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Grant recipient EIN 13-4069251Arts and culture

Who funds Exploring the Arts Inc?

32 private foundations gave Exploring the Arts Inc in Astoria, NY $3 million across 67 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

67 grants

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

  1. Eugene M Lang FoundationNew York, NY 2025

    General

    $150,000
  2. Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL 2025

    Lang art scholars

    $25,000
  3. Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable TrustNew York, NY 2025

    See attached rider

    $5,000
  4. Linden Arts Fund For Children IncNew York, NY 2025

    Music program

    $2,500
  5. Eugene M Lang FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    General

    $200,000
  6. The Joel FoundationWhite Plains, NY 2024

    General

    $75,000
  7. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Career readiness

    $60,000
  8. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2024

    Eta turnaround arts - NYC

    $60,000
  9. The Pierre & Tana Matisse Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    Arts education

    $50,000
  10. The Cestone Family Foundation IncPennington, NJ 2024

    Arts internship program

    $35,000
  11. Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL 2024

    4 year plan program

    $25,000
  12. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2024

    General operating support

    $25,000
  13. The Keith Haring Foundation IncNew York, NY 2024

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  14. Eugene M Lang FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General

    $200,000
  15. The Joel FoundationWhite Plains, NY 2023

    General

    $197,000
  16. The Giorgi Family FoundationTemple, PA 2023

    General donation

    $100,000
  17. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Eta turnaround arts - NYC

    $40,000
  18. The Cestone Family Foundation IncPennington, NJ 2023

    Arts internship program

    $35,000
  19. Sexton Charitable Foundation IncIndianapolis, IN 2023

    General operating fund contribution

    $25,000
  20. Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL 2023

    4 year plan program

    $25,000
  21. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General operating support

    $25,000
  22. Cole Family FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  23. The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ 2023

    Purchase of computer equipment.

    $5,000
  24. Les Paul FoundationSyosset, NY 2023

    Music programs

    $3,500
  25. The Harkness Foundation for Dance IncNew York, NY 2023

    Project grant

    $2,500
  26. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $98
  27. Eugene M Lang FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    General

    $200,000
  28. The Joel FoundationWhite Plains, NY 2022

    General

    $100,000
  29. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2022

    Turnaround arts program-nyc

    $55,000
  30. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General operating support

    $30,000
  31. The Riggio FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    To transform the lives of young people through arts education.

    $25,000
  32. Cornelia T Bailey Charitable TrustWest Palm Beach, FL 2022

    4 year plan

    $25,000
  33. The Cestone Family Foundation IncPennington, NJ 2022

    Arts internship program

    $10,000
  34. Les Paul FoundationSyosset, NY 2022

    Music programs

    $5,000
  35. The Hyde and Watson FoundationWarren Township, NJ 2022

    Purchase of equipment.

    $5,000
  36. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $125
  37. The Riggio FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    To transform the lives of young people through arts education

    $200,000
  38. Eugene M Lang FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General

    $190,000
  39. The Joel FoundationWhite Plains, NY 2021

    General

    $150,000
  40. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2021

    Turnaround arts program-nyc

    $45,000
  41. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General operating support

    $35,000
  42. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Career Readiness

    $30,000
  43. Centene FoundationSt Louis, MO 2021

    Exploring the Arts 2022 Benefit

    $21,360
  44. The Keith Haring Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    For donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  45. Milton and Sally Avery Arts FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $10,000
  46. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $123
  47. Eugene M Lang FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General

    $200,000
  48. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2020

    Eta - ta: NYC partnership

    $44,300
  49. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General operating support

    $35,000
  50. Pinkerton FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Career Readiness

    $30,000
  51. The Horace W Goldsmith FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General operations

    $25,000
  52. The Cestone Family Foundation IncPennington, NJ 2020

    Eta respectfully requests the ralph m. Cestone foundation's consideration for a renewal of its $25,000 grant to fund our arts internship program in the upcoming 2020-21 school year.

    $25,000
  53. The Andrew And Ann Tisch Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

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

    $10,000
  54. The Rachael Ray FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    An unrestricted grant to further the donee's exempt purpose

    $10,000
  55. Flare Foundation for the Arts IncNew York, NY 2020

    To provide equity of education, resources and opportunities in the arts to traditionally underserved demographic populations of teenagers through NYC schools.

    $5,000
  56. Samuel J & Ethel Lefrak Charitable TrustWilmington, DE 2020

    Religious, charitable, scientific, literary and educational

    $3,000
  57. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $67
  58. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $25
  59. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2019

    Support for the fourth and final year of the 4-year plan for arts integration 4 NYC partner high schools

    $20,000
  60. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2019

    Support for a pilot program with turnaround arts to bring arts integration to 4 NYC middle schools

    $20,000
  61. Webster Bank Charitable FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    Summer Arts Institute

    $5,000
  62. Moss FoundationWoodland Hills, CA 2019

    Charitable

    $4,000
  63. The Joelson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2019

    General Operating Support

    $3,000
  64. Laird Norton Family FoundationSeattle, WA 2018

    Support for exploring the arts' work at four partner schools in new york city.

    $30,000
  65. The Joelson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 2018

    General Operating Support

    $1,500
  66. Schwartz Family FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    To support the general purpose fund

    $1,000
  67. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    General operating support

    $100

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Astoria, NY and are not among Exploring the Arts Inc’s funders above.

  1. Hellenic Advancement of Education & Culture IncLong Island City, NY 5 grants Preselected only $6,500 to similar organizations
  2. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY 6 grants Preselected only $362,000 to similar organizations
  3. The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation IncNew York, NY 4 grants Preselected only $332,750 to similar organizations
  4. Booth Ferris Foundation XXXXX4008Chicago, IL 3 grants Accepts applications $260,000 to similar organizations
  5. John and Margo Catsimatidis Foundation IncNew York, NY 3 grants Preselected only $17,500 to similar organizations
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 9 grants Accepts applications $13,600 to similar organizations
  7. The Aaron Copland Fund for Music IncNew York, NY 3 grants Accepts applications $11,500 to similar organizations
  8. Doris Duke FoundationNew York, NY 4 grants Accepts applications $2,672 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 13-4069251 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.