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12 funders with a record of paying for “sculptors”
Where the money went
Largest: $30,000 to DREW KAHUAINA BRODERICK — painters & sculptors 2022 grantees
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
8 matching grants · $887,000 · through 2024Largest: $12,000 to Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University — to support a collaboration between physicist hideo mabuchi and sculptor judy pfaff investigating ceramic glazes in studio and culminating in a public exhibition in tivoli, ny in th…
Largest: $1.8M to LOPUD FOUNDATION — the purpose of the grant was (i) to purchase and maintain a recently restored historic property located at narikla 9, lopud, dubrovnik in croatia and (ii) to fully equip the proper…
Largest: $4,000 to NORTHWEST STONE SCULPTORS ASSN — endowment and general purposes
Largest: $975,000 to THE VALENTINE MUSEUM — to support the reimagining of the studio of sculptor edward valentine and the reinterpretation of the wickham house
Polk County Community FoundationTryon, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $173,670 · through 2024Largest: $41,450 to TRYON PAINTERS & SCULPTORS — art gallery and classes
Largest: $1.5M to THE GONZALO FONSECA FOUNDATION — promoting knowledge and understanding of the artistic legacy of the late sculptor gonzalo fonseca
Largest: $12,732 to ROYAL SOCIETY OF SCULPTORS — research award
Largest: $10,000 to ANDRE HARVEY CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP LONGWOOD GARDENS — to establish a creative fellowship hosted at longwood gardens in honor of the late sculptor andre harvey.
Largest: $100,000 to SERPENTINE TRUST — project support for the first uk institutional solo exhibition of renowned artist, poet, novelist, and sculptor barbara chase-riboud at serpentine's north gallery
Largest: $25,000 to MICHIGAN CIVIL WAR ASSOCIATION — sculptor and model for statue
The Philadelphia FoundationPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to PHILADELPHIA SCULPTORS — general operating support
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →