Samuel H Kress Foundation
New York, NY · EIN 13-1624176. Reported 540 grants totalling $13.4M to 202 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. Samuel H Kress 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 $15,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $30,000; the smallest was $50 and the largest $275,000. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York, NY | $1,541,520 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $1,337,500 | 13 | 5 | 2024 |
| National Gallery of Art | Landover, MD | $1,131,500 | 8 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Academy in Rome | New York, NY | $781,238 | 13 | 5 | 2024 |
| Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | $369,800 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| Middlebury College | Middlebury, VT | $331,000 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens | Princeton, NJ | $281,000 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence | Florence | $270,500 | 13 | 4 | 2024 |
| Renaissance Society of America | Bronx, NY | $266,500 | 17 | 5 | 2024 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $265,500 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bibliotheca Hertziana | Rome | $260,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Zentralinstitut Fr Kunstgeschichte | Munich | $260,000 | 12 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institut National D'histoire Del Art | Paris | $235,000 | 11 | 4 | 2024 |
| Smarthistory | Pleasantville, NY | $201,000 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| Courtauld Institute of Art | London | $185,000 | 8 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Delaware | Newark, DE | $183,275 | 9 | 5 | 2024 |
| Council of Independent Colleges | Washington, DC | $180,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $170,400 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| King Baudouin Foundation | New York, NY | $162,000 | 6 | 2 | 2023 |
| International Center of Medieval Art | New York, NY | $158,100 | 13 | 5 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York, NY | $125,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Syracuse University | Syracuse, NY | $125,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $120,500 | 4 | 1 | 2022 |
| Archaeological Institute of America | Boston, MA | $112,403 | 10 | 5 | 2024 |
| Bank Street College of Education | New York, NY | $105,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Buffalo State College | Buffalo, NY | $100,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Morgan Library & Museum | New York, NY | $98,250 | 7 | 5 | 2024 |
| Ithaka S & R | New York, NY | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alliance of Hbcu Museums and Galleries Inc | Marietta, GA | $89,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medici Archive Project | New York, NY | $85,000 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| American Alliance of Museums | Arlington, VA | $82,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston | Boston, MA | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Art Libraries Society of North America | Oak Creek, WI | $70,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| College Art Association of America | New York, NY | $67,400 | 6 | 5 | 2024 |
| Indiana University | Bloomington, IN | $66,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland | New York, NY | $65,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bibliotheca Hertziana | Rome | $65,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Institut National D'histoire De L'art | Paris | $65,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institut National D'histoire De L'art | Paris, Paris | $65,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence | Florence | $65,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Warburg Institue (univ of London) | London | $65,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Zentralinstitut Fr Kunstgeschichte | Munich | $65,000 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery | New York, NY | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Memphis Brooks Museum of Art | Memphis, TN | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Warburg Institute University of London | London | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo, OH | $60,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust Inc | Miami, FL | $60,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Warburg Institute | London | $60,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Universtiy of Miami | Coral Gables, FL | $58,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $55,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bard Graduate Center | New York, NY | $52,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Creative Commons Corporation | Mountain View, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Frick Collection | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oclo | Dublin, OH | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pharos the International Photo Archives Association | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute | Williamstown, MA | $50,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Institute for Learning Innovation | Beaverton, OR | $44,100 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $44,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Graduate Center Foundation | New York, NY | $43,140 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Charities Aid Foundation America | Alexandria, VA | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Denver | Denver, CO | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Newberry Library | Chicago, IL | $39,500 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City, MS | $37,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Art Museum | Portland, OR | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aamc Foundation | New York, NY | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Winterthur Museum | Winterthur, DE | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Courtauld Institute of Art | London | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Denver Art Museum | Denver, CO | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fairfield University | Fairfield, CT | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | Madison, WI | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Philanthropy New York | New York, NY | $33,550 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Rare Book School | Charlottesville, VA | $30,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Friends of Capodimonte | Oakbrook Terrace, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| American Friends of the Vienna Museum | Chicago, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Brigham Young University Museum of Art | Provo, UT | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Catherine Powell | Austin, TX | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Georgia O'keeffe Museum | Santa Fe, NM | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Museum of Art | Atlanta, GA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Historians of Netherlandish Art Inc | Highland Park, NJ | $30,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Margaret Mansfield | Santa Barbara, CA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Trustees of the University of Illinois | Champaign, IL | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Georgia Foundation | Athens, GA | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Oklahoma Foundation | Norman, OK | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Candid | New York, NY | $28,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Italian Art Society | Hartford, CT | $27,100 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Rochester, NY | $26,551 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Visual Resources Association | Atlanta, GA | $26,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art | Baltimore, MD | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Face Foundation | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mint Museum of Art | Charlotte, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Smithsonian Institution (cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum) | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Houston | Houston, TX | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wiki Education Foundation | Chico, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| North Carolina State University | Raleigh, NC | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Regents of the University of California Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $22,225 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Trustees of Union College | Schenectady, NY | $21,177 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia University | New York, NY | $20,880 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of Academic Museums & Galleries | Greencastle, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, OH | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Boston, MA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society | Leiden | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pennyslyvania State University | University Park, PA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Connecticut | Storrs, CT | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Georgia Research Foundation | Athens, GA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Olaf College | Northfield, MN | $18,550 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| San Diego Museum of Art | San Diego, CA | $18,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Experience Camps | Westport, CT | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL | $17,320 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Council on Library and Information Resources | Arlington, VA | $17,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Luis a Ferre Foundation Inc (museo De Arte De Ponce) | Ponce, PR | $16,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Studio School of Drawing Painting & Sculpture | New York, NY | $16,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Visual Resources Association Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $16,000 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| American Federation of Arts | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of Research Institutes in Art History | New Haven, CT | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pomona College | Claremont, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Georgia Fdn | Athens, GA | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Washington and Lee University | Lexington, VA | $14,820 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rarebook School | Charlottesville, VA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art | Kansas City, MO | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum Trustee Association | Baltimore, MD | $13,400 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Frist Art Museum | Nashville, TN | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Internet Archive | San Francisco, CA | $12,250 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| South Carolina Research Foundation | Columbia, SC | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of the National Gallery London | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Balboa Park Online Collaborative | San Diego, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| French American Museum Exchange Inc | Essex, CT | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Jewish Museum | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morgan Library and Museum | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Museum of Women in the Arts | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Hyde Collection Trust | Glens Falls, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art | Hartford, CT | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| American Friends of the British Museum | New York, NY | $9,620 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fashion Institute of Technology | New York, NY | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA | $9,110 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern University | Chicago, IL | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dartmouth College | Hanover, NH | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Peabody Essex Museum | Salem, MA | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $8,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Research Foundation of the State of New York | Buffalo, NY | $8,125 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Honolulu Museum of Art | Honolulu, HI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Museum of Contemporary Art | New York, NY | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums | San Francisco, CA | $7,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture | Philadelphia, PA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Massachusetts -Amherst | Hadley, MA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| World Momuments Fund | New York, NY | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hillwood Estate Museum & Gardens | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Myriad USA | New York, NY | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Virginia University | Morgantown, WV | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Toronto | Toronto, M5S 2C8 | $5,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Grolier Club | New York, NY | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit, MI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Glimmerglass Opera Theatre Inc | Cooperstown, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Inc | Sarasota, FL | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society | Leiden | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Library of America | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Ny Studio School of Drawing Painting & Sculpture | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| New York Studio School of Drawings Painting and Sculpture | New York, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smith College | Northampton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| University of Notre Dame | South Bend, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Louis Art Museum Foundation | Saint Louis, MO | $4,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Worcester, MA | $4,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Victoria and Albert Museum Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $4,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Queens University at Kingston | Kingston | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Hawn Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Advanced Study | Princeton, NJ | $3,600 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Medieval Academy of America | Cambridge, MA | $2,650 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Church of Christ Congregational | Norfolk, CT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Master Drawings Association Inc | New York, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Paul's Episcopal Church | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Univeristy of Virginia Darden School Foundation | Charlottesville, VA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artadia | Brooklyn, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $1,250 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| 122 East 66TH Street Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Trust for the British Library | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Gardens Club of New York City | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edith Wharton Restoration Inc | Lenox, MA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| George Washington University | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Society of Architectural Historians | Chicago, IL | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc | Boston, MA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Brooklyn Angels | Brooklyn, NY | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St James School | Philadelphia, PA | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St John's University | Collegeville, MN | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | Tampa, FL | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St John's University | Queens, NY | $250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Museum Computer Network | New York, NY | $200 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Riverkeeper | Ossining, NY | $150 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ghetto Film School | Bronx, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Work Institute | Kingston, NY | $100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Bykids Inc | New York, NY | $50 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
82 of 202 (41%) 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 52%, 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.
- National Gallery of Art
Institutional Fellowships - Smithsonian Institution
Digital Art History Grants - New York University
GRANT DIGITAL HISTORY ART
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 232 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 | 95 | $2,539,100 | $17,000 |
| 2021 | 132 | $3,151,889 | $15,500 |
| 2022 | 132 | $3,223,807 | $15,500 |
| 2023 | 96 | $2,281,745 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 85 | $2,205,113 | $12,500 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Samuel H Kress Foundation has 312 of them, worth $13.3M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
Where its money goes
39% 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 $15,000. 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 Samuel H Kress Foundation'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: 174 East 80TH Street, New York, NY, 10075. 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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