Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn
Saint Louis, MO · EIN 65-6003785. Reported 98 grants totalling $2,730,000 to 75 recipients across tax years 2020-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $25,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Inc | Boston, MA | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Memphis Symphony Orchestra Inc | Memphis, TN | $105,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Circuit Playhouse Inc | Memphis, TN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Opera Association Inc | New York City, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Preservation League of New York | Albany, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Seventh Regiment Armory Conservancy Inc | New York, NY | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Opera America Inc | New York, NY | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hudson Review Inc | New York, NY | $71,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| New World Symphony Inc | Miami Beach, FL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Bogliasco Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $66,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Indie Memphis | Memphis, TN | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beth Morrison Projects Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Opera Lafayette | Washington, DC | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Symphony Orchestra Inc | New York, NY | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crescendo Inc | Lakeville, CT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Florida International University Inc | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Cultural Review Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc | Cooperstown, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Inffinito Art & Cultural Foundation | Miami Beach, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Library of American Landscape History in | Amherst, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Historical Society | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Opera Memphis Inc | Memphis, TN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New Yor | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pierpont Morgan Library | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Ackland Art Museum | Chapel Hill, NC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dixon Gallery & Gardens | Memphis, TN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens | Memphis, TN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Miami Youth Symphony of Dade | Miami, FL | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Overton Park Shell Inc | Memphis, TN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Americas Society | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Corporation of Yaddo | Saratoga Spgs, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Crosstown High School | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Miami Youth Symphony | Miami, FL | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Inc | Memphis, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum of Moder Art | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Prep for Prep | New York, NY | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Trustees of the New York Society Library | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historic Districts Council | New York, NY | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Paris Review Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Federation of Arts Inc | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Kaufman Music Center | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lucy Moses School for Music and Dance | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Ballet Ensemble | Memphis, TN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Paris Review | Big Sandy, TX | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Roxy Theatre Group | Miami, FL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Iris Orchestra | Germantown, TN | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Composers Orchestra Inc | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Florida International University Foundation | Miami, FL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Prospect Park Alliance Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rhodes College | Memphis, TN | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Alliance for Young Artists Writers Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bridgemusik Inc | Tappan, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Chamber Music Society of Lincoln | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Levitt Pavillion Memphis | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Junior Achievement of Greater Miami | North Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mass Moca | North Adams, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | North Adams, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mindmelody Inc | Miami, FL | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Music Before 1800 Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poetry Society of America | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Dessoff Choirs Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The New York Society Library | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Theatre Memphis | Memphis, TN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Boy Scouts of America | Davie, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jericho School for Children With Autism | Jacksonville, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Roane County High School Band Boosters | Kingston, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
18 of 75 (24%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 0%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Preservation League of New York
EXCELLENCE IN PRESERVATION - Opera Lafayette
LAFAYETTE COSTUME 2016/2017 - Friends of Levitt Pavillion Memphis
SUSTAIN FIFTY FREE CONCERTS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 75 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 19 | $469,500 | $25,000 |
| 2021 | 13 | $455,000 | $40,000 |
| 2022 | 18 | $462,000 | $25,000 |
| 2023 | 23 | $588,500 | $22,000 |
| 2024 | 25 | $755,000 | $25,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
52% of its giving went to organizations in New York. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $25,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in New York.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Adams Arthur & Alice Fdn's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 505 Mac H0006-092, Saint Louis, MO, 63166. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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