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12 funders with a record of paying for “fine”
Where the money went The Cfm Foundation → Quincy Society of Fine Arts: $6.2M across 53 grants, latest 2025 The San Francisco Foundation → Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $3.6M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Brown Foundation Inc → Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $3.2M across 34 grants, latest 2024 The Chicago Community Trust → University of Utah: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2022 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Public Justice Foundation: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc → Ballet Idaho: $747K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Henderson Family Foundation → Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums: $730K across 12 grants, latest 2023 Terra Foundation for American Art → Museum of Fine Arts Boston: $475K across 5 grants, latest 2022 The Powell Foundation → Museum of Fine Arts Houston Glassell School of Art: $233K across 6 grants, latest 2025 Leo Freedman Foundation → Cal State Univ - Fullerton: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Puerto Rico Community Foundation Inc → Fundacion De Mujeres En Puerto Rico Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bailey Family Memorial Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx → Jeremy Hicks: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The Chicago Community Trust → Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc: $2.0M across 2 grants, latest 2023 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Center On Budget and Policy Priorities: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The San Francisco Foundation → San Francisco Conservatory of Music: $550K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc → Boise Philharmonic: $548K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Henderson Family Foundation → Corporation of the Fine Arts Museum: $301K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Terra Foundation for American Art → Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Brown Foundation Inc → Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: $225K across 7 grants, latest 2023 The Powell Foundation → Museum of Fine Arts Houston Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: $195K across 6 grants, latest 2025 Leo Freedman Foundation → Chapman University: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Puerto Rico Community Foundation Inc → Instituto Para La: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bailey Family Memorial Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx → Rachel Reyes: $22K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Vera Institute of Justice Inc: $1.1M across 3 grants, latest 2023 The San Francisco Foundation → St Mark's High School: $405K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc → Boise Music Week: $278K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Terra Foundation for American Art → Museum of Fine Arts Houston: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Chicago Community Trust → Community Organizing and Family Issues: $126K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Brown Foundation Inc → Cypress Creek Fine Art Association: $105K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Leo Freedman Foundation → University of California - Irvine: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Powell Foundation → Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Henderson Family Foundation → New Venture Fund: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Puerto Rico Community Foundation Inc → Colectivo Ile Corporacion: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Bailey Family Memorial Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx → Kylie M Hammack: $13K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Drexel University: $913K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → The University of Texas at Austin: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Georgetown University: $642K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Policylink: $596K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → National Center for Access to Justice Inc: $527K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → National Juvenile Defender Center: $522K across 2 grants, latest 2020 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: $470K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Results for America: $438K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The San Francisco Foundation → American Conservatory Theater: $369K across 2 grants, latest 2022 The San Francisco Foundation → California College of the Arts: $359K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → The Sycamore Institute Inc: $299K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc → Opera Idaho: $277K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → City and County of San Francisco: $275K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Ideas42: $274K across 2 grants, latest 2020 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $264K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Yale University: $213K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc → Boise State University - Morrison Center: $204K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Return Strong: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → National Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: $199K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc → Boise Chordsmen: $160K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → New Venture Fund: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2020 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Urban Institute: $145K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc → The Log Cabin Literary Center Inc: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → National Center for Youth Law: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2020 The Brown Foundation Inc → The University of Texas at Austin: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Laura and John Arnold Foundation → The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Brown Foundation Inc → Gulf Coast-A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts: $95K across 5 grants, latest 2024 The San Francisco Foundation → Public Health Foundation Enterprises: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2021 The San Francisco Foundation → Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay: $82K across 1 grant, latest 2021 Laura and John Arnold Foundation: $11M on this topic. Open the funder. Laura and John Arnold Foundat… $11M The Cfm Foundation: $6.2M on this topic. Open the funder. The Cfm Foundation $6.2M The San Francisco Foundation: $5.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The San Francisco Foundation $5.5M The Chicago Community Trust: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Chicago Community Trust $4.1M The Brown Foundation Inc: $3.7M on this topic. Open the funder. The Brown Foundation Inc $3.7M Morrison Center Endowment Foundation Inc: $2.3M on this topic. Open the funder. Morrison Center Endowment Fou… $2.3M The Henderson Family Foundation: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Henderson Family Foundati… $1.1M Terra Foundation for American Art: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Terra Foundation for American… $1.0M The Powell Foundation: $493K on this topic. Open the funder. The Powell Foundation $493K Leo Freedman Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder. Leo Freedman Foundation $300K Puerto Rico Community Foundation Inc: $130K on this topic. Open the funder. Puerto Rico Community Foundat… $130K Bailey Family Memorial Trust Xxx-Xx-Xxxx: $57K on this topic. Open the funder. Bailey Family Memorial Trust… $57K Quincy Society of Fine Arts: received $6.2M on this topic Quincy Society of Fine Arts $6.2M Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums: received $4.3M on this topic Corporation of the Fine Arts Mu… $4.3M Museum of Fine Arts Houston: received $3.2M