EIN 13-3244308

Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
10
Year formed
1985
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, established and endowed by the artist during her lifetime (1928-2011), is dedicated to promoting greater public interest in and understanding of the visual arts.
Total revenues
$25,227,850
2022
Total expenses
$12,804,330
2022
Total assets
$166,162,178
2022
Num. employees
10
2022

Program areas at Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Cataloguing and maintaining the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation art collection for loans to museum exhibitions and in preparation for a future catalogue raisonne. Curating exhibitions or partnering on curatorial projects advancing the legacy of Helen Frankenthaler and public understanding of her work. Organizing and presenting public programs and events on or related to Frankenthaler's work and to other abstract expressionist artists, as well as the role and responsibilities of artist-endowed foundations.
Processing and maintaining the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation archives and library as a study center to facilitate scholarly research on the artist's work. Publishing and assisting with the publication of catalogues and other scholarly texts on Helen Frankenthaler and her work's relation to other 20th and 21st century artists. Organizing and studying the Foundation's collection of prints by Helen Frankenthaler in preparation for phase 2 of the Frankenthaler prints initiative of gifts to university art museums.
Developing and offering programs in conjunction with bennington college's department of visual arts, specifically its museum fellows term, for which the Foundation's offices and study center serve as the new york city hub. Conducting and archiving interviews for an oral history program to aid future scholarship on Helen Frankenthaler and the context of her work.
Income from the licensing of the reproduction of and/or publication of Helen Frankenthaler's art constitutes some of the means by which the Foundation currently accomplishes its exempt purpose. The activities of the Foundation may include, without limitation, exhibition, exchange and other cultural and educational exploitation of art, irrespective of its medium, promoting recognition of, and respect for, art through education of artists and the public and, generally, to support efforts to promote greater interest and understanding of art.

Grants made by Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM)For Museum Collection$1,650,000
World Monuments Fund (WMF)Ukraine Heritage Response Fund Contribution$500,000
Swiss Institute2022 Covid Relief (Consortium: 15 Arts Organizations)$250,000
...and 87 more grants made totalling $6,124,844

Personnel at Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

NameTitleCompensation
Elizabeth SmithExecutive Director$427,000
Douglas DreishpoonDirector of HF Catal / Director of the / Catalog Raisonne Director$229,665
Maureen st OngeDirector of Collections / Director of Collecti / Collections Director$238,883
Robert BensonOffice Manager$66,950
Jessie SentivanProject Manager$116,951
...and 2 more key personnel

Financials for Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$0
Investment income and dividends$1,974,656
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$23,243,940
Gross sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$9,254
Total revenues$25,227,850

Form 990s for Helen Frankenthaler Foundation

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990PFView PDF
2021-122022-11-10990PFView PDF
2020-122021-11-12990PFView PDF
2019-122021-06-11990PFView PDF
2018-122020-02-19990PFView PDF
...and 7 more Form 990s
Data update history
January 8, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2022
December 26, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 2 new vendors, including , and
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2021
June 22, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2020
May 24, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 6 new vendors, including , , , , , and
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsPrivate non-operating foundationsCharities
Issues
EducationArts, cultural, and humanities
Characteristics
Provides grantsPartially liquidatedTax deductible donations
General information
Address
134 W 26th St 5th FL
New York, NY 10001
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Website URL
frankenthalerfoundation.org/ 
Phone
(212) 268-4937
Facebook page
HelenFrankenthalerFoundation 
Twitter profile
@hfrankenthaler 
IRS details
EIN
13-3244308
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990-PF
Year formed
1985
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T20: Private Foundations
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Independent
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