The J Paul Getty Trust
Los Angeles, CA · EIN 95-1790021. Reported 1,889 grants totalling $86.3M to 876 organizations across tax years 2020-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$6,900median grant
$86.3Mgranted, 2020-2023
876organizations funded
54%of grantees funded again the next year
$16.9Bassets, latest filing
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. The J Paul Getty Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $6,900. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $37,833; the smallest was $25 and the largest $6,410,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 876 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Community Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $6,588,630 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya | Mumbai | $5,172,015 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Destination Crenshaw | Los Angeles, CA | $4,017,225 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| The British Museum | London | $4,015,243 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States | Washington, DC | $3,160,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Regents of the University of California | Oakland, CA | $2,784,150 | 33 | 4 | 2023 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $1,635,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $1,329,000 | 5 | 3 | 2022 |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | $1,206,000 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $1,040,250 | 18 | 4 | 2023 |
| Museum Associates | Los Angeles, CA | $1,037,825 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas | Geneva | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $938,455 | 20 | 4 | 2023 |
| College Art Association of America Inc | New York, NY | $894,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| New York University | New York, NY | $890,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| La Promise Fund | Los Angeles, CA | $870,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Academy Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $842,975 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Los Angeles, CA | $838,800 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Vincent Price Art Museum Foundation | Monterey Park, CA | $809,725 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pomona College | Claremont, CA | $763,175 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Gallery of Art | Washington, DC | $733,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Henry E Huntington Library & Art Gallery | San Marino, CA | $638,720 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Autry Museum of the American West | Los Angeles, CA | $617,375 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| California Institute of the Arts | Valencia, CA | $594,100 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Self-Help Graphics and Arts Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $545,125 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community Partners | Los Angeles, CA | $529,267 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Courtauld Institute of Art | London | $523,975 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Smithsonian Institution | Washington, DC | $510,195 | 6 | 3 | 2022 |
| Arts for Healing and Justice Network | Long Beach, CA | $502,380 | 17 | 1 | 2023 |
| Universiteit Van Amsterdam | Amsterdam | $500,842 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio | New York, NY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skirball Cultural Center | Los Angeles, CA | $458,075 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| Armory Center for the Arts | Pasadena, CA | $429,250 | 8 | 4 | 2023 |
| School of Oriental and African Studies | London | $408,848 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $400,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego | La Jolla, CA | $395,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| International Council of Museums | Paris | $372,525 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $371,350 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Academy in Rome | New York, NY | $370,500 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| The Wende Museum of the Cold War Inc | Culver City, CA | $360,625 | 10 | 4 | 2023 |
| Aamc Foundation | New York, NY | $353,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Regional Food Bank | Los Angeles, CA | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Art Center College of Design | Pasadena, CA | $344,800 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $342,250 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| La Jolla Historical Society | La Jolla, CA | $340,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Technische Hochschule Koln | Cologne | $338,186 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| La Plaza De Cultura Y Artes | Los Angeles, CA | $332,250 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Broad | Los Angeles, CA | $318,625 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY | $310,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | $304,000 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fulcrum Arts | Pasadena, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Griffith Observatory Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Mingei International Inc | San Diego, CA | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Association of Museums | Arlington, VA | $295,000 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Library Foundation of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $293,225 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Fisk University | Nashville, TN | $290,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Diego Museum of Art | San Diego, CA | $275,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | Los Angeles, CA | $269,500 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| Filmforum Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $265,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Ica La | Los Angeles, CA | $255,450 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico | Mexico City | $253,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fathomers | West Hollywood, CA | $250,900 | 4 | 3 | 2022 |
