California · Private foundation
Michael Asher Foundation
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.
- $14k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 43% of the organizations Michael Asher Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 2 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $50k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $85k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $50k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $80k | 60% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $45k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $64k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of the Arts | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Artists Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ica La | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum Associates | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Primary Information Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound | $21,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Contemporary Art Group | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Equitable Vitrines | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Underground Museum Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of the Arts | $65,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United States Artists Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ica La | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Museum Associates | $25,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Primary Information Inc | $22,500 | 3 | 3% |
| Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art and Sound | $21,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Contemporary Art Group | $15,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Equitable Vitrines | $12,500 | 2 | n/a |
| The Underground Museum Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Armory Center for the Arts | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Los Angeles Contemporary Archive | $10,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Fulcrum Arts | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Land Use Interpretation | $7,500 | 2 | 2% |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Topical Cream Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Franklin Furnace Archive Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mak Center for Art and Architecture La | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Brick | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $3,840 | 1 | 0% |
| Artists Space Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pratt Institute | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Art Resources Transfer Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Participant Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Machine Project | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($45k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael Asher Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Wilhelm Family Foundation Co Cascade Wilhelm · The J Paul Getty Trust · The Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts · Via Art Fund Inc · Pasadena Art Alliance · Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts · Robert Rauschenberg Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Jerry & Terri Kohl Family Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Michael Asher Foundation
- How much does Michael Asher Foundation give?
- Michael Asher Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $13,840 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Michael Asher Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (94%), Environment (2%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Michael Asher Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: California Institute of the Arts ($65k), United States Artists Inc ($40k), Ica La ($30k).
- Does Michael Asher Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michael Asher 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 Michael Asher Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc, The Wilhelm Family Foundation Co Cascade Wilhelm, The J Paul Getty Trust.
- Where is Michael Asher Foundation based?
- Michael Asher Foundation is based in CA.
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