Grants paid by The Fox Aarons Foundation
EIN 81-4159057 · Wilmington, DE · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20
The Fox Aarons Foundation of Wilmington, DE (EIN 81-4159057) reported 108 grants paid totaling $5,349,540 to 24 recipients in tax years 2018–2025, on Form 990-PF, Part XV. Derived from IRS e-file data, dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Grants paid
$5,349,540
108 grants
Recipients
24
distinct organizations
Tax years
2018–2025
8 filings in the corpus
By tax year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount paid | Approved for future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | $565,000 | — |
| 2019 | 3 | $375,000 | — |
| 2020 | 13 | $837,500 | — |
| 2021 | 16 | $720,000 | — |
| 2022 | 15 | $920,000 | — |
| 2023 | 22 | $792,790 | — |
| 2024 | 15 | $655,250 | — |
| 2025 | 17 | $484,000 | — |
Top recipients
The 24 recipients receiving the most from The Fox Aarons Foundation, by grants paid, out of 24 distinct recipients.
| Recipient | Match | Location | Grants | Total paid | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Museum of Contemporary Art 13-2986881 | B | New York, NY | 18 | $1,380,240 | 2025 |
| Friends of the High Line Inc 31-1734086 | B | New York, NY | 15 | $1,029,800 | 2025 |
| Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc 23-7379091 | B | Long Is City, NY | 9 | $794,000 | 2025 |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum 13-3475390 | B | New York, NY | 8 | $550,000 | 2025 |
| Brown University | U | Providence, RI | 11 | $340,000 | 2025 |
| Creative Time Inc 13-2835847 | B | New York, NY | 7 | $330,000 | 2023 |
| Brooklyn Museum 11-1672743 | B | Brooklyn, NY | 4 | $300,000 | 2024 |
| Printed Matter Inc 13-2947412 | B | New York, NY | 8 | $187,500 | 2025 |
| Swiss Institute 13-3414346 | B | New York, NY | 3 | $107,500 | 2020 |
| Brown University of Providence 05-0258809 | C | Providence, RI | 3 | $95,000 | 2022 |
| Dia Center for the Arts Inc 23-7397946 | B | New York, NY | 6 | $55,000 | 2025 |
| Museum of Modern Art 13-1624100 | B | New York, NY | 2 | $40,000 | 2024 |
| Whitney Museum of American Art 13-1789318 | B | New York, NY | 2 | $35,000 | 2025 |
| Primary Information Inc 68-0655296 | B | Brooklyn, NY | 2 | $25,000 | 2024 |
| Underground Development Foundation | U | New York, NY | 1 | $25,000 | 2018 |
| Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art 46-1245243 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 |
| Aspen Art Museum 84-0746671 | B | Aspen, CO | 1 | $10,000 | 2023 |
| International School of Brooklyn 13-4303389 | B | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $5,500 | 2024 |
| Pratt Institute 11-1630822 | B | Brooklyn, NY | 1 | $5,000 | 2021 |
| Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc 11-1776034 | B | East Hampton, NY | 1 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| Fund for Public Housing Inc 47-4915755 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | 2018 |
| The Metropolitan Museum of Art 13-1624086 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| Site Santa Fe 85-0413922 | B | Santa Fe, NM | 1 | $5,000 | 2025 |
| New York City AIDS Memorial Inc 61-1632107 | B | New York, NY | 1 | $5,000 | 2023 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Every grant
All 108 grant rows this organization reported, most recent first.
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $96,500 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $72,500 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | High Line Art Program | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $50,000 | paid | Performing Arts Building Fund | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $40,000 | paid | Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $22,500 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $22,500 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | Friend of the Triennial | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Dia Center for the Arts Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Renee Green Exhibition Support | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $10,000 | paid | Chair's Discretionary Fund for the Department of Economics | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Dia Center for the Arts Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Exhibition Support presented by Amy Sillman | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Wojnarowicz Exhibition Catalog Support | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Whitney Biennial | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | Watson Library Support | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Guild Hall of East Hampton Inc East Hampton, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | Mary Heilmann exhibition Support | 202601009349100820 |
| 2025 | Site Santa Fe Santa Fe, NM | B | $5,000 | paid | Exhibition Catalog Support | 202601009349100820 |
| 2024 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $123,250 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $120,000 | paid | High Line Art Program and General Operating fund | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $96,500 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | High Line Art | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $50,000 | paid | Performing Arts Building fund | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $40,000 | paid | Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | LAABF Committee fund | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | Friends of the Triennial | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Museum of Modern Art New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | Rare Book Fund | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Primary Information Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | Support of the Torrington Book Project | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $10,000 | paid | Chair's Discretionary Fund for the Department of Economics | 202542029349100904 |
| 2024 | International School of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY | B | $5,500 | paid | Annual Fund 2023-2024 | 202542029349100904 |
| 2023 | Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | For the exhibition "Copyshop Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines" | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $97,240 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $50,000 | paid | The Performing Arts Center | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | High Line Art | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $47,300 | paid | High Line Art Program | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $40,000 | paid | General Operating Support | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $40,000 | paid | The Orlando Bravo Center for Economic Research | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Creative Time Inc New York, NY | B | $35,000 | paid | General Operating Support | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General Operating Support | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | James Lee Byars Publication | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $25,000 | paid | Van Wickle Ventures | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Creative Time Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $23,250 | paid | General Operating Support | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $15,000 | paid | Academic Program Fund of the Brown Arts Initiative | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | The Triennial | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Aspen Art Museum Aspen, CO | B | $10,000 | paid | Film Project under the direction of Dennis Cooper | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Dia Center for the Arts Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Stanley Brouwn Exhibition | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Dia Center for the Arts Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Mary Heilmann Exhibition Support | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Brown University Providence, RI | U | $10,000 | paid | The Chair's Discretionary Fund For the Department of Economics | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | Dia Center for the Arts Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Tony Cokes Exhibition | 202421309349101432 |
| 2023 | New York City AIDS Memorial Inc New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | Memorial Bench project | 202421309349101432 |
| 2022 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | Capital Campaign | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Brooklyn, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | Exhibition Support | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Highline Art | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Creative Time Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Brown University of Providence Providence, RI | C | $50,000 | paid | Brown PAC, Fox Aarons Family Studio | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $35,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $30,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Support for Kapwani Kiwanga Exhibition | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Virtual Field Trip Program | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Museum of Modern Art New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Rare Book Fund | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | Art Book Fair Book Project | 202341719349100904 |
| 2022 | Primary Information Inc Brooklyn, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | Steve Lawrence "Newspaper" Publication | 202341719349100904 |
| 2021 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $200,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | General Operations and High Line Art Projects | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $55,000 | paid | Trustee Fund, Artemis Council and Bowery Council Funds | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | High Line Plinth Art Project | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Creative Time Inc New York, NY | B | $40,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Exhibition Support | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | High Line Art Project | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Creative Time Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Jill Magid Publication Fund | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Brown University of Providence Providence, RI | C | $25,000 | paid | Van Wickle Ventures | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Whitney Museum of American Art New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | Whitney Biennial FUnd | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Brown University of Providence Providence, RI | C | $20,000 | paid | Van Wickle Ventures | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | Friends of the Triennial | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | The New Futures Fund | 202211339349100141 |
| 2021 | Pratt Institute Brooklyn, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | PPI Publication Project | 202211339349100141 |
| 2020 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | The High Line Art Program and General Operating Expenses | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $150,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Ps1 Contemporary Art Center Inc Long Is City, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Swiss Institute New York, NY | B | $75,000 | paid | Emergency Relief Support | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Creative Time Inc New York, NY | B | $55,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $55,000 | paid | for Artemis, R&R councils and General Support | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $50,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Printed Matter Inc New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences DBA Brookl Brooklyn, NY | C | $25,000 | paid | in support of the upcoming Loraine O'Grady show | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | Friends of the Triennial | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Swiss Institute New York, NY | B | $7,500 | paid | Directors Circle Program | 202121539349100412 |
| 2020 | Dia Center for the Arts Inc New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | In support of the Jill Magid Art Exhibition | 202121539349100412 |
| 2019 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | The 40th Anniversary Campaign Fund | 202041089349100704 |
| 2019 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | Endowment of Digital Content Producer Position | 202041089349100704 |
| 2019 | Swiss Institute New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | St. Marks Alliance Capital Campaign Fund | 202041089349100704 |
| 2018 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $250,000 | paid | The 40th Anniversary Campaign | 201941139349100014 |
| 2018 | Friends of the High Line Inc New York, NY | B | $125,000 | paid | High Line Art Program | 201941139349100014 |
| 2018 | Creative Time Inc New York, NY | B | $100,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201941139349100014 |
| 2018 | New Museum of Contemporary Art New York, NY | B | $35,000 | paid | FY 2019 Annual Trustee Contribution | 201941139349100014 |
| 2018 | Underground Development Foundation New York, NY | U | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201941139349100014 |
| 2018 | Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, NY | B | $25,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201941139349100014 |
| 2018 | Fund for Public Housing Inc New York, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | General & Unrestricted | 201941139349100014 |
Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.
Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.
Source filings
Every figure above is traceable to one of these IRS e-file returns by its OBJECT_ID.
| Form | Tax year | Period end | Filed | Schema | IRS OBJECT_ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990PF | 2025 | 2025-12-31 | not stated | 2025v4.1 | 202601009349100820 |
| 990PF | 2024 | 2024-12-31 | not stated | 2024v5.2 | 202542029349100904 |
| 990PF | 2023 | 2023-12-31 | not stated | 2023v5.0 | 202421309349101432 |
| 990PF | 2022 | 2022-12-31 | not stated | 2022v5.0 | 202341719349100904 |
| 990PF | 2021 | 2021-12-31 | not stated | 2021v4.2 | 202211339349100141 |
| 990PF | 2020 | 2020-12-31 | not stated | 2020v4.1 | 202121539349100412 |
| 990PF | 2019 | 2019-12-31 | not stated | 2019v5.1 | 202041089349100704 |
| 990PF | 2018 | 2018-12-31 | not stated | 2018v3.1 | 201941139349100014 |
Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML; recipient identities from the IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. The same rows as Parquet: manifest; as JSON: /api/funders/814159057.json.
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