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Wyeth Foundation for American Art at a glance

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Wyeth Foundation for American Art

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$2.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$1.7M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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$9.7MEducation$2.8MEnvironment$79kSocial Science$60kFood & Nutrition$25kInternational$25kPhilanthropy$25k
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k23 grants · $594k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $468k
  • $250k+1 grant · $1.7M
$25,000
Median grant
11
States reached
$316M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART$1,714,964
FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM$140,000
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION$127,800
HAHS- NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION$100,000
BATES COLLEGE$50,000
COLBY COLLEGE$50,000
COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION$46,995
THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP$40,000
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON$30,000
LONGWOOD GARDENS INC$25,000
INTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORK$25,000
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM$25,000
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS FOUNDATION$25,000
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART$25,000
ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK$25,000
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 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 59% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HEARD MUSEUM: $25k → 11%CAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $50k → 10%MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON: $30k → 16%BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART: $2.0M → 6%ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $25k → 11%PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 22%SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $25k → 10%THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: $25k → 11%AUTRY MUSEUM OF THE WEST: $25k → 14%THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $40k → 11%FENIMORE ART MUSEUM: $25k → 13%INTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORK: $25k → 17%SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $128k → 14%THE COLUMBUS MUSEUM: $30k → 18%DENVER ART MUSEUM: $50k → 12%SHELBURNE MUSEUM: $250k → 10%HERRING GUT LEANING CENTER: $25k → 11%COLBY COLLEGE: $2.6M → 12%BATES COLLEGE: $50k → 13%BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART: $1.7M → 6%FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: $250k → 11%COLBY COLLEGE: $50k → 12%BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART: $510k → 6%ASSOCIATION OF HISTORIANS OF AMERICAN ART: $28k → 14%FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: $200k → 11%BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART: $300k → 6%FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: $150k → 11%BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART: $128k → 6%HAHS- NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $100k → 14%FARNSWORTH ART MUSEUM: $140k → 11%BRANDYWINE CONSERVANCY & MUSEUM OF ART: $100k → 6%NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $50k → 14%GEORGES RIVER LAND TRUST: $65k → 11%SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM: $135k → 14%COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION: $50k → 17%SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM: $110k → 14%SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM: $73k → 14%THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $50k → 17%NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: $139k → 14%NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: $84k → 14%NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: $76k → 14%NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART: $62k → 14%COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION: $89k → 17%COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION: $51k → 17%COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION: $51k → 17%COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION: $50k → 17%SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN: $50k → 17%COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION: $47k → 17%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.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
VT
NH
WA
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
WY
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
VA
DE
AZ
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$10M · 24 repeat orgs$2.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +24% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
72

Total granted

$10M
$1.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+24%

Still filing today

79%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $462k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationEnvironmentSocial ScienceInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • BC
    Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art
    6× · 2017–2024 · $4.7M · revenue +144%
  • The President and Trustees of Colby College
    3× · 2021–2024 · $2.7M · revenue +22%
  • TW
    THE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $740k · revenue +177%

Funded once

  • SM
    SHELBURNE MUSEUM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $250k · revenue +161%
  • GR
    Georges River Land Trust
    one grant, 2023 · $65k · revenue -8%
  • NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES
    one grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +12%
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
Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

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.

Arts & Culture
2
American Museum of Natural History

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."

Arts & Culture
3
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
4
Clyfford Still Museum

Home to the art and legacy of the american painter clyfford still, we invite all to explore the potential of individual creative endeavor.

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
Baltimore Museum of Art

The baltimore museum of art connects art to baltimore and baltimore to the world, embodying a commitment to artistic excellence and social equity in every decision from art presentation, interpretation, and collecting, to the composition…

Arts & Culture
7
The Newark Museum Association

Nmoa mission statement is: we welcome everyone with inclusive experiences that spark curiosity and foster community.

