Private foundation · New York, NY

Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

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Typical grant size
$5K $10K $40K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
127
Repeat grantees
66
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2023 990-PF

Leadership · from 2023 990-PF

Karen Elizabeth Sutton Started 723
INTERIM COO
$713K
Ac Hudgins
BOARD MEMBER/TREASURER
Christopher Rauschenberg
PRESIDENT
Glenn Ligon
BOARD MEMBER/SECRETARY
Rocio Aranda-alvarado
BOARD MEMBER
James Keith Brown Started 113023
BOARD MEMBER
Michelle Coffey
BOARD MEMBER
Peter Kraus
CHAIR
Kellie Jones
BOARD MEMBER
Glenn Lowry
BOARD MEMBER
Michael Straus
BOARD MEMBER
Sharon Ullman
DEPUTY DIRECTOR THROUGH MARCH 2023
$1.1M
Kathy Halbreich
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH 5/2023
$642K
Gregory M Avis
TREASURER THROUGH 5/2023
Elizabeth Glassman
SECRETARY THROUGH 5/2023
Drummond Pike
BOARD MEMBER THROUGH 4/2023

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part VII. Officers, directors, and trustees as reported by the foundation.

Payout rate · TY 2023
0.9%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
423
Total grants awarded
$17.6M
Total amount
$42K
Average grant
$1.0M
Largest grant

Giving by year

2023
$4.5M
91 grants
2022
$2.0M
79 grants
2021
$3.3M
69 grants
2020
$4.9M
64 grants
2019
$1.9M
65 grants
2018
$991K
55 grants

Top recipients

Nyfa
14 grants · NY
$4.7M
3 grants · IL · ✓ Exact match
$1.3M
7 grants · FL · ✓ Exact match
$1.1M
8 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$1.0M
Clemente Solo Velez Cultural and Educational Center Inc
1 grant · NY
$750K
Laguardia Community College Fdtn
3 grants · NY
$438K
2 grants · NY · ≈ likely match
$435K
4 grants · AZ · ✓ Exact match
$303K
2 grants · CA · ✓ Exact match
$300K
4 grants · PR · ✓ Exact match
$300K

Recipient names are as reported on the 990-PF. ✓ Exact match = EIN matched to IRS records by exact name + state; ≈ likely match = EIN inferred from a closely similar name. The recipient EIN is never stated on the form — it is DoubleNine’s match.

Recent grants · most recent filings first

Nyfa
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR ARTISTS
NY · TY 2023
$1.0M
Clemente Solo Velez Cultural and Educational Center Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$750K
Nyfa
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR ARTISTS
NY · TY 2023
$252K
Coalition of Immokalee Workers
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
FL · TY 2023
$200K
Colorado Plateau Foundation
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
AZ · TY 2023
$198K
Nyfa
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR ARTISTS
NY · TY 2023
$135K
Together & Free Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$120K
The Menil Collection
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TX · TY 2023
$120K
American Patrons of the Pinakothek - Brandhorst Museum
EXHIBITION SUPPORT RAUSCHENBERG CENTENNIAL
DC · TY 2023
$112K
Bidoun Project
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$80K
Us Endowment for Forestry and Communities
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
SC · TY 2023
$72K
Shelterwood Collective
TO REPAIR AND UPGRADE INFRASTRUCTURE
CA · TY 2023
$60K
The Field - Performance Zone Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$56K
Resist Inc
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
MA · TY 2023
$50K
Owens Valley Indian Water Commission
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2023
$50K
National Black Food and Justice Alliance
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
GA · TY 2023
$50K
Sogorea Te Land Trust
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2023
$50K
The Accomplis Collective Inc - Three Sisters Collective
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$50K
Blank Forms Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$50K
The Happily Natural Day - Sankofa Community Orchard
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
VA · TY 2023
$50K
Inuit Circumpolar Council - Alaska
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
AK · TY 2023
$40K
Links Hall
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
IL · TY 2023
$40K
Ekvnv Yelofecvlke
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
AL · TY 2023
$40K
Young of Heart Workshop -the Aupuni Space
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
HI · TY 2023
$40K
Movement Generation
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2023
$40K
Owens Valley Indian Water Commission
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2023
$40K
Primary Information
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$40K
Dishgamu Humbolt Wiyot Tribe
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
CA · TY 2023
$40K
Inter Tribal Buffalo Council
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
SD · TY 2023
$40K
Evergreen Review
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$38K
Movement Research
GENERAL GRANT FOR DANCE ORGS TO SUPPORT FREE AND SUBSIDIZED REHEARSAL SPACE
NY · TY 2023
$35K
Black and White Project Space Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$31K
Before Your Eyes - Aunts
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Community Partners
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CA · TY 2023
$24K
Village-connect Inc
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
TX · TY 2023
$24K
The Octavia Project
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$24K
Pieter Performance Space
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CA · TY 2023
$24K
Pineywood Small Farmers Ranchers & Landowners of Texas Cbo
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
TX · TY 2023
$20K
Yurok Tribe Food Sovereignty Program
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CA · TY 2023
$20K
Black Farmer Fund
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
NY · TY 2023
$19K
Southern Conservation Partners - Earthseed Land Collective
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
NC · TY 2023
$18K
Open Space Institute
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
NY · TY 2023
$18K
Black Church Food Security Network
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
MD · TY 2023
$16K
Color Compton
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
CA · TY 2023
$16K
The Union for Contemporary Art
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NE · TY 2023
$15K
Bomazeen Land Trust
SUPPORT BLACK & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES-CULTURAL PRESERVATION
ME · TY 2023
$12K
Fractured Atlas
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$12K
Unicef USA
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Artists Space Inc
TO SUPPORT FREE-TO-THE-PUBLIC PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Interference Archives
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NY · TY 2023
$10K

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV. Up to 50 most recent grants shown.