Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
ActiveArts, Culture & Humanities
About Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on supporting modern and contemporary art institutions, with an emphasis on exhibition funding and archival preservation. Grants are large and targeted, often directed to prominent European museums as well as U.S.-based friends groups that facilitate transatlantic collaborations and acquisitions. The foundation appears to prioritize sustaining institutional capacity for exhibiting and preserving the Alberses' artistic legacy and related modern art programming.
Focus Areas
Exhibition and archival support for modern and contemporary art museumsFunding of European modern art institutions (e.g., Paris, The Hague)Support for U.S.-based friends groups and affiliates that facilitate international museum partnershipsPreservation and promotion of the artistic legacy of Josef and Anni Albers through institutional grants
Who They Fund
art students / learners (glass art)community artists / emerging artistsmuseums or archival exhibition programsgeneral public / museum visitors (indirectly)
About Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Inc gives its largest recent support to museum exhibition and archive work, led by a $12,403,610 grant to Musee D'art Moderne De Paris for exhibit and archives. That scale is not isolated: the foundation also made a $1,004,000 grant to Kunstmuseum Den Haag for exhibit and archives and a $400,000 grant to Instituto Valenciano De Arte Moderno for exhibit. These awards point to a grantmaker that prioritizes institutions holding and interpreting modern art, especially where exhibition planning and archival preservation intersect. Alongside museum support, the foundation backs artist residencies and related programs that connect studio time with research and access to archives and libraries. Its residency programs in Bethany, Connecticut, West Cork, Ireland, and Sinthian, Senegal provide space, accommodation, and in some cases broader cultural programming. The funding pattern also includes general donations to organizations tied to art education, literary publishing, and community arts. Across those different channels, the foundation’s giving reflects sustained attention to the artistic legacy of Josef and Anni Albers and to institutions that can present, preserve, or study modern and contemporary art.
What Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Funds
Exhibition and archival support is the clearest thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $12,403,610 to Musee D'art Moderne De Paris for exhibit and archives, $1,004,000 to Kunstmuseum Den Haag for exhibit and archives, and $400,000 to Instituto Valenciano De Arte Moderno for exhibit. Those grants show a focus on institutions preparing public presentation and long-term preservation at the same time. The foundation also supports education linked to visual materials and studio practice. It gave $50,000 to Loomis Chaffee School, with the award broken out for glass art supplies and a glass art teacher, and $50,000 to Publicolor for scholarships. In New York, it also supported The Classical Theatre of Harlem with a general donation and Bellevue Literary Press with general donations. Those grants show a broader interest in arts learning and cultural programming, not only museum collections.
How Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Gives
Typical grants are modest at the center and occasionally much larger: p25 is $2,094, median is $5,000, and p75 is $42,500. The distribution includes a few very large institutional awards alongside many grants at $5,000 or below. Recipients also appear across multiple years, including American Friends of Le Korsa Inc, Bellevue Literary Press, Publicolor, Loomis Chaffee School, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Outward Bound USA, Rehearsal for Life, and Wshu Sacred Heart University. The foundation is not listed as funding individuals and does not make program-related investments. Unsolicited applications are accepted for several residency programs, including the Bethany residency, Carraig-na-gCat, Thread, and the Regina Tierney Fund.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$2.8M
Total Assets
$27.2M
Total Revenue
$5.7M
Total Expenses
$9.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $2K and $43K, with a median of $5K.
25th Percentile
$2K
Median
$5K
75th Percentile
$43K
Geographic Reach
Regional4 states funded
About 40% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Josef and Anni Albers Foundation Funds
Top 7 recipient countries by grant volume for Josef and Anni Albers Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 31 | $4.7M | 73.8% |
| 2 | France | 4 | $12.4M |
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