The Nancy & Robert S Blank Foundation currently demonstrates a clear interest in supporting arts and culture, having made a single sizeable grant to Theatre Aspen. The foundation appears to favor general operating support for professional performing arts organizations, suggesting a priority on sustaining live theater and cultural programming.
Concentrated, one-off major gift: a single relatively large unrestricted grant to a performing arts organization rather than many small or diversified awards.
The Nancy & Robert S Blank Foundation’s clearest recent pattern is a single large commitment to Theatre Aspen, paired with a smaller set of grants that still lean toward performing arts and cultural organizations. In 2025, the foundation also supported Aspen Music Festival and School, Urban Stages, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center, showing interest in live performance and arts-presenting institutions rather than a single venue or discipline. The giving extends beyond arts alone: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Boston Children’s Hospital Trust, and City of Hope appear among the year’s recipients, alongside Jewish communal organizations and schools. That mix suggests a broad, discretionary approach centered on organizations that serve the public directly. The largest grant in the file, $68,333 to Theatre Aspen, stands well above the foundation’s other awards and points to a willingness to make concentrated support when a grantee appears central to its priorities. Smaller awards, including repeated $2,500 and $1,000 grants, indicate a secondary pattern of modest general support across several institutions.
Arts and culture are the most visible thread in the foundation’s giving. Theatre Aspen received $68,333 for general charitable support, and Aspen Music Festival and School received $15,000 for the same purpose. The foundation also funded Urban Stages in New York and Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, both through general charitable grants. Its 2025 grants also reached health and medical institutions. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center received $10,000, while Boston Children’s Hospital Trust and City of Hope each received smaller general charitable awards. In education and community life, Friends Seminary, The Chapin School, Central Park Conservancy, and Streetsquash all appear in the recipient list, showing a mix of school, civic, and youth-serving support. Jewish organizations also received grants, including Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY and American Friends of Magen David Adom.
Typical grant size is modest: the distribution runs from $1,000 at the 25th percentile to a $2,500 median and $5,000 at the 75th percentile. The file also contains one outlier-sized award, which pulls the average upward relative to the median. The grants shown are all from 2025, so the data supports a current-year snapshot rather than a multi-year recurrence pattern. The foundation is a private family foundation with $1,756,102 in assets and $135,883 in annual grants given, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The listed grants are general charitable awards, suggesting flexible, non-designated support.
$414K
$1.5M
$170K
$419K
Most grants fall between $1K and $5K, with a median of $3K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$3K
75th Percentile
$5K
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Notable grantees: Theatre Aspen
Grant recipients are all in the United States. New York is the top state by grant count, and 48% of grants go to recipients in the foundation’s HQ state. New York City shows up repeatedly, with grants to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY, Urban Stages, Friends Seminary, American Friends of Magen David Adom, Central Park Conservancy, Streetsquash, and The Chapin School. Outside New York, Aspen and the Roaring Fork Valley area appear several times, including Aspen, Basalt, and Snowmass Village. Other recipient locations include Boston, Norwalk, Philadelphia, Duarte, Brooklyn, and Aspen-area Colorado communities.
The recent grants point to arts and culture, health, education, and Jewish communal organizations. Recipients include Theatre Aspen and Aspen Music Festival and School, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Boston Children’s Hospital Trust, Friends Seminary and The Chapin School, and Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY and American Friends of Magen David Adom.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is relatively small: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $2,500, and the 75th percentile is $5,000. One much larger grant to Theatre Aspen sits above that range.
New York is the top state by grant count, and 48% of grants go to recipients in New York. New York City appears frequently among recipients, along with Aspen-area Colorado locations such as Aspen, Basalt, and Snowmass Village.
Yes. The largest grant went to Theatre Aspen for general charitable support, and other arts recipients in the list include Aspen Music Festival and School, Urban Stages, and Anderson Ranch Arts Center. The pattern is centered on live performance and arts-presenting institutions.
No. The foundation’s profile indicates that it does not fund individuals and does not make program-related investments.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weill Cornell Medicine | New York, NY | $201,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Theatre Aspen | Aspen, CO | $116,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Aspen Valley Hospital | Aspen, CO | $25,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| America Needs You | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Aspen Music Festival and School | Aspen, CO | $15,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Icahn School of Medicine | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY | New York, NY | $4,800 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Friends Seminary | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Alzheimer's Association | Cohoes, NY | $3,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Urban Stages | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| The Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | $2,500 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation | Norwalk, CT | $2,500 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Planned Parenthood for the Rockies | Denver, CO | $2,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| The Windward School | White Plains, NY | $1,500 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| The Chapin School | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| English in Action | Basalt, CO | $1,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| The 1898 Foundation | Purchase, NY | $500 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| IBG Foundation | Glendale, AZ | $250 | 2026 | General Charitable |
| Theatre Aspen | Aspen, CO | $68,333 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Aspen Music Festival and School | Aspen, CO | $15,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY | New York, NY | $7,500 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Boston Children's Hospital Trust | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Icahn School of Medicine | New York, NY | $5,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Urban Stages | New York, NY | $3,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| MHE Research Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| American Friends of Magen David Adom | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| The Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | $2,500 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation | Norwalk, CT | $2,500 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Friends Seminary | New York, NY | $2,500 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| English in Action | Basalt, CO | $2,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Aspen Community Foundation | Basalt, CO | $2,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| The Chapin School | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Anderson Ranch Arts Center | Snowmass Village, CO | $1,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Central Park Conservancy | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Streetsquash | New York, NY | $1,000 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| American Jewish Committee | Philadelphia, PA | $800 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| City of Hope | Duarte, CA | $500 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| The Samuel D Cozen Memorial Fund | Philadelphia, PA | $250 | 2025 | General Charitable |
| Theatre Aspen | Aspen, CO | $59,333 | 2023 | General charitable |
| America Needs You | New York, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | General charitable |
| Aspen Music Festival and School | Aspen, CO | $13,000 | 2023 | General charitable |
| Icahn School of Medicine | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | General charitable |
| Memorial Sloan Kettering | New York, NY | $10,000 | 2023 | General charitable |
| The Menil Collection | Houston, TX | $5,000 | 2023 | General charitable |
| Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY | New York, NY | $4,800 | 2023 | General charitable |
| Urban Stages | New York, NY | $4,700 | 2023 | General charitable |
| The Aspen Institute | Aspen, CO | $2,500 | 2023 | General charitable |
Weill Cornell Medicine
$201,000General Charitable
Aspen Valley Hospital
$25,000General Charitable
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
$10,000General Charitable
Icahn School of Medicine
$5,000General Charitable
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY
$4,800General Charitable
Friends Seminary
$3,000General Charitable
Alzheimer's Association
$3,000General Charitable
Urban Stages
$3,000General Charitable
The Aspen Institute
$2,500General Charitable
Planned Parenthood for the Rockies
$2,000General Charitable
English in Action
$1,000General Charitable
The 1898 Foundation
$500General Charitable
IBG Foundation
$250General Charitable
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
$10,000General Charitable
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY
$7,500General Charitable
Boston Children's Hospital Trust
$5,000General Charitable
Icahn School of Medicine
$5,000General Charitable
Urban Stages
$3,000General Charitable
MHE Research Foundation
$2,500General Charitable
The Aspen Institute
$2,500General Charitable
Friends Seminary
$2,500General Charitable
English in Action
$2,000General Charitable
American Jewish Committee
$800General Charitable
The Samuel D Cozen Memorial Fund
$250General Charitable
The Menil Collection
$5,000General charitable
Congregation Emanu-El of the City of NY
$4,800General charitable
Urban Stages
$4,700General charitable