Arts & Culture
8
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston

The museum of fine arts, houston serves as a welcoming and inclusive place for all people, connecting the communities of houston with diverse histories of art spanning 6,000 years and six continents. through our permanent collections,…

Arts & Culture
9
Arnot Art Museum

The arnot art museum is an exhibiting and collecting fine arts museum, accredited by the american association of museums. the museum exhibits its permanent collection of 17th-19th century european paintings and sculpture; 19th century…

Arts & Culture
10
Art Explorium
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11
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

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…

Arts & Culture
12
Newport Art Museum and Art Association

The newport art museum's mission is to share a diversity of art and experiences that spark reflection, inspiration, and connection within our newport community and beyond. the museum was founded in 1912 on the belief that arts and culture…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the most unlike its peers is Longwood Gardens Inc. 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

83 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. 83 of the 114 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
81/83
Grantees still filing
57/83
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $4,749,274 · Arts & CultureBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of ArtTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $740,000 · Arts & CultureTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INCSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $574,024 · Arts & CultureSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTIONNational Gallery of Art: $396,500 · Arts & Culture+56 more: $1,853,978 · Arts & Culture+56 moreThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $2,675,000 · EducationThe President and Trustees…+10 more: $232,205 · Education+10 moreCOLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION: $337,052 · OtherCOLLEGE AR…HAHS- NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION: $100,000 · OtherHAHS- NATI…BOWDOIN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART: $65,000 · OtherBOWDOIN CO…MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON: $55,000 · OtherSMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN: $50,000 · OtherCHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 · OtherCOLBY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART: $40,000 · Other+29 more: $493,169 · Other+29 moreGeorges River Land Trust: $65,000 · EnvironmentNEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN: $12,500 · Environment+1 more: $1,000 · EnvironmentTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $65,000 · Community ImprovementTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $60,000 · Social ScienceAMERICAS SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · InternationalLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $25,000 · Philanthropy
Arts & Culture$8,313,776Education$2,907,205Other$1,190,221Environment$78,500Community Improvement$65,000Social Science$60,000International$25,000Philanthropy$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBrandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art: $4,749,274 over 6y, 11% of budgetThe President and Trustees of Colby College: $2,675,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetTHE WILLIAM A FARNSWORTH LIBRARY AND ART MUSEUM INC: $740,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetSMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION: $574,024 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNational Gallery of Art: $396,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHELBURNE MUSEUM INC: $250,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetPHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART: $125,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $75,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGeorges River Land Trust: $65,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $65,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE JEWISH MUSEUM: $62,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM INC: $56,595 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPE ANN MUSEUM INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL PRINT CENTER NEW YORK: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEES OF BATES COLLEGE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS COLE HISTORIC HOUSE: $45,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNew York Historical Society: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROBERT W WOODRUFF ARTS CENTER INC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $37,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS MUSEUM INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BARNES FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINT MUSEUM OF ART INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAS SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Art Students League Of New York Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBRUCE MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLONGWOOD GARDENS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MONTCLAIR ART MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPortland Museum of Art: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE PUTNAM FOUNDATION DBA TIMKEN MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFENIMORE ART MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMemphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHECKSCHER MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetSEATTLE ART MUSEUM: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $25,000 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.

Terra Foundation for …Helen Frankenthaler F…The Henry Luce Founda…Ibm International Fou…The Gladys Krieble De…Greater Hudson Herita…The Andy Warhol Found…The Jm Kaplan Fund IncAlice L Walton Founda…Ann and Arthur Grey F…The Coby Foundation L…Milton and Sally Aver…
Terra Foundation for American ArtIL30.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Terra Foundation for American Art · Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc · The Henry Luce Foundation Inc · Ibm International Foundation · The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation · Greater Hudson Heritage Network · The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc · The Jm Kaplan Fund Inc · Alice L Walton Foundation · Ann and Arthur Grey Foundation · The Coby Foundation Ltd · Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

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 Wyeth Foundation for American Art funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wyeth Foundation for American Art. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Cape Ann Museum Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Historical Society of Delaware: 18% of income from government
  • Yale University: 12% of income from government
  • The Montclair Art Museum: 11% of income from government
  • Shelburne Museum Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Delaware Art Museum Inc: 8% of income from government
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
  • Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 2% of income from government
  • Lexington Historical Society: 1% of income from government
  • Bruce Museum Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 Wyeth Foundation for American Art?

Find your warmest path to Wyeth Foundation for American Art 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 114 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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