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THE TERRA FOUNDATION

SCOTTSDALE, AZ · EIN 812116332 · Form 990PF · FY2022 · NTEE T22 · Philanthropy & Grantmaking · Small ($100K-$1M) · terraamericanart.org
revenue
$550K
expenses
$3K
net assets
$6K
employees
profile · synthesized from sources

The Terra Foundation is a grantmaking organization focused on American art. It supports projects that reinterpret and re-present American art history, stimulate interdisciplinary exchange, and foster new narratives. The foundation also maintains a collection of American art and a research library in Paris.

named programs · 5 · from sources

what they call their work

Collections Grants
Supports organizations in re-interpreting and re-presenting their permanent collections through re-installation or temporary exhibitions, including research and planning.
Convening Grants
Supports conferences, workshops, and gatherings that stimulate interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange and nurture relationships across networks in American art.
New Art School Modality
Envisions an alternative model for art and art historical research and teaching, solidifying a global, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational forum.
Terra Collection-in-Residence
Collaborates with partners to identify collection objects for loan that amplify their institution’s permanent collections and invite opportunities for new narratives, voices, and practices.
Terra Foundation Library for American Art
A non-circulating research library in Paris, France, with over 12,000 books and catalogues on American art and culture, available for onsite consultation.
activities · 3 clusters

what they do

  • Art Collection Stewardship & Exhibition 3 activities
    • Facilitating loans of collection objects to partner institutions
      Collaborates with partners to identify and loan collection objects to amplify their permanent collections and create opportunities for new narratives, voices, and practices.
    • Maintaining a library for American art in Paris
      Maintains the Terra Foundation Library for American Art, which contains over 12,000 books and catalogues on American art and culture, available for onsite consultation in Paris.
    • Providing Collections Grants for re-interpreting and re-presenting permanent collections
      Offers Collections Grants to organizations for re-interpreting and re-presenting their permanent collections through re-installation or temporary exhibitions, including research and planning support.
  • Repatriation of Cultural Heritage 1 activity
    • Supporting object-family reunions for cultural collections
      Supports the First Americans Museum in creating object-family reunions to provide deeper knowledge about objects in the national collection and challenge the idea that institutionally collected objects lack familial ties to cultural communities.
  • Uncategorized 2 activities
    • Providing Convening Grants for interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange
      Provides Convening Grants to support conferences, workshops, and gatherings that stimulate interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange and nurture relationships across networks.
    • Supporting alternative models for art and art historical research and teaching
      Supports the New Art School Modality, which envisions an alternative model for art and art historical research and teaching, and solidifies a global, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational forum.
financials · form 990PF · fy2022

the money

revenue
Total revenue$550K
Contributions & grants$499K91%
Program service revenue
Investment income$00%
Other revenue
expenses
Total expenses$3K
Program expenses
Admin / overhead
Fundraising
Salaries & benefits$0
Grants paid out$550K
balance sheet
Total assets$6K
Cash
Investments
Liabilities
Net assets$6K
2 years on record · 2020–2022
relationships · 5

who they work with

  • First Americans Museum Partner — Partnered to create object-family reunions for deeper knowledge about objects in the national collection.
  • Grey Art Museum, New York University Partner — Supported the "Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962" exhibition.
  • Harvard Art Museums Partner — Loaned Samuel Coleman's "Ships Unloading, New York" (1868) for a gallery talk.
  • Seattle Museum of Art Partner — Supported the "The Stories We Carry" collection reinstallation.
  • Washington Project for the Arts Partner — Supported the "How can we gather now?" symposium.