New York · Nonprofit
THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION
THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $91,000 to it, the largest being PETER SCHUB FOUNDATION ($91,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $758k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $91k
- Net assets
- $153M
What The Irving Penn Foundation does
Programs
Archive of works:the foundation maintains an archive of the works of irving penn for which it designed and built a storage system to provide maximum protection for the archive and permit optimum use of the archive by scholars and other authorized users. The foundation continues to examine measures that would further support its archival holdings and accommodate a study center for visiting scholars performing research on irving penn. Additionally, the foundation continues to investigate and implement digital cataloguing procedures that will expand public archive access.
$226,087 spentDonation of works:the foundation donates works by irving penn to museums and other arts institutions for their permanent collections. In 2024, the foundation donated irving penn works to the metropolitan museum of art in new york (in connection with the irving penn: centennial exhibition).
$246,489 spentExhibition and collection support:the foundation lends work by irving penn (as well as related historical items) to museums and other arts institutions for exhibitions throughout the world, grants rights to these institutions for the reproduction of irving penn images in exhibition catalogues and in related other mediums, and provides general guidance to institutions concerning exhibitions involving works by irving penn. Along with providing ongoing collection and curatorial support for penn-related exhibitions and programming, the foundation contributed its support to institutions around the world in 2024, including to the de young / fine arts museums of san francisco and the marta ortega prez foundation in a corua, spain.
$505,981 spentPublications & digital presence:the foundation publishes books illuminating the life and work of irving penn and serves as a resource for publishers of penn-related publications. Additionally, the foundation supports independent scholarly journals and academic publications through its regular practice of granting royalty-free rights for the reproduction of irving penn images. In 2024, the foundation updated its educational website (irvingpenn.org), as well as explored opportunities using social media platforms in order to promote public awareness and ensure that irving penn's work continues to inspire creative minds and inform the art of photography. Through continuous refinements to the website and via updates to social media networks, the foundation is committed to educating the public by making images of irving penn's work and reliable information about his work available to scholars, students, artists, and other audiences around the world.
$314,070 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $154M to $153M (−1%).
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.
Board chair
Tom Penn
Director, president & chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of THE IRVING PENN 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION's grant income comes from New York funders.
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
THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION's revenue fell 47% between 2021 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION?
- THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $91,000 to it, the largest being PETER SCHUB FOUNDATION ($91,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $91,000 in grants to THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION.
- Who is the largest funder of THE IRVING PENN FOUNDATION?
- PETER SCHUB FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $91,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE IRVING PENN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 1 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