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The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$419k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
12
Grants FY2025
9
Organizations funded FY2024
22%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$137,500
Organizations funded a year
8 to 43
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
5
Total assets, FY2025
$192M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 22% of the organizations The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHealthEducationPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving11$419k36%
FY20249$331k22%
FY20238$389k13%
FY202213$4.9M23%
FY202114$468k50%
FY202019$580k42%
FY201943$610k74%
FY201829$513k62%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$7.6MEducation$495kHealth$432kInternational$275kYouth Development$25kFood & Nutrition$15kPublic Benefit$5kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
IL
NY
MA
NV
SD
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
DE
SC
DC
OK
LA
TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Museum Associates$2,300,50022%
The J Paul Getty Trust$2,290,50010%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$1,056,00071%
Bard College$435,00070%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$307,00050%
American Academy in Rome$275,00051%
Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc$122,50020%
Whitney Museum of American Art$97,32550%
Aperture Foundation Inc$64,65050%
Bailey House Inc$60,67570%
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All grantees of The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Museum Associates$2,300,50022%
The J Paul Getty Trust$2,290,50010%
Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation$1,056,00071%
Bard College$435,00070%
Metropolitan Museum of Art$307,00050%
American Academy in Rome$275,00051%
Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc$122,50020%
Whitney Museum of American Art$97,32550%
Aperture Foundation Inc$64,65050%
Bailey House Inc$60,67570%
Voces Latinas Corporation$50,00013%
Museum of Modern Art$50,00010%
Beth Israel Medical Center$50,00010%
Katonah Museum of Art$44,45622%
The Foundation for AIDS Research$40,00020%
Iris House - a Center for Women Living With HIV Inc$35,00020%
University of Delaware$35,00010%
Oakland Museum of California$25,00020%
New York City AIDS Memorial Inc$25,00029%
International Center of Photography$24,20040%
New Museum of Contemporary Art$24,00030%
George Eastman Museum$22,00020%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$20,50070%
Smithsonian Institution$20,00010%
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston$20,00010%
Dallas Museum of Art$20,00020%
Peabody Essex Museum Inc$20,00010%
Meserve-Kunhardt Foundation$15,5003n/a
The Jewish Museum$15,00020%
Independent Curators International$15,00011%
Institute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc$12,50010%
New Orleans Museum of Art$12,5001n/a
Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc$10,00012%
Philadelphia Museum of Art$10,00010%
The Art Institute of Chicago$10,00010%
The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations$10,00010%
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences$10,00010%
The Parrish Art Museum Inc$10,00010%
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art$10,00010%
Nevada Museum of Art$10,00010%
Robert Wilson Arts Foundation Inc$10,00014%
The Pierpont Morgan Library$10,00010%
National Gallery of Art$10,00010%
Museum of the City of New York$10,00020%
The Research Foundation for The State University of New York$10,00010%
Visual Arts Foundation Inc$9,00080%
Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc$8,00010%
The Dayton Art Institute$7,00010%
Art Production Fund Inc$6,81030%
The Philbrook Museum of Art Inc$5,00010%
Rubin Museum of Art Aka the Shelley & Donald Rubin Cultural Trust$5,00010%
Japan Society Inc$5,00010%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$5,00010%
College of Charleston Foundation$5,00010%
Trustees of Phillips Academy$5,00010%
The Bronx Museum of the Arts$5,00010%
American Folk Art Museum$5,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art$5,00010%
Amon Carter Museum of Western Art$5,00010%
Museum of Photographic Arts$5,00010%
Contemporary Art Museum St Louis$5,00010%
St Louis Art Museum Foundation$5,00010%
Museum of Contemporary Art Denver$5,00010%
The Institute of Contemporary Art Inc$5,00010%
Pioneer Works Art Foundation$5,00010%
The Olana Partnership$4,50010%
Gay Men's Health Crisis Inc$4,25020%
Housing Works Health Services III Inc$1,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMuseum Associates: $2,300,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetThe J Paul Getty Trust: $2,290,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSolomon R Guggenheim Foundation: $1,056,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetBard College: $435,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Museum of Art: $307,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Academy in Rome: $275,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetElton John AIDS Foundation Inc: $122,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWhitney Museum of American Art: $97,325 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAperture Foundation Inc: $64,650 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBailey House Inc: $60,675 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetVoces Latinas Corporation: $50,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMuseum of Modern Art: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBeth Israel Medical Center: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKatonah Museum of Art: $44,456 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetThe Foundation for AIDS Research: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIris House - a Center for Women Living With HIV Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Delaware: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOakland Museum of California: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York City AIDS Memorial Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetInternational Center of Photography: $24,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNew Museum of Contemporary Art: $24,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGeorge Eastman Museum: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Studio Museum in Harlem: $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSmithsonian Institution: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDallas Museum of Art: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPeabody Essex Museum Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Jewish Museum: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndependent Curators International: $15,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetInstitute of Contemporary Art Miami Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPhiladelphia Museum of Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Institute of Chicago: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Parrish Art Museum Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNevada Museum of Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRobert Wilson Arts Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetThe Pierpont Morgan Library: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMuseum of the City of New York: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Research Foundation for The State University of New York: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVisual Arts Foundation Inc: $9,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetPlanned Parenthood of Greater New York Inc: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Dayton Art Institute: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArt Production Fund Inc: $6,810 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Philbrook Museum of Art Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 66.

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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…Ibm International Fou…The Henry Luce Founda…Arison Arts FoundationE Rhodes and Leona B …The Ford FoundationThe Andrew W Mellon F…Ag FoundationThe Ayco Charitable F…The New York Communit…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…Jewish Communal Fund
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNY26× affinity10 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 · Ibm International Foundation · The Henry Luce Foundation Inc · Arison Arts Foundation · E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Ag Foundation · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · The New York Community Trust · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · Jewish Communal Fund

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.

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About The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc

How much does The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc give?
The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc reported 12 grants totaling $419,169 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (86%), Education (6%), Health (5%).
Who are The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Museum Associates ($2.3M), The J Paul Getty Trust ($2.3M), Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation ($1.1M).
Does The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc, Ibm International Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation Inc.
Where is The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc based?
The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Inc is based in NY.

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 108 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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