A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 30-0852223Arts and culture

Who funds The Desert Biennial?

9 private foundations gave The Desert Biennial in Palm Springs, CA $519,546 across 23 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 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. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    Kimsooja's installation To Breathe for Desert X

    $25,000
  2. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $12,000
  3. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $25,000
  4. Western Wind FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    Arts/Culture and Education

    $20,000
  5. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  6. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  7. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    General support

    $25,000
  8. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $12,500
  9. HN and Frances C Berger FoundationPalm Desert, CA 2022

    to support the community outreach for Desert X 23

    $10,000
  10. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $5
  11. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2021

    to support the development of a monument at the Desert X Biennial in the Coachella Valley Desert, which will counter false narratives imposed on the indigenous community by settler communities

    $250,000
  12. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    General support

    $25,000
  13. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    "Never Forget" project led by Nicholas Galanin

    $10,000
  14. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $13
  15. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    Charitable

    $25,000
  16. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  17. Caufield Family FoundationPalm Springs, CA 2020

    Charitable

    $10,000
  18. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $12
  19. Richard J Massey Foundation for Arts and ScienceChicago, IL 2019

    General charitable purposes

    $5,000
  20. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    Desert X Project

    $5,000
  21. May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation IncNew York, NY 2018

    Charitable

    $25,000
  22. Posner FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    Desert X Project

    $10,000
  23. The Dorothea Lleonhardt Foundation IncBellerose, NY 2017

    ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE FOR THE GENERAL SUPPORT OF THE 501(c)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Palm Springs, CA and are not among The Desert Biennial’s funders above.

  1. The Grace Helen Spearman FoundationPalm Springs, CA 21 grants Preselected only $163,200 to similar organizations
  2. Anderson Childrens FoundationPalm Springs, CA 12 grants Accepts applications $173,027 to similar organizations
  3. The Coeta and Donald Barker FoundationRancho Mirage, CA 11 grants Preselected only $387,050 to similar organizations
  4. Betty R Sheffer Foundation IncNew York, NY 9 grants Preselected only $180,100 to similar organizations
  5. The Auen FoundationPalm Desert, CA 6 grants Preselected only $125,000 to similar organizations
  6. Newman's Own FoundationWestport, CT 11 grants Preselected only $85,000 to similar organizations
  7. Smaby Family FoundationMarcell, MN 6 grants Preselected only $38,500 to similar organizations
  8. North Star FoundationCornelius, OR 6 grants Preselected only $19,550 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 30-0852223 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.