Pennsylvania · Public charity
The Barnes Foundation
To promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. To maintain an art gallery containing works of ancient to modern art.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $15k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $248M
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc | $53,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | $52,906 | 1 | 0% |
| Whyy Inc | $35,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Clay Studio | $33,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Samuel S Fleisher Art Memorial Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Fund for the Water Works | $14,927 | 1 | 3% |
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 William Penn Foundation · The Philadelphia Foundation · The University of the Arts · The Philadelphia Cultural Fund Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Barnes Foundation
- How much does The Barnes Foundation give?
- The Barnes Foundation reported 1 itemized grants totaling $15,000, out of $89,520 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does The Barnes Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (48%), Recreation & Sports (26%), Science & Tech (26%).
- Who are The Barnes Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Smith Memorial Playground & Playhouse Inc ($53k), The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia ($53k), Whyy Inc ($35k).
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Barnes Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The William Penn Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, The University of the Arts.
- Where is The Barnes Foundation based?
- The Barnes Foundation is based in PA.
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