on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Houston $3.2M University of Utah: received $2.0M on this topic University of Utah $2.0M Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc: received $2.0M on this topic Vermont College of Fine Arts Inc $2.0M Public Justice Foundation: received $1.4M on this topic Public Justice Foundation $1.4M Center On Budget and Policy Priorities: received $1.2M on this topic Center On Budget and Policy Pri… $1.2M Vera Institute of Justice Inc: received $1.1M on this topic Vera Institute of Justice Inc $1.1M Drexel University: received $913K on this topic Drexel University $913K Ballet Idaho: received $747K on this topic Ballet Idaho $747K The University of Texas at Austin: received $650K on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $650K Georgetown University: received $642K on this topic Georgetown University $642K Policylink: received $596K on this topic Policylink $596K San Francisco Conservatory of Music: received $550K on this topic San Francisco Conservatory of M… $550K Boise Philharmonic: received $548K on this topic Boise Philharmonic $548K National Center for Access to Justice Inc: received $527K on this topic National Center for Access to J… $527K National Juvenile Defender Center: received $522K on this topic National Juvenile Defender Cent… $522K Museum of Fine Arts Boston: received $475K on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Boston $475K Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: received $470K on this topic Lawyers' Committee for Civil Ri… $470K Results for America: received $438K on this topic Results for America $438K St Mark's High School: received $405K on this topic St Mark's High School $405K American Conservatory Theater: received $369K on this topic American Conservatory Theater $369K California College of the Arts: received $359K on this topic California College of the Arts $359K Corporation of the Fine Arts Museum: received $301K on this topic Corporation of the Fine Arts Mu… $301K Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts: received $300K on this topic Pennsylvania Academy of the Fin… $300K The Sycamore Institute Inc: received $299K on this topic The Sycamore Institute Inc $299K Boise Music Week: received $278K on this topic Boise Music Week $278K Opera Idaho: received $277K on this topic Opera Idaho $277K City and County of San Francisco: received $275K on this topic City and County of San Francisco $275K Ideas42: received $274K on this topic Ideas42 $274K The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $264K on this topic The Regents of the University o… $264K Museum of Fine Arts Houston: received $250K on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Houston $250K Museum of Fine Arts Houston Glassell School of Art: received $233K on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Houston Gla… $233K Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation: received $225K on this topic Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Fo… $225K Yale University: received $213K on this topic Yale University $213K Boise State University - Morrison Center: received $204K on this topic Boise State University - Morris… $204K New Venture Fund: received $200K on this topic New Venture Fund $200K Return Strong: received $200K on this topic Return Strong $200K National Center for Law and Economic Justice Inc: received $200K on this topic National Center for Law and Eco… $200K Regents of the University of California at Berkeley: received $199K on this topic Regents of the University of Ca… $199K Museum of Fine Arts Houston Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: received $195K on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Houston Bay… $195K Boise Chordsmen: received $160K on this topic Boise Chordsmen $160K Urban Institute: received $145K on this topic Urban Institute $145K Community Organizing and Family Issues: received $126K on this topic Community Organizing and Family… $126K The Log Cabin Literary Center Inc: received $125K on this topic The Log Cabin Literary Center I… $125K National Center for Youth Law: received $120K on this topic National Center for Youth Law $120K Cypress Creek Fine Art Association: received $105K on this topic Cypress Creek Fine Art Associat… $105K Cal State Univ - Fullerton: received $100K on this topic Cal State Univ - Fullerton $100K Chapman University: received $100K on this topic Chapman University $100K University of California - Irvine: received $100K on this topic University of California - Irvi… $100K The University of Texas at Austin: received $100K on this topic The University of Texas at Aust… $100K The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York: received $100K on this topic The Trustees of Columbia Univer… $100K Gulf Coast-A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts: received $95K on this topic Gulf Coast-A Journal of Literat… $95K Public Health Foundation Enterprises: received $83K on this topic Public Health Foundation Enterp… $83K Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay: received $82K on this topic Lawyers' Committee for Civil Ri… $82K Museum of Fine Arts Houston - Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens: received $65K on this topic Museum of Fine Arts Houston - B… $65K Fundacion De Mujeres En Puerto Rico Inc: received $50K on this topic Fundacion De Mujeres En Puerto… $50K Instituto Para La: received $50K on this topic Instituto Para La $50K Colectivo Ile Corporacion: received $30K on this topic Colectivo Ile Corporacion $30K Jeremy Hicks: received $22K on this topic Jeremy Hicks $22K Rachel Reyes: received $22K on this topic Rachel Reyes $22K Kylie M Hammack: received $13K on this topic Kylie M Hammack $13K 12 funders, 62 recipients, grants matching “fine” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $684,166 to CENTER ON BUDGET AND POLICY PRIORITIES — to support a cohort of tax and budget policy groups in generating state-level analyses on the impact of fines and fees to support fee elimination and fine reform.
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Largest: $2.1M to QUINCY SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS — qacf daf - various
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Largest: $929,500 to Museum of Fine Arts Houston — mfah operating support ($900,000) and ruth k shartle lecture series ($29,500)
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Largest: $13,000 to KYLIE M HAMMACK — fine arts scholarship
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Largest: $326,100 to BALLET IDAHO — to support fine and performing arts within the community by subsidizing performances at the morrison center.
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Largest: $1.4M to CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS — for achenbach foundation for graphic arts. support for the ancient arts council. in support of the san francisco fall show. in support of the delson endowment. for the sarah k. del…
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Largest: $2.0M to University of Utah — support for red butte garden and arboretum as follows:1.a minimum of $25,000 for maintenance and upkeep of the water conservation garden,2.support for school programs manager salar…
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Largest: $250,000 to MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON — art education
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Largest: $25,000 to CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — fine arts - scholarships
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Largest: $50,000 to Instituto para la — apoyar economicamente las iniciativas de alivio inmediato a traves de organizaciones sin fines de lucro de base -fiona 2022
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Largest: $141,430 to CORPORATION OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM — acquisition fund
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Largest: $50,000 to Museum of Fine Arts Houston Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens — arts: student education programs
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