Blackberry Picker, 1943 tempera on panel
Grant Guidelines and Funding Priorities
The Wyeth Foundation for American Art provides financial support to encourage the study, appreciation, and recognition of excellence in all aspects of historic American art. The Foundation does not support grant applications exclusively focused on art of the last three decades.
A fundamental goal of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art is to fund programs and proposals that serve as catalysts to achieve greater recognition and understanding of excellence in American art. To that end, the Foundation provides ongoing, pre-doctoral grants to support programs of research and scholarship in American art at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Research & Scholars Center at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Foundation also provides ongoing funding for the Wyeth Foundation for American Art Publication Grant program, administered by the College Art Association.
The Wyeth Foundation for American Art also reviews funding proposals from non-profit institutions to support research, conservation, and exhibition programming in American art. Grants from the Foundation typically support innovative exhibitions that explore new research about American art; innovative and important museum catalogues and books; and conservation and restoration of American masterpieces. Typically, the grants range from $5,000 to $25,000 per project and may extend over two or three years.
All applicants, please access our Online Grant Application at this link:
https://www.grantinterface.com/Home/Logon?urlkey=wfaa
Note, the next meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled to be held in mid-July, 2024. In order for your grant application to be considered at that Summer 2024 Board meeting, please submit and complete your online application no later than June 15, 2024.
As you prepare to submit your online application, we suggest you gather the following information:
Project name and dollar amount of grant requested, including:
- A 5-8 page description of the Project, its history, rationale, ambitions, and significance (please include a checklist, if applicable, and reproductions or thumbnails of the works under discussion);
- Whether the Project is new or ongoing;
- Timetable for the completion of the Project (there should be at least one (1) year from the submission of your grant application before the Project is scheduled to begin)
- Person or persons directing the Project and the experience they bring to it;
- Allied programming;
- Targeted audiences;
- Detailed budget for the Project;
- Other sources of funding for the Project (committed and applied for); and
- Organization Information: Name and address of organization, contact person, title, telephone number, e-mail address, mission of the organization, demographic information, and budget for current and next financial year.
Attachments to be uploaded include:
- Brief curriculum vitae of the directors of the Project;
- Checklist and reproductions, if appropriate; and
- Copy of the organization’s IRS letter of determination for 501(c)(3) tax exemption, most recent annual report, most recent audited financial statement, and copy of most recent IRS Form 990 (only required if your organization is a first-time applicant to the Foundation).
Please direct any and all questions to:
William J. Martin, Esq., Secretary
Wyeth Foundation for American Art
P.O. Box 414
Rockland, DE 19732
grants@wyethfoundationforamericanart.org
The Wyeth Foundation for American Art may impose restrictions on the payment of grant funds (e.g., the recipient organization must agree to (i) use the funds for the purpose requested, and (ii) file a final written report on the use of the funds). These grant guidelines are subject to change at any time.