Vilcek Foundation

• The Vilcek Foundation supports nonprofit organisations working on immigrant contributions to the arts, sciences, culture and society, with a geographic focus on the United States and U.S. territories, so this is only a good fit for groups whose mission or programmes centre on that theme.
• Most grants to organisations are modest: about eight in ten of its 27 grants fall between $1,250 and $40,000, the median grant is $10,000, half of its 27 grants are $10,000 or less, and the largest was about $50,000, so a request in that range is realistic.
• Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through the foundation's Grant Portal, where you should set out your organisation's mission, vision and specific plan and show how the proposed work is original, creative, distinctive and meaningful.
• A notable 44% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded before, suggesting some relationship-led repeat support, though this need not deter a new applicant from trying.
• Do not apply if you work with a fiscal sponsor, are seeking funding for scientific research, capital projects or campaigns, gala or award-ceremony fundraising costs, are a K-12 or charter school, are linked to a political campaign, are seeking a renewal, or are a past Vilcek Foundation grantee still within the two-cycle waiting period before reapplying.

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

• Hawaii International Film Festival · Grant in support of the new american perspectives program at the 2024 hawai'i international film festival. the program centers the work of immigrant and foreign-born filmmakers. the program provides access to the arts, supports immigrant filmmakers and artists, and supports educational programming with local schools in hawai'i.
  $50,0152023 tax year
• People's Theatre Project · Grant in support of the people's theater project's operations and programs, with specific focus on supporting the development of their immigrant-led theatre programs.
  $40,0002023 tax year
• Bates College · Grant in support of the marsden hartley legacy project at bates college, a research and education intitiative that builds on scholarship related to artist marsden hartley. this is made in alignment with the vilcek foundation's mission to foster appreciaton of the arts
  $33,0002023 tax year
• New York University Institute of Fine Arts · Grant in support of new york university's institute of fine arts as a contribution to the institute's programs in supporting the arts, and honoring nyu's commitment to supporting diversity in the arts in new york city, at nyu, and more broadly
  $30,0002023 tax year
• Asia Art Archive in America · Grant in support of the asia art archive's programs that aim to recognize, celebrate, support, and build an archive of materials on contemporary asian-born artists and asian american artists.
  $20,0002023 tax year
• New York Youth Symphony · Grant in support of nyys operations and programming, aligned with the vilcek foundation's mission initiative to foster appreciation for the arts. the grant makes music education accessible to youth in the new york metropolitan area.
  $20,0002023 tax year
• New York Foundation for the Arts · Grant in support of nyfa immigrant artist mentoring program
  $20,0002023 tax year
• Hawaii Youth Symphony Association · Discretionary grant in support of fostering appreciation for the arts and inspiring youth and community through making art and music accessible to youth.
  $20,0002023 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.