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Who funds Museum of Fine Arts?

Boston, Massachusetts · EIN 042103607

111 private foundations reported grants to Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts totaling $2.6 million across 115 grants in tax years 2023 to 2025. The largest funder was The Peter & Pamela Voss Charitable Foundation, with $810,487.

From the funders' IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Funders of Museum of Fine Arts that accept applications

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Foundations that fund Museum of Fine Arts

The 100 largest of 111 funders, by amount
FoundationPurpose givenGrantsAmount
The Peter & Pamela Voss Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Further an endowment for a curatorship in the prints and drawings department2$810,487
The June Leaf and Robert Frank Fdn Inc F/K/A the Andrea Frank Fdn Inc
New York · 2024
Preserving and protecting the legacy of robert frank through the exhibition of his artwork1$410,000
James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Charity1$241,000
The American Art Foundation Inc
New York · 2024
To preserve preeminent collections and promote the work of the organization1$104,462
Lovett-Woodsum Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2023
Unrestricted1$100,000
Terra Foundation for American Art
Illinois · 2024 · accepts applications
Arts education2$70,000
The River Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Unrestricted1$56,000
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
General support1$50,000
Shah Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General purpose1$50,000
Matthew A & Susan B Weatherbie Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General Purpose1$48,000
Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General charitable purposesgeneral charitable purposes1$42,000
The Creighton Narada Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General Charitable Purpose1$40,000
Ploughshares Foundation
Illinois · 2025 · accepts applications
Egyptian department curators fund1$35,000
Landry Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Exempt purpose1$30,000
Edwin S Webster Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
General operating support1$30,000
The Davis Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General1$30,000
Edith H Overly Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General Support1$30,000
The Ohrn Family Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General1$30,000
SMF Foundationjm Inc
New York · 2024
Public charity1$25,000
James & Virginia Welch Foundation
New Jersey · 2025
Unrestricted1$25,000
The Annenberg Foundation
Pennsylvania · 2024
Witnessing humanity: the art of john wilson exhibition1$25,000
William and Gertrude Shelley Family
Massachusetts · 2025
General support1$20,000
Amica Companies Foundation
Rhode Island · 2024
General purpose1$18,070
The Ruettgers Family Charit Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General support1$15,000
The Boger Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
Unrestricted support of organization's charitable objectives/ research/ benefitting those in need1$15,000
Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Cultural vitality1$15,000
Schmaltz Enroth Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
To carry out philanthropic purpose1$15,000
The Ulf B Heide and Elizabeth C Heide Foundation Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
Unrestricted use of contribution for recipient's artistic and educational and related purposes1$12,000
Mussafer Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Operations1$12,000
Hinda L & Arthur Marcus Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable contribution1$10,000
The Martin & Deborah Hale Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Annual Support1$10,000
Dable Family Foundation
New Jersey · 2025
Unrestricted general1$10,000
MGS & RRS Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
General1$8,500
Young-Rourke Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
Cash donation to the patron program1$8,500
Alan and Terri Spoon Family Foundation
Florida · 2024
General2$8,000
Highland Street Connection
Massachusetts · 2024
For arts and culture.2$7,000
The Halfway Rock Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Public Community Good (Unrestricted)1$6,000
The Jonathan and Amy Poorvu Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
Benevolent1$6,000
Fletcher Family Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General1$6,000
Rosse Family Charitable Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2023
Charitable1$5,000
Demoulas Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Civic, cultural & other1$5,000
Gateway Fund
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
General support1$5,000
William E Schrafft and Bertha E Schrafft Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2024 · accepts applications
Operating1$5,000
Conkey Dorothy D Tr Uind
Pennsylvania · 2024
General operating1$5,000
The Paul Rand Charitable Trust
Connecticut · 2025
General support1$5,000
Elizabeth T Fessenden Charitable Fdn
Massachusetts · 2024
General funds1$5,000
The Hamilton Company Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General1$5,000
First Eagle Investments Foundation
Delaware · 2024
Corporate Partnership Program - First Eagle Investments1$5,000
The 1156 Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