| Temple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Ed | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cca - Centro Di Conservazione Archeologica Srl | Rome | $248,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Craft Contemporary | Los Angeles, CA | $246,675 | 11 | 4 | 2023 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | $245,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cca - Centro Di Conservazione Archeologica SR | Rome | $245,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kyushu University | Fukuoka | $245,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| National and Kapodistrian University of Athens | Athens | $245,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Research Foundation for the State Univ of New York | Albany, NY | $245,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan | Poznan | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Art Gallery of New South Wales Trust | Sydney | $240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fundacao Universitaria Jose Bonifacio | Rio De Janeiro | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oceanside Museum of Art | Oceanside, CA | $240,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Palm Springs Art Museum | Palm Springs, CA | $240,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gallerie Nazionali Di Arte Antica | Rome | $238,950 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Gallery Climate Coalition | London | $235,003 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations | New York, NY | $235,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Universidad San Francisco De Quito Usfq | Quito | $235,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center I | Los Angeles, CA | $234,500 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Occidental College | Los Angeles, CA | $234,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Consorzio Arke | Rome | $225,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | Los Angeles, CA | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $220,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Museum of Jurassic Technology | Culver City, CA | $211,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Fundacao De Apoio a Universidade Federal De Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo | $210,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | $210,000 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften Ev | Munich | $209,655 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Laxart | Los Angeles, CA | $206,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Museum of Latin American Art | Long Beach, CA | $205,350 | 6 | 4 | 2023 |
| Muzeum Narodowe W Gdansku | Gdansk | $205,029 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chicago Public Library Foundation | Chicago, IL | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Glendale Library Arts & Culture Trust | Glendale, CA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stichting Restauratie Atelier Limburg | Maastricht | $192,023 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Center for Land Use Interpretation | Culver City, CA | $186,300 | 8 | 3 | 2022 |
| The Association for Preservation Technology International Inc | Springfield, IL | $182,500 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Council for Culture Art and Letters | Safat | $180,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Schusev State Museum of Architecture | Moscow | $180,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademis Skoler for Arkitektur Design Og Kon | Copenhagen | $174,063 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Amigos Del Museo Historico De Rosario | Rosario | $170,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Advancement in Conservation | Washington, DC | $168,100 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden | Dresden | $168,050 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| County of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $163,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | $162,000 | 13 | 4 | 2023 |
| Menil Foundation Inc | Houston, TX | $158,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Universidad Del Desarrollo | Santiago | $158,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | $154,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $152,300 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Conservancy | Los Angeles, CA | $149,775 | 12 | 4 | 2023 |
| The British Library | London | $148,220 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute | Williamstown, MA | $145,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California Association of Museums | Santa Cruz, CA | $144,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Harpswell Foundation | Concord, MA | $143,900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Highland Green Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Leibniz-Institut Fur Geschichte Und Kultur Des Ostlichen Europa (gwzo) Ev | Leipzig | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Max Weber Stiftung-Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute Im Ausland | Bonn | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institut National D'histoire De L'art | Paris | $136,608 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fundacao De Desenvolvimento Da Unicamp | Campinas | $133,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mylnikova Iuliia | Hollywood, FL | $132,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York | New York, NY | $132,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tunghai University | Taichung | $130,600 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Artequity Community | Pasadena, CA | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kosovo's Architecture Foundation | Prishtina | $127,639 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| California State Univ Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Fnd | Carson, CA | $127,550 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Claremont Graduate University | Claremont, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Dance Downtown La Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lancaster Museum and Public Art Foundation | Lancaster, CA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Asociacion De Amigos Del Museo De America | Madrid | $122,690 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Community Partners for Cal Afr Amer Mus (caam) | Los Angeles, CA | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies | Washington, DC | $120,000 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mistake Room Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $116,500 | 2 | 1 | 2020 |
| World Monuments Fund Inc | New York, NY | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh | Edinburgh | $114,300 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Int'l Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works | London | $114,293 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere | Vienna | $112,424 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Dieu Donne Paper Mill Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $110,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Willamette University | Salem, OR | $108,000 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Baltimore Museum of Art Inc | Baltimore, MD | $106,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mak Center for Art and Architecture | West Hollywood, CA | $105,625 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stichting Gerrit Rietveld Academie Te Amsterdam H | Amsterdam | $104,221 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Otis College of Art and Design | Los Angeles, CA | $103,625 | 7 | 4 | 2023 |
