Private foundation
MILTON AND SALLY AVERY ARTS FOUNDATION INC
NEW YORK, NYEIN
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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Private foundation
NEW YORK, NYEIN
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $1,270,197 | $1,359,327 | $1,090,906 | $35,172,575 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 25% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ARTHARTFORD, CT | GENERAL SUPPORT | $100,000 | 2020 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| March A Cavanaugh | TRUSTEE | 1.00 | $0 |
| Sean Cavanaugh | TRUSTEE | 1.00 | $0 |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $35,172,575 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $1,034,667 | $1,423,891 | $1,119,971 | $35,261,705 | $35,261,705 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $501,718 | $1,840,326 | $1,575,000 | $35,660,929 | $35,660,929 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $1,567,952 | $1,908,478 | $1,626,000 | $36,999,537 | $36,999,537 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $1,477,546 | $901,221 | $714,500 | $37,340,063 | $37,340,063 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $849,904 | $639,934 | $384,300 | $36,763,738 | $36,763,738 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $3,352,075 | $705,890 | $500,000 | $36,631,002 | $36,631,002 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $901,794 | $628,492 | $430,483 | $33,984,817 | $33,984,817 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $487,200 | $608,658 | $467,000 | $33,711,515 | $33,711,515 |
| GENERAL SUPPORT |
| $75,000 |
| 2021 |
| ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS AMERICANEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $75,000 | 2020 |
| THE ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORKNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $60,000 | 2021 |
| NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ARTROSLYN HARBOR, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $60,000 | 2021 |
| STUDIO IN A SCHOOLNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $60,000 | 2022 |
| EARTH CELEBRATIONSNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $60,000 | 2021 |
| THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ARTHUNTINGTON, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $55,000 | 2021 |
| ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSUEM CURATORS (AAMC)NEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $55,000 | 2021 |
| RAW ART WORKSCAMBRIDGE, MA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $55,000 | 2021 |
| WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ARTHARTFORD, CT | GENERAL SUPPORT | $55,000 | 2022 |
| CMCA (CENTER FOR MAINE CONTEMPORARY ART)ROCKLAND, ME | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| PUBLICOLORNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| 92ND STREET YMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| BRIC ARTSMEDIA HOUSEBROOKLYN, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| GROUNDSWELLBROOKLYN, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY (ICP)NEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2021 |
| FREE ARTS NYCNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| THE ELIZABETH FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTNEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2021 |
| BRONX MUSEUM OF THE ARTSBRONX, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2021 |
| GODWIN-TERNBACH MUSEUM FUNDFLUSHING, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| THE BRUCE MUSEUMOLD GREENWICH, CT | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2018 |
| IFAR (INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ART RESEARCH)NEW YORK, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS AMERICA | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
| QCA (QUEENS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS)ASTORIA, NY | GENERAL SUPPORT | $50,000 | 2022 |
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202413129349100721
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202333139349101133
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202243189349104554
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202143159349100644
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202023179349101497
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201933119349100943
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201802989349100820
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201743149349100444
Form 990-PF · FY2015 · period ending Dec 31, 2015
Filing id 201643019349100104
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.