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Jane Henson Foundation Inc

Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 06-1573700 · reported 2023–2025 · files as The Jane Henson Foundation
92grants reported
$5,000median award
$4,000lower quartile
$2,000smallest grant
$1.9Mtotal paid
17states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 92 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $9,000 in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.

Where to write

Co Eag - 733 Third Ave
New York, NY 10017-0000

Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.

Who they funded

Recipient and stated purposeWhereAmount
American Museum of the Moving Image
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Astoria, NY$500,000
American Museum of the Moving Image
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Astoria, NY$500,000
Center for Puppetry Arts
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Atlanta, GA$85,000
American Museum of the Moving Image
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Astoria, NY$60,000
Center for Puppetry Arts
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Atlanta, GA$60,000
Center for Puppetry Arts
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Atlanta, GA$60,000
The Jim Henson Foundation
TO SUPPORT GENERAL FUNDS
Long Island City, NY$30,000
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
NATIONAL PUPPETRY CONFERENCE AT THE O'NEILL
Waterford, CT$25,000
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
NATIONAL PUPPETRY CONFERENCE AT THE O'NEILL
Waterford, CT$25,000
Eugene O'Neill Theater Center
NATIONAL PUPPETRY CONFERENCE AT THE O'NEILL
Waterford, CT$25,000
University of Connecticut Foundation Inc
$10,000 BALLARD INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF PUPPETRY (FUND 0020262), $10,000 DRAMATIC ARTS - PUPPETRY (F
Storrs, CT$20,000
University of Connecticut Foundation Inc
$10,000 BALLARD INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF PUPPETRY (FUND 0020262), $10,000 DRAMATIC ARTS - PUPPETRY (F
Storrs, CT$20,000
University of Connecticut Foundation Inc
$10,000 BALLARD INSTITUTE AND MUSEUM OF PUPPETRY (FUND 0020262), $10,000 DRAMATIC ARTS - PUPPETRY (F
Storrs, CT$20,000
The Puppeteers of America Inc
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Minneapolis, MN$18,000
The Puppeteers of America Inc
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Minneapolis, MN$15,000
Unima-Usa Inc
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Atlanta, GA$15,000
Jim Henson Legacy
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
New York, NY$15,000
Unima-Usa Inc
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Atlanta, GA$15,000
The Puppeteers of America Inc
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Minneapolis, MN$12,000
Unima-Usa Inc
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Atlanta, GA$12,000
Blair Thomas & Company
TO SUPPORT OF CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL
Chicago, IL$10,000
Jim Henson Legacy
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Hoosick Falls, NY$10,000
National Museum of American History
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Washington, DC$10,000
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc
JIM HENSON ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY FUND
College Park, MD$10,000
National Museum of American History
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Washington, DC$10,000
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc
JIM HENSON ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY FUND
College Park, MD$10,000
Jim Henson Legacy
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
Hoosick Falls, NY$10,000
National Museum of American History
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Washington, DC$10,000
University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc
JIM HENSON ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY FUND
College Park, MD$10,000
Museum of Pop Culture (mopop)
TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF HENSON THROUGH SUPPORT OF JIM HENSON EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMMING
Seattle, WA$7,000
Academy Foundation
TO SUPPORT ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES FOR THE JIM HENSON EXHIBIT & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Los Angeles, CA$5,000
Community Foundation of Washington County Inc
TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF HENSON THROUGH THE JIM HENSON'S BOYHOOD EXHIBIT FUND
Greenville, MS$5,000
Mead School for Human Development Inc
IN MEMORY OF JANE ANNE NEBEL HENSON
Stamford, CT$5,000
Northwestern High School
TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF HENSON THROUGH THE JIM HENSON HIGH SCHOOL OF ARTS & MEDIA
Hyattsville, MD$5,000
Sesame Workshop
TO SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION OF JIM HENSON'S WORK ON SESAME STREET
New York, NY$5,000
The Strong National Museum of Play
TO SUPPORT THE JIM HENSON COLLECTION & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Rochester, NY$5,000
Museum of Pop Culture (mopop)
TO SUPPORT JIM HENSON EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMMING
Seattle, WA$5,000
Academy Foundation
TO SUPPORT ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES FOR THE JIM HENSON EXHIBIT & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Los Angeles, CA$5,000
Arts Connection
TO SUPPORT CREATIVE PUPPET ARTS OF PUPPETRY CLASSES IN THE SCHOOLS
New York, NY$5,000
Automata Arts
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Los Angeles, CA$5,000
Black Cherry Inc
TO SUPPORT CREATIVE PUPPET ARTS IN THE CLASSROOM
Baltimore, MD$5,000
Bob Baker Marionetts Theater
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Los Angeles, CA$5,000
Columbia Marionette Theatre
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Columbia, SC$5,000
Community Foundation of Washington County Inc
TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF HENSON THROUGH THE JIM HENSON'S BOYHOOD EXHIBIT FUND
Greenville, MS$5,000
Great Arizona Puppet Theater
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Phoenix, AZ$5,000
Mead School for Human Development Inc
IN MEMORY OF JANE ANNE NEBEL HENSON
Stamford, CT$5,000
Museum of Wisconsin Art
TO SUPPORT CREATIVE PUPPET ARTS OF ANWAR FLOYD-PRUITT'S PUPPET MAKING PROGRAM
West Bend, WI$5,000
Northwestern High School
TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF HENSON THROUGH THE JIM HENSON HIGH SCHOOL OF ARTS & MEDIA
Hyattsville, MD$5,000
Open Eye Figure Theatre
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Minneapolis, MN$5,000
Puppet Showplace Theater
TO SUPPORT CREATIVE PUPPET ARTS IN THE CLASSROOM
Brookline, MA$5,000
Puppetry in Practice
TO SUPPORT CREATIVE PUPPET ARTS IN THE CLASSROOM
Brooklyn, NY$5,000
Sandglass Theater
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Putney, VT$5,000
Sesame Workshop
TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF HENSON THROUGH THE PRESERVATION OF JIM HENSON'S WORK ON SESAME STREET
New York, NY$5,000
Academy Foundation
TO SUPPORT ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES FOR THE JIM HENSON EXHIBIT & RELATED PROGRAMMING
Los Angeles, CA$5,000
Automata Arts
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Los Angeles, CA$5,000
Blair Thomas & Company
TO SUPPORT OF CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL PUPPET THEATER FESTIVAL
Chicago, IL$5,000
Community Foundation of Washington County Inc
TO SUPPORT THE LEGACY OF HENSON THROUGH THE JIM HENSON'S BOYHOOD EXHIBIT FUND
Greenville, MS$5,000
Great Arizona Puppet Theater
TO SUPPORT AMERICAN PUPPET THEATER
Phoenix, AZ$5,000
Mead School for Human Development Inc
IN MEMORY OF JANE ANNE NEBEL HENSON
Stamford, CT$5,000
Museum of Pop Culture (mopop)
TO SUPPORT JIM HENSON EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMMING
Seattle, WA$5,000

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