| Williams College | Williamstown, MA | $101,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Buffalo Fine Arts Academy | Buffalo, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dallas Museum of Art | Dallas, TX | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Los Angeles Education Foundation | Downey, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Institution Maintaining the Arab Photographed Patr | Beirut | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| International Print Center New York | New York, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Museum of Fine Arts | Boston, MA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Orange County Museum of Art | Santa Ana, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | Los Angeles, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Chrysler Museum Inc | Norfolk, VA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Clockshop | Los Angeles, CA | $99,225 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Kunstmuseum Basel | Basel | $97,538 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fondazione Giorgio Cini | Venice | $96,651 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Comite Internacional De Museos Y Colecciones De Arte Moderno | Barcelona | $96,440 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Biblioteca Comunale Degli Intronati | Siena | $96,084 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Culturele Instellingen Antwerpenerfgoed | Antwerp | $96,058 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cornerstones Community Partnerships | Santa Fe, NM | $96,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Int'l Inst for Conserv of Historic & Artistic Works | London | $95,968 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maharana of Mewar Charitable Foundation | Udaipur | $95,957 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum Inc | Winterthur, DE | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Min Du Commerce & Des Petitesmoyennes Entreprises Du Senegal | Dakar | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ministere Du Commerce Et Des Petites Et Moyennes E | Dakar | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| University of Oxford | Oxford | $94,676 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Musee De L'armee | Paris | $94,005 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo | Verona | $93,663 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Japanese American National Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $91,375 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Heritage Malta | Kalkara | $90,611 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Warsaw | Warsaw | $90,500 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Asia Art Archive Limited | Sheung Wan | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife | Ileife | $90,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Hamilton College | Clinton, NY | $90,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Scripps College | Claremont, CA | $85,875 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| Asia Society | New York, NY | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Newberry Library | Chicago, IL | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Portrait Gallery | London | $84,930 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Panjab University | Chandigarh | $84,442 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dudley and West Midlands Zoological Society Ltd | Dudley | $82,740 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Fundacion Untref | Saenz Pena | $82,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Books Arts Incorporated 1974 | New York, NY | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Robert a Toigo Foundation | Oakland, CA | $80,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Association for Preservation Technology Int'l | Springfield, IL | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Stichting Tot Beheer Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam | Rotterdam | $79,117 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | $78,929 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Fundacao De Apoio a Universidade De Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo | $76,400 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Association for Preservation Technology International Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The New Children's Museum | San Diego, CA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz | Berlin | $73,800 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santa Monica Museum of Art | Los Angeles, CA | $73,400 | 3 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pasadena Community Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $70,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Pueblo Nuevo Education and Development Group | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ready to Succeed | Santa Monica, CA | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Archer School for Girls Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $70,000 | 5 | 4 | 2023 |
| National Maritime Museum | London | $68,045 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foundation | Carson, CA | $67,675 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Baeza Escobedo Felipe | Brooklyn, NY | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Caycedo Carolina | Los Angeles, CA | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Diaz Eva | Brooklyn, NY | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Firouzeh Peyvand | Glebe | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Gagliardi Susan | Atlanta, GA | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| O'neil Megan | Atlanta, GA | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Pitamber Naomi | State College, PA | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reinoza Tatiana | Stevensville, MI | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smalls James | Baltimore, MD | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sorokina Yuliya | Almaty | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sugiyama Saburo | Mesa, AZ | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Tanton Kristine | Montreal | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Webb-Binder