Private foundation · Wilmington, DE

The Fox Aarons Foundation

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Typical grant size
$21K – $33K – $70K
25th · median · 75th percentile
Unique recipients
19
Repeat grantees
12
funded 2+ years

Application procedures · from 2024 990-PF

Leadership · from 2024 990-PF

Philip Aarons
Dir, Treas
Shelley Fox Aarons
Dir, Pres
Zachary Aarons
Dir, Sec

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

Payout rate · TY 2024
129.2%
grants paid ÷ assets · ~5% IRS minimum
'17
'18
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24
94
Total grants awarded
$5.5M
Total amount
$58K
Average grant
$500K
Largest grant

Giving by year

2024
$655K
15 grants
2023
$793K
22 grants
2022
$920K
15 grants
2021
$720K
16 grants
2020
$838K
13 grants
2019
$375K
3 grants
2018
$565K
7 grants
2017
$585K
3 grants

Top recipients

18 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$1.8M
13 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$957K
8 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$722K
7 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$500K
11 grants · RI · ✓ Exact match
$335K
7 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$330K
7 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$165K
Brooklyn Museum
2 grants · NY
$150K
1 grant · NY · ✓ Exact match
$125K
3 grants · NY · ✓ Exact match
$108K

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

Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$123K
Friends of the High Line Inc
High Line Art Program and General Operating fund
NY · TY 2024
$120K
New Museum of Contemporary Art
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$97K
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Friends of the High Line Inc
High Line Art
NY · TY 2024
$50K
Brown University
Performing Arts Building fund
RI · TY 2024
$50K
Brown University
Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research
RI · TY 2024
$40K
Brooklyn Museum
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Printed Matter Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2024
$25K
Printed Matter Inc
LAABF Committee fund
NY · TY 2024
$15K
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Friends of the Triennial
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Primary Information Inc
Support of the Torrington Book Project
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Museum of Modern Art
Rare Book Fund
NY · TY 2024
$15K
Brown University
Chair's Discretionary Fund for the Department of Economics
RI · TY 2024
$10K
International School of Brooklyn
Annual Fund 2023-2024
NY · TY 2024
$6K
Brooklyn Museum
For the exhibition "Copyshop Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines"
NY · TY 2023
$125K
Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$100K
New Museum of Contemporary Art
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$97K
Brown University
The Performing Arts Center
RI · TY 2023
$50K
Friends of the High Line Inc
High Line Art
NY · TY 2023
$50K
Friends of the High Line Inc
High Line Art Program
NY · TY 2023
$47K
Friends of the High Line Inc
General Operating Support
NY · TY 2023
$40K
Brown University
The Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research
RI · TY 2023
$40K
Creative Time Inc
General Operating Support
NY · TY 2023
$35K
Printed Matter Inc
General Operating Support
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc
James Lee Byars Publication
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Brown University
Van Wickle Ventures
RI · TY 2023
$25K
Creative Time Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2023
$25K
Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc
General Operating Support
NY · TY 2023
$23K
Brown University
Academic Program Fund of the Brown Arts Initiative
RI · TY 2023
$15K
New Museum of Contemporary Art
The Triennial
NY · TY 2023
$15K
Dia Center for the Arts Inc
Stanley Brouwn Exhibition
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Brown University
The Chair's Discretionary Fund For the Department of Economics
RI · TY 2023
$10K
Aspen Art Museum
Film Project under the direction of Dennis Cooper
CO · TY 2023
$10K
Dia Center for the Arts Inc
Tony Cokes Exhibition
NY · TY 2023
$10K
Dia Center for the Arts Inc
Mary Heilmann Exhibition Support
NY · TY 2023
$10K
New York City Aids Memorial Inc
Memorial Bench project
NY · TY 2023
$5K
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Capital Campaign
NY · TY 2022
$250K
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences
Exhibition Support
NY · TY 2022
$125K
Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2022
$100K
Friends of the High Line Inc
Highline Art
NY · TY 2022
$100K
Creative Time Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2022
$50K
Brown University of Providence
Brown PAC, Fox Aarons Family Studio
RI · TY 2022
$50K
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2022
$50K
New Museum of Contemporary Art
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2022
$35K
Printed Matter Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2022
$30K
Museum of Modern Art
Rare Book Fund
NY · TY 2022
$25K
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Support for Kapwani Kiwanga Exhibition
NY · TY 2022
$25K
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Virtual Field Trip Program
NY · TY 2022
$25K
Friends of the High Line Inc
General & Unrestricted
NY · TY 2022
$25K

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