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12 funders with a record of paying for “visually”
Where the money went 20 20 Quest → Restoring Vision: $4.0M across 5 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of New Jersey → National Winter Activity Center: $2.2M across 1 grant, latest 2024 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Perkins School for the Blind: $1.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → New York University: $1.7M across 10 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → J Paul Getty Trust: $1.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Allied Media Projects Inc: $600K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of → Louisville Visual Art: $365K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Jerome Foundation Inc → Minneapolis College of Art and Design: $310K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc → The Art Institute of Chicago: $180K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Gibney Family Foundation Inc → Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired - San Francisco: $150K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation → Jessica Lynne: $53K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Rasmuson Foundation → Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2024 20 20 Quest → Vision Spring: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired: $1.2M across 10 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Mit: $593K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Studio in A School Association Inc: $575K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of → Eagle Hill Foundation Inc: $330K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of New Jersey → Texas Christian University: $175K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Jerome Foundation Inc → Queens Museum: $174K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc → Hyperallergic Media Inc: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Gibney Family Foundation Inc → Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired: $105K across 4 grants, latest 2025 The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation → Eva Recinos: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rasmuson Foundation → Nicolette Corbett: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 20 20 Quest → Int Agcy Prevention Blindness: $494K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $455K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Visual Art Exchange: $400K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Pennsylvania: $374K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Dominican College of Blauvelt: $344K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Community Foundation of → Heuser Hearing & Language Academy Inc: $193K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc → Pratt Institute: $150K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Community Foundation of New Jersey → Visual Arts Center of New Jersey: $140K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Gibney Family Foundation Inc → Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired: $105K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Jerome Foundation Inc → Smack Mellon Studios: $94K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation → J Wortham: $52K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Rasmuson Foundation → Mohagani Magnetek: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2023 20 20 Quest → Prevent Blindness of Georgia: $467K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Cultural Association for Film and Audio-Visual Production-Beirut Dc: $400K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Ford Foundation → University of Kwazulu-Natal: $325K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → Weizmann Institute of Science: $300K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the → Pen America: $300K across 2 grants, latest 2022 20 20 Quest → Eyelliance: $279K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Vision Forward Association: $240K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico Inc: $208K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → The Research Foundation for Suny (Brockport): $205K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Simons Foundation Inc → European Molecular Biology Lab: $200K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → The Performing and Visual Arts Centre Limited: $190K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Seedlings Braille Books for Children: $183K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Simons Foundation Inc → Leland Stanford Junior University: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Jess Curtisgravity Inc: $160K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Core Career: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → The Southasia Trust: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Ford Foundation → Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Simons Foundation Inc → Sissa: $148K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc → Triangle Artworks: $127K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Kings Bay Ym-Ywha: $125K across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating to the Caribbean Inc: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Dominican University New York: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc → New York Foundation for the Arts: $123K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Ford Foundation → National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation: $122K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impa: $120K across 1 grant, latest 2025 The Community Foundation of → Visually Impaired Preschool Services Inc: $116K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc → Adaptive Design Association Inc: $104K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Gibney Family Foundation Inc → University of Massachusetts Foundation: $103K across 1 grant, latest 2024 20 20 Quest: $6.4M on this topic. Open the funder. 20 20 Quest $6.4M Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc: $4.7M on this topic. Open the funder. Lavelle Fund for the Blind Inc $4.7M The Simons Foundation Inc: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Simons Foundation Inc $3.5M The Ford Foundation: $3.5M on this topic. Open the funder. The Ford Foundation $3.5M Community Foundation of New Jersey: $2.6M on this topic. Open the funder. Community Foundation of New J… $2.6M The Andy Warhol Foundation for the: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder. The Andy Warhol Foundation fo… $2.1M The Community Foundation of: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder. The Community Foundation of $1.0M The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation Inc: $740K on this topic. Open the funder. The Emily Hall Tremaine Found… $740K Jerome Foundation Inc: $578K on this topic. Open the funder. Jerome Foundation Inc $578K The Gibney Family Foundation Inc: $463K on this topic. Open the funder. The Gibney Family Foundation… $463K The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation: $157K on this topic. Open the funder. The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin F… $157K Rasmuson Foundation: $88K on this topic. Open the funder. Rasmuson Foundation $88K Restoring Vision: received $4.0M on this topic Restoring Vision $4.0M National Winter Activity Center: received $2.2M on this topic National Winter Activity Center $2.2M Perkins School for the Blind: received $1.9M on this topic Perkins School for the Blind $1.9M New York University: received $1.7M on this topic New York University $1.7M Vision Spring: received $1.2M on this topic Vision Spring $1.2M Visionsservices for the Blind and Visually Impaired: received $1.2M on this topic Visionsservices