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Grant recipient EIN 11-2740189Arts and culture

Who funds City Lore Inc?

35 private foundations gave City Lore Inc in New York, NY $8.1 million across 75 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

75 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Klingenstein-Martell Foundation fka the Sarah D Klingenstein FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    Toronto godspell film

    $300,000
  2. George Jenkins Foundation IncLakeland, FL 2025

    Dante alighieri & the divine comedy documentary

    $250,000
  3. The Andre & Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2025

    General fund

    $50,000
  4. Still Point FundNew York, NY 2025

    Barely anywhere project and judah gribetz oral history

    $30,000
  5. Joseph R Daly Foundation BSag Harbor, NY 2025

    Support

    $10,000
  6. Pearson Family Foundation-TrPittsburgh, PA 2025

    General operating

    $5,000
  7. The Hollyhock Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Socapa city cinema

    $400,000
  8. Tapper Charitable FoundationMashpee, MA 2024

    General operations

    $367,500
  9. The Klingenstein-Martell Foundation fka the Sarah D Klingenstein FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Toronto godspell film

    $250,000
  10. George Jenkins Foundation IncLakeland, FL 2024

    To complete dante alighieri & the divine comedy documentary

    $171,000
  11. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    General support

    $150,000
  12. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    After school & summer learning

    $90,000
  13. The Andre & Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2024

    General fund

    $50,000
  14. Joseph R Daly Foundation BSag Harbor, NY 2024

    Support

    $14,500
  15. Walentas Foundation LTDSouthampton, NY 2024

    Community / civic

    $10,000
  16. The Nathan Seter FoundationWashington, DC 2024

    Unrestricted use of recipient

    $5,000
  17. Pearson Family Foundation-TrPittsburgh, PA 2024

    General operating

    $3,000
  18. Tapper Charitable FoundationMashpee, MA 2023

    General operations

    $400,000
  19. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To provide finishing funds for two 2-hour episodes about new york city titled new york: the future of cities (parts 1 & 2) to be broadcast in 2024

    $250,000
  20. Leon Levy FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    A grant to further the donee's exempt purpose.

    $200,000
  21. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To support a collection of oral histories of artists and others participating in the comprehensive and employment training act of 1973

    $150,000
  22. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $150,000
  23. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    After School & Summer Learning

    $90,000
  24. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating suport

    $40,000
  25. Lily Auchincloss Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General purpose

    $25,000
  26. Joseph R Daly Foundation BSag Harbor, NY 2023

    Support

    $5,000
  27. Pearson Family Foundation-TrPittsburgh, PA 2023

    General operating

    $2,000
  28. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  29. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    To support the final stage of the naming the lost memorials project

    $550,000
  30. MJS Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    Gift to support the "new york: the future of cities" film series

    $300,000
  31. Tapper Charitable FoundationMashpee, MA 2022

    General operations

    $200,000
  32. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $150,000
  33. The Overbrook FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    NEW YORK: The Future of Cities

    $100,000
  34. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 2022

    in support of the Public History Project's conference Dismantling Eugenics: Legacies, Reckonings, Futures and related activities

    $100,000
  35. Lily Auchincloss Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General purpose

    $25,000
  36. Lily Auchincloss Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General purpose

    $25,000
  37. Still Point FundNew York, NY 2022

    Jennifer callahan rockaway project

    $5,000
  38. Pearson Family Foundation-TrPittsburgh, PA 2022

    General operating

    $2,000
  39. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $13
  40. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    For the anti-eugenics international congress centennial project to organize an online international conference, conduct a public engagement campaign, and develop a transnational network devoted to anti-eugenics work

    $500,000
  41. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Core support for the new york-newark public history project to conduct research and convene community-based dialogues to help understand the intertwined realities of dispossession, enslavement, and human trade

    $250,000
  42. Tapper Charitable FoundationMashpee, MA 2021

    General operations

    $200,000
  43. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $150,000
  44. The Hearst FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Operating Support

    $100,000
  45. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General operating support

    $30,000
  46. The Andre & Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2021

    General fund

    $25,000
  47. Schwartz Family FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    To support the general purpose fund

    $25,000
  48. The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ 2021

    Purchase of computer equipment.

    $8,000
  49. Pearson Family Foundation-TrPittsburgh, PA 2021

    General operating

    $2,000
  50. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $38
  51. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Core support for the New York Newark Public History Project to conduct research and convene community based dialogues to help understand the intertwined realities of dispossession, enslavement, and human trade

    $250,000
  52. The Margaret and Daniel Loeb FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Charitable

    $200,000
  53. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $150,000
  54. WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI 2020

    provide funds to sponsor a charitable event, Dismantling Eugenics: Legacies/Reckonings/Futures, a 10-day convening that will envision and work towards an anti-eugenicist future

    $100,000
  55. George Jenkins Foundation IncLakeland, FL 2020

    Donation for the making of dante documentary

    $100,000
  56. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    After School & Summer Learning

    $90,000
  57. The Alice M & Thomas J Tisch Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.

    $50,000
  58. Booth Ferris Foundation XXXXX4008Chicago, IL 2020

    General

    $35,000
  59. The Andre & Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2020

    General fund

    $25,000
  60. Westridge FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    Goodhue Pictures Inc.'s AILEY DOCUMENTARY fund

    $25,000
  61. The Overbrook FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Ric Burns' documentary project Driving While Black

    $15,000
  62. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $10,000
  63. The Shimon Ben Joseph Foundation DBA Jim Joseph FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    Film script on jewish conversos and identity

    $10,000
  64. Still Point FundNew York, NY 2020

    The bungalows of rockaway, LLC

    $7,500
  65. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $100
  66. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $5
  67. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To support the race, space, & mobility in america engagement campaign in connection with the release of driving while black, a documentary film by ric burns

    $200,000
  68. Oliver Sacks Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    To supportRic Burn's filmson Oliver Sacks

    $75,000
  69. The Scherman Foundation IncNew York, NY 2019

    General operating support

    $30,000
  70. The Rogovy FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    film: Weed Dreams

    $25,000
  71. The Overbrook FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    Support of Ric Burns' documentary project on Oliver Sacks

    $20,000
  72. The Andre & Elizabeth Kertesz Foundation IncBrooklyn, NY 2019

    General fund

    $10,000
  73. Arthur V Davis Foundation PF #3Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 2018

    Charitable Purposes- Pulic Educational Media

    $250,000
  74. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    To support the research and archival needs of a documentary on the life and work of alvin ailey

    $150,000
  75. The Overbrook FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    For Support of Ric Burns' Documentary Project on Oliver Sacks

    $20,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in New York, NY and are not among City Lore Inc’s funders above.

  1. The Howard Gilman Foundation IncNew York, NY 1,110 grants Accepts applications $87,717,465 to similar organizations
  2. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 560 grants Preselected only $5,428,809 to similar organizations
  3. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 277 grants Preselected only $757,388 to similar organizations
  4. The Shubert Foundation IncNew York, NY 487 grants Accepts applications $42,880,000 to similar organizations
  5. Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL 154 grants Preselected only $3,047,100 to similar organizations
  6. Arnhold Foundation IncNew York, NY 455 grants Preselected only $45,152,396 to similar organizations
  7. Rockefeller Brothers Fund IncNew York, NY 136 grants Accepts applications $7,822,141 to similar organizations
  8. American Express FoundationNew York, NY 504 grants Accepts applications $336,530 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 11-2740189 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.