Sam Francis Foundation
Private foundation · Glendale, CA · EIN 95-4336984 · reported 2023–2025
75grants reported
$933median award
$155lower quartile
$50smallest grant
$240Ktotal paid
9states reached
3years giving
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
1146 N Central Ave 523
Glendale, CA 91202-2506
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 purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 18TH Street Arts | Santa Monica, CA | $50,350 |
| 18TH Street Arts | Santa Monica, CA | $50,000 |
| 18TH Street Arts | Santa Monica, CA | $25,000 |
| San Mateo County Office of Arts and Culture | Redwood City, CA | $10,500 |
| J Paul Getty Trust | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 |
| Nsu Art Museum | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $7,500 |
| Calpoly Pomona | Pomona, CA | $6,500 |
| Japanese American Cultural & Community Center | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 |
| Nyu | New York, NY | $5,000 |
| Art Division | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000 |
| The Mesa Refuge | Point Reyes Station, CA | $3,500 |
| Armory Center for the Arts | Pasadena, CA | $3,500 |
| International Documentary Association | Los Angeles, CA | $3,500 |
| Phillips Collection | Washington, DC | $3,500 |
| San Luis Obispo Art Museum | San Luis Obispo, CA | $3,000 |
| Phillips Academy | Endover, MA | $3,000 |
| Plain Sight Archive | Los Angeles, CA | $2,900 |
| Community Initiatives1871 Memorial Project | Oakland, CA | $2,500 |
| Lacma | Los Angeles, CA | $2,460 |
| Sfai Legacy Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $2,075 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $2,000 |
| Skirball Cultural | Los Angeles, CA | $1,545 |
| Southwest Florida Community Foundation | Fort Myers, FL | $1,545 |
| Adopt-A-Village | Weymouth, MA | $1,531 |
| Adopt-A-Village | Weymouth, MA | $1,531 |
| Jung Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 |
| Calpoly Pomona | Pomona, CA | $1,500 |
| Warsaw Bauhaus Foundation - Arden 2 | Warsaw | $1,500 |
| Coast Union High | Cambria, CA | $1,500 |
| Adopt-A-Village | Weymouth, MA | $1,500 |
| Jung Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $1,500 |
| Jung Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $1,500 |
| Calpoly Pomona | Pomona, CA | $1,500 |
| Aspen Institute | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,350 |
| Aspen Institute | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,000 |
| E2ac | New York, NY | $1,000 |
| World Arts Foundation | Portland, OR | $933 |
| Beth Thielen - Prison Art Project | Fresno, CA | $750 |
| Appraisers Association of America | New York, NY | $625 |
| Foundation of IA | West Des Moines, IA | $600 |
| Braille Institute | Los Angeles, CA | $540 |
| Philosophical Research Society | Los Angeles, CA | $515 |
| Philosophiacal Research Society | Los Angeles, CA | $515 |
| International Foundation for Art Research | New York, NY | $500 |
| Rada Foundation | Asheville, NC | $500 |
| Moma | Manhattan, NY | $300 |
| Avenue 50 Studio Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $300 |
| Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation | New York, NY | $287 |
| Huntington Art Collection | San Marino, CA | $286 |
| Norton Simon Museum of Art | Pasadena, CA | $285 |
| Norton Simon Museum of Art | Pasadena, CA | $285 |
| Corita Art Center | Los Angeles, CA | $259 |
| Hammer Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $250 |
| Arttable NYC | New York, NY | $242 |
| Art Table NYC | New York, NY | $175 |
| Arttable NYC | New York, NY | $175 |
| Project Angel Food | Los Angeles, CA | $155 |
| San Luis Obispo Museum of Art | San Luis Obispo, CA | $155 |
| Artlab21 Foundation | EL Segundo, CA | $150 |
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