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The Broad Art 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.

$5.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
01100% 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$92MAnimals$33kEducation$23kInternational$10kPhilanthropy$2k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k3 grants · $111k
  • $250k+1 grant · $5.0M
$48,500
Median grant
2
States reached
$786M
Total assets

Largely a single collection: about 92% of reported assets are Fine Arts Collection And Art Library.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BROAD$5,000,000
HAMMER MUSEUM$48,500
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART$47,083
CREATIVE TIME INC$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE BROAD: $12.0M → 14%GUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $5k → 7%FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS: $10k → 17%PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $50k → 12%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO: $25k → 14%BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $10k → 19%THE BROAD: $12.0M → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF FONDATION BEYELER: $10k → 17%THE BROAD: $12.0M → 14%PERFORMA INC: $25k → 17%THE BROAD: $12.0M → 14%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF FONDATION BEYELER: $10k → 17%THE BROAD: $5.0M → 14%THE BROAD: $1.5M → 14%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $99k → 14%AMERICAN PATRONS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY: $10k → 17%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $96k → 14%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $80k → 14%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $47k → 14%KING BAUDOUIN FOUNDATION (NP): $10k → 17%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $47k → 14%MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $25k → 14%CREATIVE TIME INC: $15k → 17%ART PRACTICE: $40k → 14%ART PRACTICE: $10k → 14%TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $25k → 17%ART PRACTICE: $10k → 14%ART PRACTICE: $10k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $300k → 17%ART PRACTICE: $10k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $150k → 17%IF INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $150k → 17%THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $25k → 17%REDCAT: $23k → 14%MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $10k → 17%AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS: $50k → 17%UCLA CENTER FOR THE ART OF PERFORMANCE: $15k → 14%HAMMER MUSEUM: $50k → 14%HAMMER MUSEUM: $49k → 14%ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART: $49k → 14%HAMMER MUSEUM: $25k → 14%ARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART: $24k → 14%THE BROAD: $12.0M → 14%THE BROAD: $12.0M → 14%THE BROAD: $12.0M → 14%LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART: $75k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$92M · 13 repeat orgs$337k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
24

Total granted

$92M
$322k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+39%

Still filing today

77%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • TM
    THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES
    6× · 2017–2024 · $394k · revenue +47%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS INC
    3× · 2017–2019 · $52k · revenue +72%
  • AF
    AMERICAN FRIENDS OF FONDATION BEYELER
    2× · 2019–2023 · $20k · revenue +502%

Funded once

  • MA
    MUSEUM ASSOCIATESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $75k · revenue +56%
  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue -37%
  • TJ
    THE J PAUL GETTY TRUST
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +19%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
California Institute of Contemporary Art
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2
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

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,…

Arts & Culture
3
Kadist Collection Manager Inc
Arts & Culture
4
Berggruen Institute
Education
5
Art Explorium
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6
International Contemporary Art Foundatio
Arts & Culture
7
Museum of the City of New York

The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…

Arts & Culture
8
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation

Committed to innovation, the solomon r. guggenheim foundation (the "foundation") collects, (continued on schedule o)

Arts & Culture
9
The Phillips Collection

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,…

Arts & Culture
10
Metropolitan Museum of Art

The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

Arts & Culture
11
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences

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).

Arts & Culture
12
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc

The institute of contemporary art, miami (ica miami), is dedicated to promoting the work of contemporary artists, and to the exchange of art and ideas throughout the miami region and internationally. through an energetic calendar of…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; the most unlike its peers is The Broad. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

34 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 34 of the 40 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/34
Grantees still filing
23/34
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE BROAD: $90,500,000 · Arts & CultureTHE BROAD+27 more: $1,519,734 · Arts & CultureARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART: $72,000 · OtherREDCAT: $32,840 · OtherUCLA CENTER FOR THE ART OF PERFORMANCE: $15,000 · OtherFOUNDATION ART & PRESERVATIONEMBASSIES: $12,500 · OtherAMERICAN PATRONS OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY: $10,000 · Other+1 more: $3,000 · OtherART & PRACTICE: $80,000 · PhilanthropyTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,500 · Philanthropy826LA: $15,000 · EducationUCLA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationMYRIAD USA INC: $10,000 · International
Arts & Culture$92,019,734Other$145,340Philanthropy$106,500Education$20,000International$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE BROAD: $90,500,000 over 8y, 44% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $635,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART LOS ANGELES: $394,284 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetARMAND HAMMER MUSEUM OF ART AND CULTURAL CENTER INC: $123,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetART & PRACTICE: $80,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetMUSEUM ASSOCIATES: $75,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS INC: $52,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE J PAUL GETTY TRUST: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPERFORMA INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF FONDATION BEYELER: $20,000 over 2y, 7.6% of budget826LA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCREATIVE TIME INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIF INNOVATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACADEMY MUSEUM FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUCLA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUILD HALL OF EAST HAMPTON INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetISSUE PROJECT ROOM INC: $3,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetICA LA: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND PERFORMANCES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DRAWING CENTER INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE AAMC FOUNDATION: $2,450 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetAmericans for the Arts Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TUCSON: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINNER-CITY ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

The Andy Warhol Found…Arison Arts FoundationAg FoundationThe Andrew W Mellon F…A Alfred Taubman Foun…Teiger FoundationMay and Samuel Rudin …The Cowles Charitable…The Annenberg Foundat…The Ford FoundationEdlis - Neeson Founda…Via Art Fund Inc
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNY19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · Arison Arts Foundation · Ag Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · A Alfred Taubman Foundation · Teiger Foundation · May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation Inc · The Cowles Charitable Trust · The Annenberg Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Edlis - Neeson Foundation Nfp · Via Art Fund Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Broad Art Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Broad Art Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Baltimore Museum of Art: 4% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to The Broad Art Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Broad Art Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 40 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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