The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
Preselected recipients only
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation is a private foundation in New York, New York. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.2 million in 62 grants; the typical grant was $19,414 and the largest $125,000. It only gives to organizations it selects itself and does not accept unsolicited applications.
From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.
- Grants paid, 2024$1.2 million
- Number of grants62
- Typical grant$19,414
- Largest grant$125,000
- Assets$73.5 million
- New grantees51%
Giving in 2024 was up from $1.1 million the year before.
51% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Number of grants | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $1.1 million | 67 | $70.2 million |
| 2024 | $1.2 million | 62 | $73.5 million |
How to apply
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation says in its IRS filing that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations, so unsolicited applications are unlikely to be considered. Organizations it funds are usually invited.
Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica
What The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation funds
Where it gives
Its US grants went to recipients in 19 states, the most to New York. It also paid $244,614 in 16 grants to recipients outside the US.
| State | Grants | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 16 | $272,523 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | $126,700 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | $116,657 |
| California | 3 | $75,000 |
| Illinois | 3 | $50,700 |
| Washington | 1 | $44,818 |
| Arizona | 1 | $44,515 |
| Florida | 2 | $40,000 |
| Texas | 1 | $39,000 |
| New Jersey | 1 | $37,761 |
Grants paid in 2024
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Salzburg Global | Salzburg global seminar 2023 | $125,000 |
| John Jay College of Criminal Justice | Justice at the crossroads | $50,000 |
| Boston University | Assessing mental distress, relative loneness, ideology, and leakage in the parents4peace dataset | $45,000 |
| Clark University | Erasing refugees: how camps became killing fields in the first congo war | $44,950 |
| Washington State University | At the root of lethal violence: the french death investigation system and the accuracy of mortality statistics in violence prevention | $44,818 |
| Arizona State University | Pre- and post-resettlement drivers of intimate partner violence among afghan refugees in the united states | $44,515 |
| Teachers College | 2024 national research conference on firearm injury prevention | $40,000 |
| Tel Aviv University | Economic opportunities, criminal activity, and deterrence: evidence from the palestinian-arab minority in israel | $39,791 |
| University of Texas | Police collusion and drug violence: what is the relationship? | $39,000 |
| Rutgers the State University | "never again! And the problem of prevention | $37,761 |
| Individual | Democracy project (distinguished fellow of practice) | $37,500 |
| University of Kent | Pro-government militias as social and political actors and their impact on governance and security orders | $37,071 |
| University of Quebec in Montreal | Slave-raiders and boko haram on the border | $36,896 |
| Individual | Organized crime, state crises, and the consolidation of violent democracies | $35,000 |
| New York University | What social science research reveals about the role of social media in fostering political violence | $30,000 |
| University of Essex | Behind closed doors: trajectories to violence in intimate interaction | $29,224 |
| Individual | Do unto others: exploring the role of reciprocity in international cooperation and conflict | $25,000 |
| Individual | Propaganda as provocation: how autocrats use political rhetoric to impede democratic uprisings | $25,000 |
| Fund for the City of Ny (Vital City) | The nuts and bolts: how to prevent and respond to gun violence | $25,000 |
| Individual | White power goes online: the history of digital hate networks and the federal government's response, 1984-1999 | $25,000 |
| Individual | Gendering justice on the chilean legal system: institutional developments, legal actors' practices and women's access to justice | $25,000 |
| Individual | The security of a free state: public arms, private armies, and the birth of the american century, 1865-1915. | $25,000 |
| Individual | Weaponizing uncertainty: the politics of disappearance in argentina, colombia, and mexico | $25,000 |
| Individual | The politics of justice: sexual violence case prosecution in the united states | $25,000 |
| Individual | The challenge of collective victimhood and the promise of mutual acknowledgement after conflict | $25,000 |
| Individual | Disturbing the peace: mass politics and political violence in weimar germany | $25,000 |
| Individual | American fascism and its afterlives: the american far right and paramilitarism in a global perspective, 1930-1965 | $25,000 |
| Individual | Democracy project (distinguished fellow of practice) | $25,000 |
| Individual | Torn men in torn towns: municipal administrators between the local and the national in cieszyn and esk tn, 1918-38 | $25,000 |
| Individual | Fighting fascism: eliminating and preventing violent extremism since wwii | $23,383 |
| Individual | How terror cells are constructed: the role of social networks | $22,197 |
| Cambridge University | More and better prisons, more and worse criminal governance?: exponential prison construction and violence in brazil | $16,632 |
| Miami Foundation | General support | $15,000 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Museum | General support | $15,000 |
| Individual | Contesting the postcolonial political order: a critical historical and political study on the federalist movement in uganda | $5,000 |
| Individual | Preventing inter-ethnic conflict through traditional institutions: evidences from north-east ethiopia | $5,000 |
| Individual | Separatism and gender roles: exploring women's involvement in ipobs agitations in nigeria's south-east region | $5,000 |
| Individual | Impact assessment of violent conflicts on the democratic development in cte d'ivoire | $5,000 |
| Individual | Invisible objects and everyday violence in a post-war community: a posthuman analysis of the gendered materialities of landmines in the north-eastern border area of zimbabwe | $5,000 |
| Individual | Nigeria's unresolved political history and the production of violence through historical narratives: the ipob question | $5,000 |
Officers and trustees
- Andre Davis
- Brogann Bowden
- Carol Langstaff
- Daniel F Wilhelm
- Deirdre Hamill
- Donald C Hood
- Jacqueline Jones
- Jeremiah Milbank III
- Joel Wallman
- Matthew Duveneck
- Patricia L Rosenfield
- Peter Lawson-Johnston
- Peter Lawson-Johnston II
- Tania McCleery
- Thomas L Piper III
Questions people ask
Does The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation accept grant applications?
No. Its IRS filing says it only makes contributions to preselected organizations.
How much does The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation give?
$1.2 million in tax year 2024, across 62 grants, with a typical grant of $19,414.
Who runs The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation?
Its 2024 filing lists Andre Davis (Director), Brogann Bowden (Director), Carol Langstaff (Director) and Daniel F Wilhelm (President) among 15 officers and trustees.
What does The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation fund?
Based on its grants, mainly education, international and human services.