Terra Foundation for American Art
Private foundation · Chicago, IL · EIN 36-2999442 · reported 2023–2025
660grants reported
$50Kmedian award
$25Klower quartile
$604smallest grant
$44.4Mtotal paid
50states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 4 of its 660 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $149K 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
120 E Erie St
Chicago, IL 60611-3154
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Forge Project Association ARTS EDUCATION | Ancram, NY | $550,000 |
| Grey Art Museum Nyu ART EDUCATION | New York, NY | $350,000 |
| National Museum of Mexican Art ART EDUCATION | Chicago, IL | $342,500 |
| Amistad Research Center ART EDUCATION | New Orleans, LA | $300,000 |
| Hyde Park Art Center ART EDUCATION | Chicago, IL | $300,000 |
| Floating Museum ARTS EDUCATION | Chicago, IL | $285,000 |
| University of Maryland ARTS EDUCATION | College Park, MD | $280,000 |
| Centre Pompidou ARTS EDUCATION | Paris | $250,000 |
| Palais de Tokyo ARTS EDUCATION | Paris | $250,000 |
| Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa ARTS EDUCATION | Cape Town | $250,000 |
| Laxart ART EDUCATION | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Boston ART EDUCATION | Boston, MA | $250,000 |
| National Museum of the American Indian - New York ART EDUCATION | Washington, DC | $250,000 |
| The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum ART EDUCATION | Long Island City, NY | $250,000 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art ART EDUCATION | New York, NY | $250,000 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston ART EDUCATION | Houston, TX | $250,000 |
| Portland Art Museum ART EDUCATION | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
| Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences ART EDUCATION | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 |
| Yinka Shonibare Foundation (london) ARTS EDUCATION | London | $220,000 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford ARTS EDUCATION | Oxford | $201,882 |
| Abbotsford Cultural Centre ARTS EDUCATION | Abbotsford | $200,000 |
| Carnegie Institute ARTS EDUCATION | Pittsburgh, PA | $200,000 |
| Institute for Freedoms Inc ARTS EDUCATION | Los Angeles, CA | $200,000 |
| Muse Des Beaux-Arts de Montral ARTS EDUCATION | Montreal | $200,000 |
| Trustees of Dartmouth College ARTS EDUCATION | Hanover, NH | $200,000 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania ARTS EDUCATION | Philadelphia, PA | $200,000 |
| University of Chicago ARTS EDUCATION | Chicago, IL | $200,000 |
| Cincinnati Art Museum ART EDUCATION | Cincinnati, OH | $200,000 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery ART EDUCATION | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| The Baltimore Museum of Art ART EDUCATION | Baltimore, MD | $200,000 |
| Winterthur Museum Garden and Library ART EDUCATION | Winterthur, DE | $200,000 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art Inc ART EDUCATION | Baltimore, MD | $200,000 |
| Biennale of Sydney ART EDUCATION | Sydney | $200,000 |
| Cleveland Museum of Art ART EDUCATION | Cleveland, OH | $200,000 |
| Fells Point Creative Alliance Inc ART EDUCATION | Baltimore, MD | $200,000 |
| Moderna Museet Stockholm ART EDUCATION | Stockholm | $200,000 |
| Royal Academy of Arts ART EDUCATION | London | $200,000 |
| Smithsonian Institute ART EDUCATION | Washington, DC | $200,000 |
| Walker Art Center Inc ART EDUCATION | Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford ART EDUCATION | Oxford | $195,331 |
| The University of Sydney ART EDUCATION | Sydney | $183,870 |
| Kunst-Werke Berlin E V KW Institute for Contemporary Art ART EDUCATION | Berlin | $175,000 |
| The National Gallery ART EDUCATION | London | $175,000 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery ART EDUCATION | Washington, DC | $167,650 |
| Smithsonian Institute ART EDUCATION | Washington, DC | $167,650 |
| Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (apac) ART EDUCATION | Washington, DC | $165,000 |
| University of Oxford ART EDUCATION | Oxford | $164,336 |
| Albuquerque Museum Foundation ARTS EDUCATION | Albuquerque, NM | $150,000 |
| Arizona State University Foundation for A New American University ARTS EDUCATION | Tempe, AZ | $150,000 |
| First Americans Museum ARTS EDUCATION | Oklahoma City, OK | $150,000 |
| Hampton University Museum ARTS EDUCATION | Hampton, VA | $150,000 |
| Heckscher Museum ARTS EDUCATION | Huntington, NY | $150,000 |
| Phillips Collection ARTS EDUCATION | Washington, DC | $150,000 |
| Stdtisches Museum Braunschweig ARTS EDUCATION | Braunschweig | $150,000 |
| University of California Santa Barbara ARTS EDUCATION | Santa Barbara, CA | $150,000 |
| EL Museo Del Barrio ART EDUCATION | New York, NY | $150,000 |
| Hamburger Kunsthalle ART EDUCATION | Hamburg | $150,000 |
| Japanese American National Museum ART EDUCATION | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 |
| Kunstmuseum Basel ART EDUCATION | Basel | $150,000 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ART EDUCATION | Philadelphia, PA | $150,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 660 reported grants.
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