Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-3093638. Reported 356 grants totalling $5,169,000 to 143 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. 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. Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $10,000 and $10,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $75,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bric Artsmedia House | Brooklyn, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bronx Museum of the Arts | Bronx, NY | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Earth Celebrations | New York, NY | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Studio in a School | New York, NY | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Art Students League of New York | New York, NY | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raw Art Works | Cambridge, MA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Heckscher Museum of Art | Huntington, NY | $85,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 92ND Street Y | New York, NY | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cmca (center for Maine Contemporary Art) | Rockland, ME | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ifar (international Foundation for Art Research) | New York, NY | $80,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Association of Art Musuem Curators (aamc) | New York, NY | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (lmcc) | New York, NY | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Academy in Rome | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artists Space | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Free Arts Nyc | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Godwin-Ternbach Museum Fund | Flushing, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Groundswell | Brooklyn, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Center of Photography (icp) | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Nassau County Museum of Art | Roslyn Harbor, NY | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Publicolor | New York, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yaddo | Saratoga Spring, NY | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Apexart | New York, NY | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Archives of American Art | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rubin Museum of Art | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smack Mellon Studios | Brooklyn, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Elizabeth Foundation for the Art | New York, NY | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Hartford, CT | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arts in Education | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lehman College Art Gallery | Bronx, NY | $50,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| MIT List Visual Arts Center | Cambridge, MA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Public Art Fund | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Qca (queens Council on the Arts) | Astoria, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Royal Academy of Arts America | London | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Painting Center | New York, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| New York Studio School of Drawing Painting & Sculpture | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ot Festival | Kingston, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Park Avenue Armory | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $45,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Air (artists in Residence) Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Federation of Arts | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arts Connection | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bard College | Annandaleonhudson, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Children's Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Exploring the Arts | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown | Provincetown, MA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Contemporary Arts | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Franklin Furnace Archive Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hudson Guild | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Iscp (international Studio & Curatorial Program) | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Kiboko Projects | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Leap (learning Through An Expanded Arts Program Inc) | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Manhattan Graphics Center | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Millay Colony for the Arts | Austerlitz, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Museum of the City of New York | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nyfa (new York Foundation for the Arts) | Brooklyn, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pafa (pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) | Philadelphia, PA | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Cooper Union | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Drawing Center | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Educational Alliance | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Phillips Collection | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Public Theater | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| WNET Thirteen - New York Public Media | New York, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Woodstock Artists Association & Museum | Woodstock, NY | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Friends of the Mennello Museum of American Art | Orlando, FL | $38,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center for Art Law | Brooklyn, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Hi-Arts | New York, NY | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wexner Center for the Arts | Columbus, OH | $35,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Addison Gllery of American Art | Andover, MA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Athens Cultural Center | Athens, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Academy of Music (bam) | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Arts Council (bac) | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brooklyn Museum | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cec Artslink | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cma (children's Museum of the Arts) | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community-Word Project | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Henry Street Settlement | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Longhouse Reserve | East Hampton, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pal (police Athletic League Inc) | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Printed Matter | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Queens College Foundation | Flushing, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Sculpture Space | Long Island City, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Museum and Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum | Ridgefield, CT | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Chinati Foundation | Marfa, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Glassell School of Art | Houston, TX | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Macdowell Colony | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Studio Museum in Harlem | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Triangle Arts Association Ltd | Brooklyn, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wave Hill | Bronx, NY | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art | New York, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Woodstock School of Art | Woodstock, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wsw (women's Studio Workshop) | Rosendale, NY | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Art Resources Transfer Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Art Omni | Ghent, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Broadway for Arts Education | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Catching the Dream | Albuquerque, NM | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Children's Arts Guild | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| College Art Association | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Creative Art Works | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| International Child Art Foundation | Washington, DC | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ipcny (international Print Center New York) | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Kupferberg Center for the Arts | Flushing, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Moma (the Museum of Modern Art) | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Moore College of Art & Design | Philadelphia, PA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Morris Museum of Art | Augusta, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New York Botanical Garden | Bronx, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Omi International Arts Center | Ghent, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ryman the Reef | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Summertime Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Museum of Modern Art (moma) | New York, NY | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| University of Art Museum | Albany, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The University at Albany Foundation | Albany, NY | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aperture Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Children's Museum of Manhattan | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| City As Living Laboratory (call) | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cityarts | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cue Art Foundation | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dorot | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| El Museo Del Barrio New York | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Farnswoth Art Museum | Rockland, ME | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Greenwich House | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton | East Hampton, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Living With Wolves | Sun Valley, ID | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Materials for the Arts | Li City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| New York Youth Symphony | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opus 1 Foundation | Thiells, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Projectart | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Queens Museum of Art | Queens, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Socrates Sculpture Park | Li City, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Street Lab | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bronx Charter Schools | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tww Inc(talks With Wolves) | Brooklyn, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vermont Studio Center | Johnson, VT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Idyllwild Arts | Idyllwildpine Cove, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Abstract Artists | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Aperture | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies & Human Rights (toli) | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Abingdon Square Painters | Li City, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Tww Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
102 of 143 (71%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 68%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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.
- The Friends of the Mennello Museum of American Art
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 197 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 94 | $1,626,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 85 | $1,575,000 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 89 | $1,000,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 88 | $968,000 | $10,000 |
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
86% 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 $10,000. 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 Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). 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: 300 Central Park West 16J, New York, NY, 10024. 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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