The museum preserves outstanding art collections and serves diverse audiences by providing highquality exhibitions, programs, and scholarship that deepen understanding of art across cultures and time.1$5,000
Devonwood Foundation 009606-007
Delaware · 2025
General support1$5,000
Oxford Fund Inc
Florida · 2025
Charitable1$4,500
James M Rabb & Melinda A Rabb Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable1$4,500
Henry Hornblower Fund Inc
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
General support1$4,000
King Spruce Company
Massachusetts · 2024
Unrestricted gift1$3,000
The Grossman Family Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Operations budget assistance1$3,000
Berger Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Support fine arts1$3,000
Hope Foundation
Rhode Island · 2024 · accepts applications
Operating expenses; patrons program1$3,000
Tulgey Wood Foundation
Maryland · 2025
Support of Organization1$3,000
The Apple Lane Foundation Inc 14101830
New York · 2025
For organization's exempt purposes1$3,000
Triple T Foundation
Ohio · 2024
General purposes1$2,500
The Carl A Davis and Lois E Davis Foundation
Texas · 2024
Operating support1$2,500
The Shane Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General1$2,000
The Arons Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Support organization's exempt purpose1$2,000
The Altamira Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable1$2,000
The Reamer Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Program support1$2,000
Dudley and Constance Godfrey Foundation Inc
New York · 2025
Cultural1$2,000
The Booth-Bricker Fund
Louisiana · 2025 · accepts applications
Matching trustee's gift1$1,300
Galenus Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
International Relief1$1,200
Bertram A and Ronald M Druker Charitable Fndn
Massachusetts · 2024
General & unrestricted1$1,000
Beard Family Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
General purpose1$1,000
Florence & Richard Koplow Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Charitable1$1,000
Daniel and Gloria Kearney Foundation
Illinois · 2024
Unrestricted1$1,000
Charles D Farber Memorial Foundation Inc
New York · 2024 · accepts applications
Charitablecontribution1$750
Joseph and Rae Gann Charitable Foundation
Florida · 2025
General1$600
Joseph W & Faith K Tiberio Charitable Foundation
Virginia · 2025
General1$500
Sawyer Parks Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
501 (c) (3)1$500
Charles & Esther Lee Kimerling Charitable Foundation
Delaware · 2025
General & Unrestricted1$500
Rosenberg Family Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Operating support1$300
Wender Foundation
Massachusetts · 2024
General support1$300
William and Cynthia Marcus Family Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2024
Charitable operations1$300
Natalie W & Leo E Wolf Foundation
New Hampshire · 2025
Perserving and showing art as well as to educate1$300
Bartko Family Charitable Foundation
New Hampshire · 2025
Nonprofit1$300
Gramercy Park Foundation Inc
New York · 2025
Education1$300
Seid-Carro Family Foundation
New York · 2024
General1$300
Dorothy M Tenney Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2025
Educational, religious or social welfare purposes1$300
McCutchin-Collins Charitable Trust Mass 031292
Massachusetts · 2024
Education1$300
The Weinstein Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
Unrestricted1$300
Traynor Family Foundation
Delaware · 2023
General & Unrestricted1$300
The Mosse Foundation
California · 2024
Charitable organization1$299
Citizens Charitable Foundation
Rhode Island · 2024
Matching gifts1$280
Ge Aerospace Foundation
Connecticut · 2024 · accepts applications
Matching gift1$280
The Steven E and Michelle Karol Charitable Foundation Trust
Massachusetts · 2024
Contribution1$250
Running Deer Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025 · accepts applications
Charitable purpose1$250
Bernice B Godine Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General purpose1$250
Rome Charitable Trust
Minnesota · 2025
General operating1$200
The Lewis M & Esther Perlstein Family Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General1$150
Lawrence A & Joan E Siff Foundation F/K/A Lawrence A Siff Foundation
Massachusetts · 2025
General1$150
Howard & Robin Reisman Charitable Trust
Massachusetts · 2024
To support the arts1$140
Verizon Foundation
New Jersey · 2024
Other civic / community1$140
Lawrence & Lillian Solomon Foundation Inc
Massachusetts · 2024
Fulfill charitable purpose1$140

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 Museum of Fine Arts?

The Peter & Pamela Voss Charitable Foundation, The June Leaf and Robert Frank Fdn Inc F/K/A the Andrea Frank Fdn Inc, James & Melinda Rabb Family Foundation, The American Art Foundation Inc and Lovett-Woodsum Foundation Inc, and 106 more, according to their IRS Form 990-PF filings.

How much does Museum of Fine Arts get from foundations?

$2.6 million in 115 reported grants from 111 private foundations in tax years 2023 to 2025. Government grants and gifts from individuals are not included.

Which of these funders accept applications?

Terra Foundation for American Art, Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation, Ploughshares Foundation, Edwin S Webster Foundation and Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation say in their filings that they accept applications.

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