Independent Documentary Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRobert W Woodruff Arts Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLoudreaders Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetNational Building Museum: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBlack Reconstruction Collective Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetVanderbilt University: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCalifornia College of the Arts: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of Design-Atlanta Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetDel Vaz Projects Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetSoberscove Press: $10,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSouthern California Institute of Architecture: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChicago Mobile Makers: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetDia Center for the Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCraft Contemporary: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPrimary Information Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetThe Drawing Center Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSolomon R Guggenheim Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJapan Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 76.

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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.

Terra Foundation for American ArtIL31.9× affinity13 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Terra Foundation for American Art · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Jaffe Family Foundation · John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Kpf Foundation Co Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC · The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation · Teiger Foundation · Michael Asher Foundation · Jahn Foundation

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 Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts

How much does Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts give?
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts reported 105 grants totaling $986,924 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 47 and 139 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (41%), Education (5%), Environment (4%).
Who are Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Chicago Architecture Biennial Inc ($295k), Chicago Architecture Foundation ($80k), Storefront for Art and Architecture Inc ($65k).
Does Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Terra Foundation for American Art, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.
Where is Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts based?
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts is based in IL.

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 547 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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