About Liu Shiming Art Foundation
The Liu Shiming Art Foundation seeks to preserve the works of acclaimed Chinese artist Liu Shiming; advance the global discourse surrounding the arts, history, and culture; and support art students, art educators, and emerging artists by encouraging the creation of art and multicultural study.
Focus Areas
Contemporary visual artsArt scholarship and educationArtist support and grantsExhibitions and gallery programmingArt preservation and archivesCross-cultural exchange
Who They Fund
school-aged studentsstudents participating in arts and cultural studies programs
Funding Style
direct service (scholarships)school partnerships
About Liu Shiming Art Foundation
The Liu Shiming Art Foundation’s recent giving is built around scholarship programs with schools, with grants reaching major universities and arts-focused institutions across the United States. The largest recent award in the data is $156,000 to Rutgers University Foundation for scholarship programs supporting students in arts and cultural studies, followed by $150,000 to The UCLA Foundation for the same purpose. Those grants sit alongside repeated support for institutions such as the University of Oregon Foundation and Marist College, showing a sustained pattern of funding academic pathways in art and cultural studies. The foundation’s broader profile is tied to preserving the work of Chinese artist Liu Shiming while advancing global discourse in art, history, and culture. That mission appears in its grantmaking through support for art students, art educators, and emerging artists, with program areas spanning contemporary visual arts, art scholarship and education, artist support, exhibitions, and art preservation. Its portfolio also includes scholarship support administered through partner institutions and a funded internship partnership with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, which connects the foundation’s arts mission to professional development in museum settings.
What Liu Shiming Art Foundation Funds
Scholarship support is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s recent grants. It gave $108,150 to the University of Oregon Foundation in 2025 for scholarship programs with schools to support students in arts and cultural studies, and the same amount in 2024 for the same purpose. Rutgers University Foundation also received scholarship support, including $156,000 in 2023 and $15,040 in 2025. The foundation also backs arts and culture study through multiple universities. The UCLA Foundation received $150,000 in 2023 for scholarship programs with schools to support students in arts and cultural studies, while Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University received $82,106 for the same type of program. These grants align with the foundation’s stated interest in art scholarship, education, and multicultural study. Its grantmaking further reaches student-focused partners such as Marist College, Georgia State University Foundation Inc, and the University of Georgia Foundation, each funded for arts and cultural studies scholarship programs.
How Liu Shiming Art Foundation Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$586K
Total Assets
$1M
Total Revenue
$1.4M
Total Expenses
$1.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $24K and $75K, with a median of $70K.
25th Percentile
$24K
Median
$70K
75th Percentile
$75K
Geographic Reach
National11 states funded
About 14% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
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