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ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,500 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $25M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $138k
- Net assets
- $518M
What Robert Rauschenberg Foundation does
Programs
Curatorial & research program: the curatorial & research program engages with an international roster of museums, scholars, publishers, and others seeking knowledge and understanding of robert rauschenberg's life and art and is in the early stages of developing the authoritative catalogue raisonne. Resources, including 4 annual research-focused exhibitions, are made available for study by students, scholars, artists, and curators. The curatorial & research program collaborates with graduate art history and art conservation programs providing ongoing educational opportunities for graduate students and allowing for hands-on experience with rauschenberg's work and legacy as an extension of their academic curriculum. The program partners with graduate students in organizing exhibitions. The department offers paid internships to college and graduate students.
$3,824,499 spentArchive program: the archives research residency supports continued scholarly and investigative use of the rauschenberg archive materials by supporting individuals that demonstrate a compelling need to use the archives and addressing financial barriers that may prohibit onsite access to these archives. In addition, the application is open to all individuals, thereby encouraging research opportunities that move beyond traditional art historical discourse. Moreover, in addition to the archives research residency, the archive program supports various archive related research and scholarship initiatives which include graduate and postgraduate classwork, national and international exhibitions, publications, and archive internships. Through its programs and independent requests, in 2025, the archives welcomed 52 research visits.
$888,255 spentResidencies programs: the robert rauschenberg residency on captiva, florida welcomes 70-80 artists and scholars annually from around the world. Each session provides five weeks of time and space for creative experimentation at rauschenberg's former home and studio focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration.
$575,171 spentCentennial program: the purpose of the centennial was to celebrate robert rauschenberg 100 years, the founder of the foundation. In 2025, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation will commemorate robert rauschenberg's 100th birthday with an international celebration of the artist's expansive creativity, spirit of curiosity, and commitment to change. Kicking off in 2025 and continuing through 2026, centennial activities will revisit rauschenberg through the eyes of our time, foregrounding his prescience and enduring influence on generations of artists and advocates for social progress. Over the course of the centennial year, special events will bring leading artists, activists, and scholars into contemporary dialogue with rauschenberg's visionary ideas on art, technology, environmentalism, and social justice. These events will activate the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation's new york headquarters and the artist's archive, as well as prominent cultural institutions around the world.
$181,117 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $451M to $495M (+10%).
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Courtney J Martin Started 612024
Executive director
Board chair
Peter Kraus
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $38k → $100k.
From the IRS filings of ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
27% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 550 arts & culture nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
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In New York
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION?
- ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $137,500 to it, the largest being THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION ($100,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $137,500 in grants to ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION?
- THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing