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Who funds JB Speed Art Museum?

Louisville, Kentucky

4 private foundations reported grants to JB Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky totaling $412,658 across 4 grants in tax years 2024 to 2025. The largest funder was Sam Gilliam Foundation, with $320,658.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Foundations that fund JB Speed Art Museum

All 4 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
Sam Gilliam Foundation
District of Columbia · 2024
Donation1$320,658
The Ford Foundation
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
Core support for louisvilles black avant-garde," exhibitions, online educational resources, and programming, revealing the histories of the southeasts black avant-garde and louisvilles central role in the movement1$50,000
Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc
Kentucky · 2024
To promote the discovery of the joy and power of great art1$40,000
Charles H Dishman III Family Foundation Inc
Delaware · 2025
General & Unrestricted1$2,000

Amounts are grants paid as each foundation reported them. Names are matched across filings, so a grant written under a different name for the same organization may be missing.

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Questions people ask

Who funds JB Speed Art Museum?

Sam Gilliam Foundation, The Ford Foundation, Tracy Farmer Foundation Inc and Charles H Dishman III Family Foundation Inc, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does JB Speed Art Museum get from foundations?

$412,658 in 4 reported grants from 4 private foundations in tax years 2024 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

The Ford Foundation says in their filings that they accept applications.

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