Samuel H Kress Foundation
Private foundation · New York, NY · EIN 13-1624176 · reported 2023–2025
319grants reported
$15Kmedian award
$6,000lower quartile
$50smallest grant
$7.9Mtotal paid
32states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 3 of its 319 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $12K 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
174 E 80TH St
New York, NY 10075-0439
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 |
|---|---|---|
| New York University CONSERVATION FELLOWSHIPS | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University Conservation Fellowships | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| New York University Conservation Fellowships | New York, NY | $275,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation CONSERVATION FELLOWSHIPS | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Conservation Fellowships | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Conservation Fellowships | Washington, DC | $230,000 |
| National Gallery of Art INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Landover, MD | $170,000 |
| National Gallery of Art Institutional Fellowships | Landover, MD | $170,000 |
| National Gallery of Art Institutional Fellowships | Landover, MD | $170,000 |
| American Academy in Rome INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | New York, NY | $120,000 |
| American Academy in Rome Institutional Fellowships | New York, NY | $120,000 |
| American Academy in Rome Institutional Fellowships | New York, NY | $120,000 |
| Yale University History of Art Grants | New Haven, CT | $90,000 |
| Alliance of Hbcu Museums and Galleries Inc HISTORY OF ART GRANTS | Marietta, GA | $89,000 |
| American Academy in Rome Digital Art History Grants | New York, NY | $62,500 |
| American Academy in Rome Digital Art History Grants | New York, NY | $62,500 |
| Council of Independent Colleges History of Art Grants | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| Council of Independent Colleges History of Art Grants | Washington, DC | $60,000 |
| King Baudouin Foundation Digital Art History Grants | New York, NY | $58,500 |
| King Baudouin Foundation Digital Art History Grants | New York, NY | $58,500 |
| Harvard University INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Cambridge, MA | $55,000 |
| Middlebury College HISTORY OF ART GRANTS | Middlebury, VT | $55,000 |
| Middlebury College History of Art Grants | Middlebury, VT | $55,000 |
| Harvard University Institutional Fellowships | Cambridge, MA | $55,000 |
| Middlebury College History of Art Grants | Middlebury, VT | $55,000 |
| Harvard University Institutional Fellowships | Cambridge, MA | $55,000 |
| Ithaka S & R HISTORY OF ART GRANTS | New York, NY | $50,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston HISTORY OF ART GRANTS | Boston, MA | $50,000 |
| Pharos the International Photo Archives Association Digital Art History Grants | Brooklyn, NY | $50,000 |
| Smarthistory Digital Art History Grants | Pleasantville, NY | $45,000 |
| Smarthistory Digital Art History Grants | Pleasantville, NY | $45,000 |
| Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco History of Art Grants | San Francisco, CA | $40,000 |
| Charities Aid Foundation America Digital Art History Grants | Alexandria, VA | $40,000 |
| Smithsonian Institution DIGITAL ART HISTORY GRANTS | Washington, DC | $36,000 |
| Smithsonian Institution Digital Art History Grants | Washington, DC | $36,000 |
| Trustees of Princeton University Digital Art History Grants | Princeton, NJ | $35,250 |
| Trustees of Princeton University Digital Art History Grants | Princeton, NJ | $35,250 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation CONSERVATION FELLOWSHIP | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Conservation Fellowships | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation History of Art Grants | Madison, WI | $35,000 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation Conservation Fellowships | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
| Renaissance Society of America History of Art Grants | Bronx, NY | $34,500 |
| Renaissance Society of America HISTORY OF ART GRANTS | Bronx, NY | $31,500 |
| Renaissance Society of America History of Art Grants | Bronx, NY | $31,500 |
| Harvard University Digital Art History Grants | Cambridge, MA | $31,500 |
| Alec Aldrich INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Leiden | $30,000 |
| American School of Classical Studies at Athens INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Princeton, NJ | $30,000 |
| Art Institute of Chicago INTERPRETIVE FELLOWSHIPS | Chicago, IL | $30,000 |
| Bibliotheca Hertziana INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Rome | $30,000 |
| Bibliotheca Hertziana INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Rome | $30,000 |
| Courtauld Institute of Art INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | London | $30,000 |
| Institut National D'Histoire Del Art INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Paris | $30,000 |
| Institut National D'Histoire Del Art INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Paris | $30,000 |
| Juliet Huang INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Leiden | $30,000 |
| Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Florence | $30,000 |
| Kunsthistorisches Institut Florence INSTITUTIONAL FELLOWSHIPS | Florence | $30,000 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art INTERPRETIVE FELLOWSHIPS | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| New York University GRANT DIGITAL HISTORY ART | New York, NY | $30,000 |
| Toledo Museum of Art INTERPRETIVE FELLOWSHIPS | Toledo, OH | $30,000 |
| Trustees of the University of Illinois HISTORY OF ART GRANTS | Champaign, IL | $30,000 |
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