New York · Public charity
Via Art Fund Inc
Via art fund is a nonprofit organization where art patrons join forces as partners in a new model of philanthropy to support visionary initiatives in art.
- $770k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 89%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $570k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 89% of the organizations Via Art Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 88% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 12% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $555k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 8 | $570k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $630k | 89% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $790k | 71% |
| FY2022 | 11 | $695k | 91% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $820k | 87% |
| FY2020 | 33 | $737k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $625k | 82% |
| FY2018 | 13 | $390k | 92% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Biennial Inc | $275,000 | 3 | 6% |
| Front Exhibition Company | $235,000 | 2 | 11% |
| Performa Inc | $175,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Counterpublic | $175,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Dia Center for the Arts Inc | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $135,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Antenna | $129,250 | 3 | 7% |
| Storm King Art Center | $125,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Madison Square Park Conservancy Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 96 grantees
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Via Art Fund Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 90 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.
Open a dossier: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Andrew W Mellon Foundation · Terra Foundation for American Art · The Ford Foundation · Teiger Foundation · Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · Arison Arts Foundation · Robert Rauschenberg Foundation · Ag Foundation · Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation · The Cowles Charitable Trust · The Wilhelm Family Foundation Co Cascade Wilhelm
How this is measured
About Via Art Fund Inc
- How much does Via Art Fund Inc give?
- Via Art Fund Inc reported 8 itemized grants totaling $570,000, out of $770,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Via Art Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (86%), Philanthropy (3%), Education (2%).
- Who are Via Art Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: US Biennial Inc ($275k), Front Exhibition Company ($235k), Performa Inc ($175k).
- Does Via Art Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 89% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Via Art Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc, The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art.
- Where is Via Art Fund Inc based?
- Via Art Fund Inc is based in NY.
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