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Foundation for Arts Initiatives: 28 grants to organizations, $760,000 (tax year ended August 2025)
Foundation for Arts Initiatives, a private foundation in New York, NY, paid 28 grants to organizations totaling $760,000 in its tax year ended August 2025, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on July 14, 2026. The largest was $60,000 to The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts Ashkal Alwan for institutional support.
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- EIN
- 986000319
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Assets
- $32,961,545
- Grants paid
- $1,000,000
- Tax year ended
- August 2025
Grants paid, tax year ended August 2025
From the Form 990-PF filed July 14, 2026, IRS object ID 202601959349100115. It reported $1,000,000 in grants paid; 28 grants to organizations are listed, and 32 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts Ashkal Alwan | LE | Institutional support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency | OC | General activities and program support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute of Radical Imagination | IT | Institutional support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Am Qattan Foundation | OC | 28 magazine general activities and programs | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art | IS | Institutional support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arab Image Foundation Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General activities and program support | Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Critical Art and Media Practices | IN | New directions for annotated footage archive pad.ma | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dar Jacir | New York, NY | General activities and program support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Espacio de Investigaciones Feministas | SP | General activities and program support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Instituto Cultural Israelita Brasileiro | BR | Casa do povo general activities and programs | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Laboratory for the Urban Commons | Halandri, GR | Neos kosmos general activities and programs | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Off-Biennale Egyesulet | HU | General activities and program support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Raw Material Company | SG | General activities and program support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts Ashkal Alwan | LE | General activities and program support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| What How and for Whomwhw | HR | "whw akademija 2025 - 2028: remember" project | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Beirut Art Center Association | LE | General activities and program support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| City of Asylumdetroit | Detroit, MI | Fellowships for five artists and writers from gaza project | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Riwaq - Center for Architectural Conservation | OC | General activities and program support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Wonder Cabinet | OC | The wonder cabinet permanent residency platform | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Visual Culture Research Center | UP | Institutional support for east europe biennial alliance | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Associazione Culturale Aka | Venice, IT | Sale docks "owneh" public event | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Reseau Conceptualisme Du Sud Red Conceptualismos Del Sur (RCS) | FR | "urgent practices for the future" project | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Birbir Kultur Ve Sanat Dernegi | Ayvalik, TU | Digital publications of 1+1 express | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Haven for Artists | LE | General activities and program support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association for Culture and Art Crvena | BK | General activities and program support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Instituto Praticas Desobedientes | BR | Permanent research and training group | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| LL Proyectos | HO | General activities and program support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Untold Stories Ev | GM | Untold mag platform | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Grants paid, tax year ended August 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed July 14, 2025, IRS object ID 202541959349100524. It reported $1,203,500 in grants paid; 35 grants to organizations are listed, and 29 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts Ashkal Alwan | LE | General activities and program support | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Anadolu Kultur Sanat Tanitim Iletisim Yayin Bilgisayar Egitim Danismanlik | TU | Institutional support for depo | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency | OC | General activities and program support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute of Radical Imagination | IT | Institutional support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Laboratory for the Urban Commons | GR | Institutional support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Muzeum Sztuki Nowoczesnej W Waszawie (museum of Modern Art in Warsaw) | PL | Institutional support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| What How and for Whomwhw | HR | Whw akademija international art study program | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center | OC | General activities and program support | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art | IS | Institutional support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arab Image Foundation | LE | Institutional support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Associazione Culturale Aka | IT | Sale docks general activities and program support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chto Delat Ev | GM | Institutional support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fundacion de Los Comunes | SP | Institutional support | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Birbir Kultur Ve Sanat Dernegi | TU | Archiving, digitization, and institutional needs | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cona Projects | IN | General activities and program support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Europaisches Institut Fur Progressive Kulturpolitik (eipcp) | AU | Institutional support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teatro Justo Rufino Garay | NU | Institutional support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Teja (asociacion Hablar En Arte) | SP | Artists' residencies | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Mirror Institution | SW | "the island of return" project | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Udruzenje Gradjana Kudaorg (association of Citizens Kudaorg) | RI | Institutional support | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| 32 Degrees East Ugandan Arts Trust | UG | Institutional support | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Agit Ev | GM | Archive project | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Grupo de Arte Callejero (gac) | AR | Gac archive digitization | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kalakuta Trust | SF | Chimurenga magazine, library and space | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Asociacion Espacio de Todo | SP | "the present in the measure of an absent body" project | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fundacja Kem | PL | Support of kem school | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Karsi Sanat Calismalari Kultur Bili | TU | Institutional support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yayasan Ilham | MY | "pollination edition 4" project | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Istanbul Sanat Arastirmalari Dernegi | TU | General activities and program support of bas | $11,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Instituto Praticas Desobedientes | BR | Institutional support | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kala Kulo | NP | "oh winds -- carry my message beyond these seas!" project | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rab-Rab Press | FI | "publishing as scaffolding" project | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Tparan Ngo | AM | Residency program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Zeta Contemporary Art Center | AL | "manifesto great wave" project | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Am Qattan Foundation | OC | Research grant | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Arts, culture and humanities | $30,000 |
States funded
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Updated July 14, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.