The Edlis-Neeson Foundation is a private foundation that gives grants and donations to art institutes and museums.
Financial Statistics
Total Assets
Total Revenue
Total Expenses
| Year | Total Assets | Total Revenue | Total Expenses | Filing |
|---|
| 2025 | $24,119,985 | $12,682,953 | $10,817,286 | View |
| 2024 | $13,992,908 | $620,570 | $1,426,428 | View |
| 2023 | $14,799,377 | $-94,895 | $1,757,944 | View |
| 2022 | $16,473,938 | $22,285 | $1,083,387 | View |
| 2021 | $17,712,707 | $6,031,330 | $989,125 | View |
| 2020 | $12,670,502 | $31,371 | $1,155,934 | View |
Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
Grant Activity
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
- Total Grant Value: $49,266,684
- Number of Grants: 493
- Number of Recipients: 126
Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:
| Amount | Year | Funder | Subject |
|---|
| $633,000 | 2022 | NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $605,700 | 2023 | NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $600,000 | 2024 | Lyric Opera of Chicago | UNRESTRICTED |
| $500,600 | 2021 | Lyric Opera of Chicago | UNRESTRICTED |
| $500,500 | 2023 | Lyric Opera of Chicago | UNRESTRICTED |
| $250,000 | 2024 | NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $236,500 | 2020 | MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $225,000 | 2020 | Lyric Opera of Chicago | UNRESTRICTED |
| $136,500 | 2023 | MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $125,000 | 2020 | Friends of the Jewish Museum of Vienna Inc | UNRESTRICED |
| $117,700 | 2020 | NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $105,000 | 2022 | MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $101,750 | 2020 | The Aspen Institute | UNRESTRICTED |
| $100,000 | 2020 | Music Associates of Aspen Inc | UNRESTRICTED |
| $95,150 | 2021 | Aspen Art Museum | UNRESTRICTED |
| $92,350 | 2020 | Aspen Art Museum | UNRESTRICTED |
| $75,000 | 2024 | MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | UNRESTRICTED |
| $72,350 | 2023 | Aspen Art Museum | UNRESTRICTED |
| $65,000 | 2021 | Whitney Museum of American Art | UNRESTRICTED |
| $62,000 | 2023 | The Aspen Institute | UNRESTRICTED |
| $50,000 | 2021 | Aspen Institute (scholarship Fund) (2) | UNRESTRICTED |
| $50,000 | 2021 | CHICAGO OPERA THEATER | UNRESTRICTED |
| $50,000 | 2020 | CHICAGO OPERA THEATER | UNRESTRICTED |
| $46,500 | 2022 | Aspen Art Museum | UNRESTRICTED |
| $45,000 | 2024 | CHICAGO OPERA THEATER | UNRESTRICTED |