for the Blind a… $1.2M J Paul Getty Trust: received $1.0M on this topic J Paul Getty Trust $1.0M Allied Media Projects Inc: received $600K on this topic Allied Media Projects Inc $600K Mit: received $593K on this topic Mit $593K Studio in A School Association Inc: received $575K on this topic Studio in A School Association… $575K Int Agcy Prevention Blindness: received $494K on this topic Int Agcy Prevention Blindness $494K Prevent Blindness of Georgia: received $467K on this topic Prevent Blindness of Georgia $467K President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $455K on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $455K Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition: received $400K on this topic Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition $400K Visual Art Exchange: received $400K on this topic Visual Art Exchange $400K Cultural Association for Film and Audio-Visual Production-Beirut Dc: received $400K on this topic Cultural Association for Film a… $400K University of Pennsylvania: received $374K on this topic University of Pennsylvania $374K Louisville Visual Art: received $365K on this topic Louisville Visual Art $365K Dominican College of Blauvelt: received $344K on this topic Dominican College of Blauvelt $344K Eagle Hill Foundation Inc: received $330K on this topic Eagle Hill Foundation Inc $330K University of Kwazulu-Natal: received $325K on this topic University of Kwazulu-Natal $325K Minneapolis College of Art and Design: received $310K on this topic Minneapolis College of Art and… $310K Weizmann Institute of Science: received $300K on this topic Weizmann Institute of Science $300K Pen America: received $300K on this topic Pen America $300K Eyelliance: received $279K on this topic Eyelliance $279K Vision Forward Association: received $240K on this topic Vision Forward Association $240K Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Puerto Rico Inc: received $208K on this topic Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De… $208K The Research Foundation for Suny (Brockport): received $205K on this topic The Research Foundation for Sun… $205K European Molecular Biology Lab: received $200K on this topic European Molecular Biology Lab $200K Heuser Hearing & Language Academy Inc: received $193K on this topic Heuser Hearing & Language Acade… $193K The Performing and Visual Arts Centre Limited: received $190K on this topic The Performing and Visual Arts… $190K Seedlings Braille Books for Children: received $183K on this topic Seedlings Braille Books for Chi… $183K The Art Institute of Chicago: received $180K on this topic The Art Institute of Chicago $180K Leland Stanford Junior University: received $180K on this topic Leland Stanford Junior Universi… $180K Texas Christian University: received $175K on this topic Texas Christian University $175K Queens Museum: received $174K on this topic Queens Museum $174K Hyperallergic Media Inc: received $160K on this topic Hyperallergic Media Inc $160K Jess Curtisgravity Inc: received $160K on this topic Jess Curtisgravity Inc $160K Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired - San Francisco: received $150K on this topic Lighthouse for the Blind and Vi… $150K Pratt Institute: received $150K on this topic Pratt Institute $150K Core Career: received $150K on this topic Core Career $150K The Southasia Trust: received $150K on this topic The Southasia Trust $150K Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc: received $150K on this topic Ps 1 Contemporary Art Center Inc $150K Sissa: received $148K on this topic Sissa $148K Visual Arts Center of New Jersey: received $140K on this topic Visual Arts Center of New Jersey $140K Triangle Artworks: received $127K on this topic Triangle Artworks $127K Kings Bay Ym-Ywha: received $125K on this topic Kings Bay Ym-Ywha $125K Visual Arts Research and Resource Center Relating to the Caribbean Inc: received $125K on this topic Visual Arts Research and Resour… $125K Dominican University New York: received $125K on this topic Dominican University New York $125K New York Foundation for the Arts: received $123K on this topic New York Foundation for the Arts $123K National Hispanic Cultural Center Foundation: received $122K on this topic National Hispanic Cultural Cent… $122K Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impa: received $120K on this topic Association for Education and R… $120K Visually Impaired Preschool Services Inc: received $116K on this topic Visually Impaired Preschool Ser… $116K Southern Arizona Association for the Visually Impaired: received $105K on this topic Southern Arizona Association fo… $105K Conklin Davis Center for the Visually Impaired: received $105K on this topic Conklin Davis Center for the Vi… $105K Adaptive Design Association Inc: received $104K on this topic Adaptive Design Association Inc $104K University of Massachusetts Foundation: received $103K on this topic University of Massachusetts Fou… $103K Smack Mellon Studios: received $94K on this topic Smack Mellon Studios $94K Jessica Lynne: received $53K on this topic Jessica Lynne $53K Eva Recinos: received $52K on this topic Eva Recinos $52K J Wortham: received $52K on this topic J Wortham $52K Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired: received $38K on this topic Alaska Center for the Blind and… $38K Nicolette Corbett: received $25K on this topic Nicolette Corbett $25K Mohagani Magnetek: received $25K on this topic Mohagani Magnetek $25K 12 funders, 64 recipients, grants matching “visually” 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: $150,000 to THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO — visual art - project/program
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Largest: $100,000 to Minneapolis College of Art and Design — support for visual artists in the mcad-jerome foundation fellowships for early career artists program.
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Largest: $52,000 to TEMPESTT HAZEL — visual arts journalism prize; see part ix-a for more information
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Largest: $30,000 to VISUAL ARTS CENTER OF NEW JERSEY — visual arts & education
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Largest: $119,858 to ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPA — #25-01: expanding continuing education training and the community of support for professionals in the field of visual impairment
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Largest: $1.4M to RESTORING VISION — support the mission to aid the blind and or visually impaired
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Largest: $211,603 to LOUISVILLE VISUAL ART — a40 visual arts organizations
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Largest: $103,269 to UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS FOUNDATION — support to recruit, retain, and provide partial tuition support to a cohort of up to 38 diverse scholars to complete a graduate certificate in cortical/cerebral visual impairment o…
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Largest: $18,000 to EMMA HILDEBRAND — fellowship - visual arts
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Largest: $1.0M to J PAUL GETTY TRUST — for the la arts community fire relief fund (restricted to visual artists and visual arts workers)
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Largest: $50,000 to FULCRUM ARTS — core support for museum of trans history to bring a cohesive visual history of transgender culture into existence and to think critically about the nature of transgender visual his…
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Largest: $278,200 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — neural computations for visual form processing and form-based cognition
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