Council for Canadian American Relations
ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
About Council for Canadian American Relations
The Council for Canadian American Relations advances the public’s appreciation of the arts by conducting programs and activities in Canada and the United States that promote artistic excellence and support arts and cultural institutions functioning in and between the two countries.
Focus Areas
ArtsCultureScholarshipsCross-border cultural exchangeGrants
Who They Fund
studentsarts educatorsschool-aged youth
Funding Style
programmatic supportproject-based fundingdirect service
Topics
art education
About Council for Canadian American Relations
The Council for Canadian American Relations Inc. uses its grantmaking to support art education and cross-border cultural exchange between Canada and the United States, with awards reaching museums, performing arts groups, and scholarship partners. Its largest recent grant was $392,827 to Tate Americas Foundation in New York for art education, followed by $311,000 to MoMA in New York and $250,001 to the Art Institute of Chicago. Those grants point to a funder that combines major institutional support with education-oriented arts funding. The foundation also backs organizations tied to curatorial and public-facing arts work. Friends of the New Curators received $200,001 in 2023 and another $100,001 in 2024, while the Hirshhorn Museum received $140,000 in 2024 and $48,145 in 2023. Other large awards went to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Vero Beach Museum of Art, Pen America, the American Friends of the Centre Pompidou, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Across recent grants, its emphasis stays on arts and cultural institutions working in educational or exchange-oriented settings.
What Council for Canadian American Relations Funds
A large share of the foundation’s recent giving supports art education at museums and related institutions. Examples include $87,000 to Pen America in 2024 and $86,450 to The American Friends of the Ctr of Pompidou in 2024, both coded as art education. The Council for Canadian American Relations Inc. also backs organizations that connect artists and audiences across disciplines. It gave $53,255 to Artis Naples in 2024 and $37,013 to Santa Fe Opera in 2023, both in art education. Another pattern is support for curatorial and institutional capacity. Friends of the New Curators received $200,001 in 2023 and $100,001 in 2024, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston received $141,717 in 2023 and $50,475 in 2024.
How Council for Canadian American Relations Gives
Typical awards sit in the middle of a wide spread: the p25 grant is $10,001, the median is $23,750, and the p75 is $62,380. The foundation is a grantmaker rather than a funder of individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. Recent activity shows repeat support to the same organizations across years, including multiple awards to Yiddish Book Center and American Friends of the National Portrait Gallery. It also uses named programs, including annual scholarships, a general grants program, a cross-border grants program, and a time-limited COVID-19 relief initiative. Unsolicited applications are accepted only in the donations of art and cultural objects program.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.7M
Total Assets
$3.9M
Total Revenue
$3.6M
Total Expenses
$2.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $62K, with a median of $24K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$24K
75th Percentile
$62K
Geographic Reach
National9 states funded
About 44% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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