New York · Private foundation
Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust
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.
- $3.0M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 7
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $13M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $3.0M | 53% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $2.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $465k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
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, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincetown Art Association and Museum Inc | $3,450,000 | 3 | 46% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $410,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Graduate Center Foundation Inc | $270,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Open Arts Alliance Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Cambridge Center for Adult Education | $105,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Artsconnection Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The New School | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provincetown Art Association and Museum Inc | $3,450,000 | 3 | 46% |
| Bennington College Corporation | $410,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc | $400,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art Foundation Inc | $300,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Graduate Center Foundation Inc | $270,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Inc | $250,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Open Arts Alliance Inc | $150,000 | 3 | 17% |
| Cambridge Center for Adult Education | $105,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Artsconnection Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The New School | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aperture Foundation Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Social Justice Sewing Academy | $60,000 | 3 | 81% |
| Bard College | $60,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($26k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust
- How much does Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust give?
- Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust reported 16 grants totaling $3,025,853 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 7 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (82%), Education (17%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Provincetown Art Association and Museum Inc ($3.5M), Bennington College Corporation ($410k), Marian and Edward Macdowell Inc ($400k).
- Does Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust 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 Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc, Boston Foundation Inc, Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc.
- Where is Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust based?
- Ponsold Motherwell Charitable Trust is based in NY.
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