The Kallir Family Foundation concentrates its philanthropy almost exclusively on visual arts institutions, with a clear emphasis on modern and American art museums. Its gifts are institutional support aimed at major cultural organizations rather than small grassroots projects, and it supports both flagship metropolitan museums and college-affiliated art museums. The foundation’s giving reflects a preference for established museums that steward important modern and American art collections.
Highly concentrated: very few grants with one very large gift to a flagship museum and smaller, infrequent gifts to other prominent art institutions; favors institutional support over many small or grassroots grants.
$13.7M
$46.4M
$81K
$13.7M
About 25% of grants go to recipients in DC.
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Notable grantees: Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smith College Museum of Art
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART | LOS ANGELES, CA | $13,241,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM | WASHINGTON, DC | $290,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| HIGH ART MUSEUM | ATLANTA, GA | $157,500 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | NEW YORK, NY | $30,000 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART | NORTHHAMPTON, MA | $18,500 | 2026 | GENERAL SUPPORT |
| MUSEUM OF MODERN ART | NEW YORK, NY | $1,100,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM | WASHINGTON, DC | $150,000 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
| SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART | NORTHHAMPTON, MA | $4,900 | 2025 | SUPPORT |
HIGH ART MUSEUM
$157,500GENERAL SUPPORT
SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
$18,500GENERAL SUPPORT
SUPPORT
SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
$150,000SUPPORT
SMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART
$4,900SUPPORT