· Private foundation
Samuel H Kress Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k33 grants · $106k
- $10k–50k45 grants · $1.1M
- $50k–250k8 grants · $819k
- $250k+1 grant · $275k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW YORK UNIVERSITY | $275,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | $230,000 |
| NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART | $170,000 |
| AMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME | $120,000 |
| ALLIANCE OF HBCU MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES INC | $89,000 |
| HARVARD UNIVERSITY | $55,000 |
| MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE | $55,000 |
| ITHAKA S & R | $50,000 |
| MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON | $50,000 |
| SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION | $36,000 |
| FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT IN CONSERVATION | $35,000 |
| RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA | $31,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
US giving: 85% of grant dollars ($12M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 15% that went abroad ($2.0M) is mapped below.
Its human-services grants (FY23–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 1% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
Beyond the US: 15% of all-years giving ($2.0M)
6 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.
80 repeat relationships: 52 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $223k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NYNew York University5× · 2021–2025 · $1.5M · revenue +30%
- NGNational Gallery of Art5× · 2021–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +6%
- AAAMERICAN ACADEMY IN ROME5× · 2021–2025 · $781k · revenue +62%
Funded once
- TOTrustees of Princeton Universityone grant, 2023 · $121k
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELANDINCone grant, 2022 · $66k · revenue -54%
- TWThe Warburg Institute University of Londonone grant, 2021 · $60k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
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).
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The huntington library, art museum, and botanical gardens shares its world-renowned collections to support scholarship, foster learning, inspire creativity, and offer transformative experiences for diverse audiences.
Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
Ceu is committed to promoting the values of open society and self-reflective critical thinking. it aims at excellence in the mastery of established knowledge, courage to pursue the creation of new knowledge in the humanities, the social…
Munson-williams-proctor arts institute (mwpai) is a fine arts center dedicated to serving diverse audiences by advancing the appreciation, understanding, and enjoyment of the arts. the art institute aims to promote interest and…
Chartered by a unanimous act of congress, the museum is america's national institution for the documentation, study, interpretation, and education of holocaust history and serves as our country's memorial to the victims of the holocaust.…
The florence acadamy of art was founed in 1991 by daniel graves (see schedule o for details).
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
How this is measured
134 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 134 of the 192 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
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- Who funds RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA INC ↗
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- Who funds COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES ↗
- Who funds SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ↗
- Who funds MYRIAD USA INC ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART INC ↗
- Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ↗
- Who funds ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ↗
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- Who funds ALLIANCE OF HBCU MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES INC ↗
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- Who funds AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS ↗
- Who funds ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF IRELANDINC ↗
- Who funds CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (LONDON) FOUNDATION INC ↗
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 Andrew W Mellon Foundation · The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation · The J Paul Getty Trust · Terra Foundation for American Art · The New York Community Trust · Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · The Annenberg Foundation · Robert Lehman Foundation Inc · Ag Foundation · The Cowles Charitable Trust · Ibm International Foundation · The Ford Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Samuel H Kress Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Samuel H Kress Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 35% of income from government
- University of Delaware: 30% of income from government
- The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
- Institute for Advanced Study - Louis Bamberger & Mrs Felix Fuld Foundation: 7% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: 5% of income from government
- University of Miami: 5% of income from government
- Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
- Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc: 3% of income from government
- Peabody Essex Museum Inc: 3% of income from government
- The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
- Archaeological Institute of America: 1% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Middlebury College: 1% of income from government
- Edith Wharton Restoration Inc: 1% of income from government
- Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
- Fairfield University: 1% of income from government
- Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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