Well Told Grants

Foundations

Foundations that fund arts and culture

19,251 private foundations made grants for arts and culture in their latest year, totalling $5.8 billion. Pick a state to see who funds arts and culture there and whether they accept applications.

By state

Largest arts and culture funders in our data

FoundationBased inArts and culture grants
The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York$258 million
Horowitz Family FoundationNevada$144 million
Lilly Endowment IncIndiana$124 million
The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncNew York$86.1 million
The Ford FoundationNew York$83.1 million
Wem FoundationMinnesota$73.7 million
Windgate Charitable Foundation IncArkansas$64.6 million
The Eli and Edythe Broad FoundationCalifornia$54.7 million
The Aldarra FoundationWashington$51.0 million
The David Geffen FoundationCalifornia$50.1 million
M&t Charitable FoundationNew York$44.4 million
O'Donnell FoundationTexas$36.9 million
The Holland FoundationNebraska$33.3 million
The Gilbert Family FoundationMichigan$31.7 million
Walton Family Foundation IncArkansas$31.5 million
Arison Arts FoundationFlorida$31.3 million
The James & Merryl Tisch Foundation IncNew York$30.4 million
Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture IncNew York$28.9 million
The Heinz EndowmentsPennsylvania$28.3 million
The Laurie M Tisch Foundation IncNew York$28.3 million
The William Penn FoundationPennsylvania$26.6 million
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation IncNew York$26.5 million
Perenchio FoundationCalifornia$26.0 million
The Shubert Foundation IncNew York$26.0 million
John S and James L Knight FoundationFlorida$24.9 million
The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationCalifornia$24.6 million
The Jonathan M Tisch Family FoundationNew York$22.4 million
Barr FoundationMassachusetts$21.4 million
The Ralph C Wilson Jr FoundationMichigan$21.4 million
People's Support Foundation LimitedIllinois$21.3 million

Totals add up each foundation's arts and culture grants in the states where it ranks among the top funders, so they can understate its total.