Bernida | Atlanta, GA | $67,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Technische Universitat Berlin | Berlin | $65,340 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| American Foundation for the Courtauld Institute of Art | New York, NY | $64,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Instituto De Arte Contemporaneo | Lima | $64,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford JR Un | Stanford, CA | $62,200 | 3 | 1 | 2020 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Troy, NY | $62,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco, CA | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Kirchner Thomas | Paris | $59,700 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Universalmuseum Joanneum Gmbh | Graz | $59,686 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation | Long Beach, CA | $59,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stichting Rkd-Nederlands Instituut Voor Kunstgeschiedenis | The Hague | $59,070 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Corporacion Museo La Tertulia | Cali | $59,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Trustees of Tufts College | Medford, MA | $59,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Universidade Do Porto | Porto | $58,965 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The University of Manchester | Manchester | $58,229 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City of Arcadia | Arcadia, CA | $57,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Historic Italian Hall Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $57,250 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh | $56,704 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $54,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| CASA Del Herrero | Santa Barbara, CA | $51,600 | 9 | 4 | 2023 |
| ARTLAB21 Foundation | El Segundo, CA | $51,075 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Centre De Recherche Et De Restauration Des Musees De France | Paris | $51,065 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Go for Broke National Education Center | Los Angeles, CA | $50,750 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Southern California Public Radio | Pasadena, CA | $50,510 | 31 | 4 | 2023 |
| Arts for La | Los Angeles, CA | $50,125 | 4 | 2 | 2021 |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Comite Int'l De Museos Y Colecciones De Arte Moderno - Cimam | Barcelona | $49,293 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nationalmuseum | Stockholm | $49,062 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ahdifard Unita | Denver, CO | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Aldrich Alec | Santa Monica, CA | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Bergman Daryl | Los Angeles, CA | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Cesena Aunica | Austin, TX | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chouraki Helena | Los Angeles, CA | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clarke Racquel | Forestville, MD | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Constantinou Michalis | Lythrodontas | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coombe Penelope | London | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Difabio Christina | Istanbul | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Feldman Jonathan | Buenos Aires | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Fortes Luana | Sao Paulo | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Francis Kendall | Hertford | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Gerber Alice | Bielbienne | $49,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
317 of 876 (36%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 54%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
Plus 250 grants to individuals totalling $5,141,927 -- scholarships, hardship and emergency assistance. We deliberately do not publish the names of people who received them, even though the filings do.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Council of Learned Societies
GETTY/ACLS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN THE HISTORY OF ART - Amigos Del Museo Del Barrio
ADVANCING LATINX ART IN MUSEUMS - La Promise Fund
PST ART: ART & SCIENCE COLLIDE - Academy Foundation
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME 2024 - President and Fellows of Harvard College
J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM GRANTS - OTHER - Museum Associates
GETTY MARROW UNDERGRADUATE INTERNS AT LOS ANGELES COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,090 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 397 | $19.8M | $6,500 |
| 2021 | 366 | $14.7M | $6,900 |
| 2022 | 544 | $26.3M | $7,550 |
| 2023 | 582 | $25.6M | $7,675 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. The J Paul Getty Trust has 338 of them, worth $22.3M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| National Trust for Historic Preservation in the US | Washington, DC | $3,100,000 |
| The British Museum | London | $1,336,847 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $1,035,000 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $755,000 |
| The British Museum | London | $583,268 |
| Destination Crenshaw | Los Angeles, CA | $500,000 |
| American Council of Learned Societies | New York, NY | $485,000 |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya | Mumbai | $351,915 |
| Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | $310,000 |
| Museum Associates | Los Angeles, CA | $250,000 |
| American Academy in Rome | New York, NY | $246,000 |
| Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin Sy | Madison, WI | $245,000 |
| Aamc Foundation | New York, NY | $200,000 |
| Amigos Del Museo Historico De Rosario | Rosario | $170,000 |
| Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $150,000 |
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 65% of this one's giving went to organizations in California. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund257 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc220 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc218 shared recipientsNational Philanthropic Trust168 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program159 shared recipientsCalifornia Community Foundation138 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $6,900. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in California.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from The J Paul Getty Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 1200 Getty Center Drive 401, Los Angeles, CA, 90049. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
EIN 95-1790021 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.
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