The Jay DeFeo Foundation
EIN 946642644
Possibly inactive.
Last 990-PF filing on record is from 2023
(3 years ago). Verify before investing time in an application.
Total Given 2017–2023
$619K
59 grants · $88K avg/year
based on 7 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
<$100K/yr
micro funder
capacity
$4K
typical micro grants · $2K–$6K
grant size
26%
balanced · 10/38 multi-year
repeat
$22.3M
Assets (2023)
38
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No — Preselected Only
Contact Person
Creative Growth
Phone
(510) 845-7629
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $38K | $20.2M | $1.5M | 3 |
| 2018 | $172K | $20.7M | $1.5M | 8 |
| 2019 | $60K | $20.5M | $346K | 11 |
| 2020 | $40K | $21.3M | $382K | 7 |
| 2021 | $43K | $21.5M | $756K | 11 |
| 2022 | $235K | $22.4M | $1.9M | 11 |
| 2023 | $30K | $22.3M | $767K | 8 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 59 grants on record
Minimum
$250
25th Pctl
$2K
Median
$4K
Average
$10K
75th Pctl
$6K
Maximum
$110K
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
3.4% of US grants
· Rank #4 of 8 states
$82K across
2 grants
1 of 254 counties
Top 1 counties
- 1 Harris
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (59 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paestum | New York, NY | $110,000 | General Support - 2 Art Works by Jay DeFeo | 2022 |
| Aspen Art Museum | Aspen, CO | $100,000 | One artwork donated for museum benefit auction | 2018 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX | $55,000 | General Support - 1 Art Work by Jay DeFeo | 2022 |
| Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | $54,000 | Three artworks donated by Jay DeFeo for museum collection/exhibition | 2018 |
| Sfmoma | San Francisco, CA | $45,000 | General Support | 2022 |
| Tate Gallery Americas Foundation | New York, NY | $30,000 | General Support | 2019 |
| The Menil Collection Houston | Houston, TX | $27,000 | Jay DeFeo Artwork (2) | 2017 |
| Getty Museum | Los Angeles, CA | $14,000 | Donation of work of art | 2020 |
| United States Artists USA | Chicago, IL | $10,000 | Artist Relief Fund | 2020 |
| Mills College Art Museum | Oakland, CA | $10,000 | Museum Funds Grant | 2023 |
| Institute of Contemporary Art LA | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | Museum Funds Grant | 2023 |
| Whitney Meuseum of American Art | New York, NY | $8,550 | General Support | 2021 |
| Miss Porter's School | Farmington, CT | $8,000 | General Support | 2019 |
| California College of the Arts | Oakland, CA | $7,800 | General Support | 2017 |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art LA | Los Angeles, CA | $6,500 | Catalogue for Exhibition | 2019 |
| Laguna Art Museum | Laguna Beach, CA | $6,120 | Support for catalogue to accompany exhibition | 2020 |
| Creative Growth | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | General Support | 2020 |
| Creative Growth | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | General Support | 2021 |
| The Lab | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | General Support | 2021 |
| Mills College Art Museum | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | Museum Funds Grant | 2021 |
| Stanford University | Stanford, CA | $5,000 | General Support | 2021 |
| American Fdn for Courtauld Inst of | New York, NY | $5,000 | Symposium Support | 2019 |
| Creative Growth | Oakland, CA | $5,000 | General Support | 2022 |
| The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | $5,000 | General Support | 2022 |
| Brooklyn Rail | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | General Support | 2022 |