Empty glass test tubes in a steel laboratory rack

Grant recipient EIN 16-0991020Medical research

Who funds Visual Studies Workshop Inc?

10 private foundations gave Visual Studies Workshop Inc in Rochester, NY $477,650 across 23 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

23 grants

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

  1. Phillip & Edith Leonian FoundationBronx, NY 2025

    General support

    $15,000
  2. Rubens Family FoundationDelray Beach, FL 2025

    General

    $1,000
  3. Joy of Giving Something IncSyracuse, NY 2024

    Support artists working in Photography.Visual Studies Workshop's mission is to support makers and interpreters of images through education, publications, residencies, exhibitions, and collections. Fueled by his own expansive ideas about photography-as a tool of social commentary and contemporary experimentation-VSW and the MFA program were founded in 1969 by Nathan Lyons. Just a few years after the founding of the school, Nathan's partner Joan Lyons founded VSW Press to give artists a place to print their own artists' books and produce the work they wanted to make-not what was dictated to them by the commercial pressures of publishers, galleries, and museums. That ethos lives today in VSW, which five decades later continues to thrive as a laboratory for leadership and independent thinking.

    $35,000
  4. The Annenberg FoundationConshohocken, PA 2024

    General operating support

    $30,000
  5. William & Sheila Konar FoundationW Henrietta, NY 2024

    Support for 2025 Exhibitions

    $24,000
  6. Phillip & Edith Leonian FoundationBronx, NY 2024

    General support

    $10,000
  7. Joy of Giving Something IncSyracuse, NY 2023

    Support artists working in Photography.

    $35,000
  8. William & Sheila Konar FoundationW Henrietta, NY 2023

    Revolution Reckoning Reparation

    $24,000
  9. Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationRochester, NY 2023

    Charitable purpose

    $10,000
  10. Phillip & Edith Leonian FoundationBronx, NY 2023

    General support

    $7,500
  11. Esl Charitable FoundationRochester, NY 2023

    In this moment: revolution reckoning reparation

    $5,000
  12. Daisy Marquis Jones FoundationRochester, NY 2023

    In this moment (itm) chapbook project

    $3,150
  13. Joy of Giving Something IncSyracuse, NY 2022

    Support artists working in Photography and 2022 Special Coronavirus Grants.

    $55,000
  14. Esl Charitable FoundationRochester, NY 2022

    Pressure gradient, a documentary by 7th films, LLC

    $14,500
  15. Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationRochester, NY 2022

    Charitable purpose

    $11,500
  16. Joy of Giving Something IncSyracuse, NY 2021

    To support scholarship program

    $55,000
  17. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts IncNew York, NY 2021

    Curatorial research fellowship: allison pappas and natalie zelt

    $50,000
  18. Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationRochester, NY 2021

    Charitable purpose

    $19,000
  19. Phillip & Edith Leonian FoundationBronx, NY 2021

    General support

    $12,000
  20. Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationRochester, NY 2020

    Charitable purpose

    $12,000
  21. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $1,000
  22. Max and Marian Farash Charitable FoundationRochester, NY 2019

    Charitable purpose

    $12,000
  23. Phillip & Edith Leonian FoundationBronx, NY 2018

    General support

    $36,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other medical research organizations in Rochester, NY and are not among Visual Studies Workshop Inc’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 8 grants Preselected only $15,069 to similar organizations
  2. Kovler Family FoundationChicago, IL 2 grants Accepts applications $553,333 to similar organizations
  3. Livingston Foundation IncAtlanta, GA 2 grants Preselected only $75,000 to similar organizations
  4. Hickory FoundationLambertville, NJ 3 grants Preselected only $75,000 to similar organizations
  5. J Marshall & Lucile G Powell Charitable TrustDallas, TX 6 grants Preselected only $61,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Crane Family FoundationFairport, NY 4 grants Preselected only $58,503 to similar organizations
  7. Pluta Family Foundation IncRochester, NY 5 grants Accepts applications $20,000 to similar organizations
  8. Granite Partners Foundation of Minnesota IncWilmington, DE 2 grants Preselected only $20,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 16-0991020 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.