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

Grant recipient EIN 31-1642445Arts and culture

Who funds American Sign Museum?

16 private foundations gave American Sign Museum in Cincinnati, OH $848,061 across 48 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

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

48 grants

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

  1. The Ahrens Family FoundationLouisville, KY 2025

    General support

    $5,000
  2. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2025

    To preserve signage history

    $1,500
  3. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2025

    For operations

    $500
  4. Elsa M Heisel Sule Charitable Trust 2005Ft Mitchell, KY 2024

    Program support

    $10,000
  5. The Ahrens Family FoundationLouisville, KY 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  6. Anne & Jacob Starr FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Public charity

    $2,500
  7. Gladys Wittmeyer Knox FoundationCincinnati, OH 2024

    Grant

    $2,000
  8. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2024

    To preserve signage history

    $1,500
  9. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2024

    For operations

    $500
  10. Edward Jones FoundationSt Louis, MO 2024

    Arts, culture and humanities

    $500
  11. Arthur J Gallagher FoundationRolling Meadows, IL 2024

    General exempt purpose

    $103
  12. The Ahrens Family FoundationLouisville, KY 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  13. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2023

    To preserve signage history

    $1,500
  14. EmnorhosCincinnati, OH 2023

    Charitable

    $1,000
  15. Ladislas & Vilma Segoe Family FoundCincinnati, OH 2023

    2023 grant

    $1,000
  16. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2023

    For operations

    $500
  17. Anne & Jacob Starr FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    Public charity

    $150
  18. Arthur J Gallagher FoundationRolling Meadows, IL 2023

    General exempt purpose

    $103
  19. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $24
  20. Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationCincinnati, OH 2022

    Annex capital campaign

    $310,000
  21. The Ahrens Family FoundationLouisville, KY 2022

    General support

    $5,000
  22. Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC 2022

    Employee matching gift donation

    $1,000
  23. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2022

    To preserve signage history

    $750
  24. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2022

    General

    $500
  25. Kelleher Family FoundationPhoenix, AZ 2022

    General use

    $250
  26. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $24
  27. Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationCincinnati, OH 2021

    Annex capital campaign

    $250,000
  28. Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationCincinnati, OH 2021

    Development assistance (2021-2022)

    $60,000
  29. Anne & Jacob Starr FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    Contribution

    $10,000
  30. The Ahrens Family FoundationLouisville, KY 2021

    General support

    $5,000
  31. George & Margaret McLane FoundationCincinnati, OH 2021

    Museum

    $2,000
  32. Charles Scott Riley III FoundationCincinnati, OH 2021

    Promote charitable purpose

    $1,000
  33. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2021

    To preserve signage history

    $750
  34. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2021

    General

    $500
  35. Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC 2021

    Matching gifts

    $300
  36. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $42
  37. Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationCincinnati, OH 2020

    Development assistance, pymt 2/2

    $67,500
  38. The Ahrens Family FoundationLouisville, KY 2020

    General support

    $5,000
  39. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2020

    To preserve signage history

    $500
  40. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2020

    General

    $500
  41. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $15
  42. Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationCincinnati, OH 2019

    Development assistance

    $60,000
  43. Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationCincinnati, OH 2019

    Capital campaign material design

    $2,000
  44. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2019

    General

    $500
  45. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2019

    To preserve signage history

    $300
  46. Carol Ann and Ralph V Haile Jr FoundationCincinnati, OH 2018

    Strategic planning assistance

    $25,000
  47. The Raymond and Rita Foos Family FoundationCincinnati, OH 2018

    To preserve signage history

    $750
  48. Kinder Charitable FoundationNewton, MA 2018

    General

    $500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Cincinnati, OH and are not among American Sign Museum’s funders above.

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  4. The Frances R Luther Charitable TrustCincinnati, OH 75 grants Accepts applications $6,765,000 to similar organizations
  5. John A Schroth Family Char TRPittsburgh, PA 49 grants Accepts applications $1,689,230 to similar organizations
  6. Greenacres Foundation IncCincinnati, OH 90 grants Preselected only $47,344,794 to similar organizations
  7. Thomas R Schiff FoundationCincinnati, OH 101 grants Accepts applications $1,295,013 to similar organizations
  8. Millstone FundCincinnati, OH 33 grants Accepts applications $977,668 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 31-1642445 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.