Sidney E Frank Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies
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About Sidney E Frank Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies
The Sidney E. Frank Foundation concentrates its grantmaking entirely on a single arts organization that develops large-scale artistic programming in a natural setting. All support funds the Tippet Rise Foundation’s operations, venue development, and public access to music and visual arts, indicating a mission-driven, hands-on approach to arts patronage rather than broad charitable diversification. This suggests the foundation prioritizes immersive, site-specific arts experiences and arts education tied to its flagship project.
Focus Areas
Support for a private operating arts foundation (Tippet Rise)Large-scale music and visual arts installations in natural/rural settingsDevelopment and operation of arts venues and public programmingAccess to arts education and community engagement through site-based programming
Who They Fund
college and graduate students (including first-generation and MFA/MA candidates)museum and public arts audiences / general publicartists and arts educatorslocal community residents (e.g., Gilroy, Hollister)
About Sidney E Frank Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies
The Sidney E Frank Foundation C/o Pkf O'connor Davies makes its clearest mark through a long-running commitment to Tippet Rise Foundation, including an $11 million grant in 2023 to support the foundation’s charitable and educational purposes, venue development, and access to art in a natural setting. That same arts-centered pattern continues in 2025 with multiple operating grants to Tippet Rise Foundation, showing a funder that prefers sustained institutional support over scattered one-off gifts. Alongside that flagship relationship, the foundation also backs arts organizations tied to music, literature, and visual art, as well as higher-education support and a smaller set of medical and life sciences grantmaking. The recent record shows a mix of large operating support, capital support, and program-specific funding, with some grants directed to named scholarship and arts initiatives. Brown University received support for BrownConnect and financial aid, while Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation and Storm King Art Center also appear among recent recipients, reinforcing the foundation’s emphasis on arts access, poetry, and arts infrastructure. The overall picture is of a foundation with concentrated priorities and a consistent preference for direct support of institutions and programs it appears to know well.
What Sidney E Frank Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Funds
Arts is the foundation’s most visible lane. It gave $500,000 to Storm King Art Center to support the development of a new facility for conservation, art storage, and maintenance, and $100,000 to An Claidheamh Soluis Inc, dba Irish Arts Center, for literature programs. Poetry is a separate thread: the foundation awarded $500,000 and three additional $250,000 grants to Adrian Brinkerhoff Poetry Foundation for general operating support. Education is another recurring focus. Brown University received $1 million for BrownConnect and financial aid, while Marcus a Foster Educational Institute received $150,000 for Fulcrum. The foundation also funded working-adult and policy work through a $170,000 grant to Working America Education Fund and supported methane mitigation policy research at University of California Berkeley Foundation with $150,000.
How Sidney E Frank Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$22.5M
Total Assets
$324.8M
Total Revenue
$34.3M
Total Expenses
$25.9M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $5K and $25K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$5K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
National21 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Sidney E Frank Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies Funds
Top 5 recipient countries by grant volume for Sidney E Frank Foundation C/O Pkf O'Connor Davies.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 457 | $98.8M | 87.4% |
| 2 |
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