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

Grant recipient EIN 86-3119416Arts and culture

Who funds Monument Lab?

9 private foundations gave Monument Lab in Philadelphia, PA $11.4 million across 16 grants, in tax years 2022 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2022 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

16 grants

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

  1. The Ogilvie Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2025

    General Programming Support

    $5,000
  2. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To support the expansion of the re:generation program, field building, narrative change work, and general operations

    $4,000,000
  3. John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL 2024

    In support of general operations

    $750,000
  4. The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    Public memory artists exchange, a neighborhood-based public art residency program

    $225,000
  5. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2024

    General operating support

    $75,000
  6. The Ogilvie Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  7. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To support the expansion of the re:generation program, field building, narrative change work, and general operations

    $4,000,000
  8. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2023

    To provide general support

    $250,000
  9. The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2023

    Public memory artists exchange, a neighborhood-based public art residency program

    $225,000
  10. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    For monument lab's 'plot of land': a multi-modal narrative brand that explores how the history of land ownership and housing in the united states has been shaped by the interplay of power, public memory, race, gender, and citizenship

    $112,842
  11. Wagner FoundationCambridge, MA 2023

    General operating support

    $75,000
  12. The JM Kaplan Fund IncNew York, NY 2023

    General operating support

    $2,500
  13. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    To support monument lab's operational capacity and research

    $1,000,000
  14. Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNew York, NY 2022

    To provide general support

    $420,905
  15. The William Penn FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    Public memory artists exchange, a neighborhood-based public art residency program

    $225,000
  16. Philadelphia Nonprofit Advertising AgencyPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    Donation to support programs

    $5,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Philadelphia, PA and are not among Monument Lab’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 633 grants Preselected only $49,651 to similar organizations
  2. Henry Dolfinger 2 Trust UWPhiladelphia, PA 206 grants Accepts applications $737,000 to similar organizations
  3. Wyncote FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 178 grants Preselected only $23,158,530 to similar organizations
  4. Lindback CR & MF Foundation TW MainSaint Louis, MO 205 grants Preselected only $754,893 to similar organizations
  5. Independence FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 471 grants Accepts applications $5,391,450 to similar organizations
  6. Connelly FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA 90 grants Accepts applications $2,748,242 to similar organizations
  7. The Presser FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 345 grants Accepts applications $6,157,575 to similar organizations
  8. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 295 grants Accepts applications $2,903,895 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 86-3119416 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.