Solomon Guggenheim Foundation

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is private grantmaking foundation associated with the Guggenheim Museum in New York, NY.

At-A-Glance

Location: New York, NY View on map
Tax ID: 13-5562233
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $230,239,605 Revenue: $88,200,362 Expenses: $84,882,538

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is private grantmaking foundation associated with the Guggenheim Museum in New York, NY.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2024 $230,239,605 $88,200,362 $84,882,538 View
2023 $220,937,957 $82,597,103 $83,025,584 View
2022 $232,151,018 $75,933,810 $71,157,329 View
2021 $240,294,871 $73,166,662 $62,035,535 View
2020 $236,296,508 $52,810,956 $61,245,642 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 588

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Martine WestermannDIRECTOR/CEO$663,303
Martha WithingtonDEP DIR, CFO AND INTERIM COO$472,656
Sarah G AustrianDEP DIR, GEN COUNSEL & SEC.$472,290
Naomi BeckwithDEP DIR & STOCKMAN CHIEF CURATOR$412,922
Ty Woodfolk-Dep DirchiefCULTURE & INCL. OFFICER (THRU 08/24)$262,818
Cyra LevensonDEP DIR&ENGELBERG DIR EDUC&PUB ENG$246,337
Karole VailDIR, PEGGY GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION$243,531
Ronni WeinsteinASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL$222,574
Colette ChestnutCONTROLLER$222,282
Patricia A JeffersDEP DIR/CHIEF HR OFFICER(THRU 08/24)$203,261
Dana Wallach JonesASST GEN COUNSEL/ASST SECRETARY$121,644

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $92,780,524
  • Number of Grants: 2,506
  • Number of Funders: 690

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$5,000,0002023 The Engelberg FoundationUNRESTRICTED
$1,300,0002024 The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundEDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
$1,000,0002020 Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation IncUnrestricted charitable purposes
$825,0002021 Janine and J Tomilson Hill Fam TrCULTURE & ARTS
$800,0002022 Janine and J Tomilson Hill Fam TrCULTURE & ARTS
$677,3352023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
$583,0002023 Valerie & Charles Diker Fund IncGENERAL SUPPORT
$550,0002021 Valerie & Charles Diker Fund IncFINANCIAL SUPPORT
$500,0002022 The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncDIGITAL PROGRAMS
$500,0002020 The Hill Family Foundation IncCharitable for art
$500,0002020 Alex Katz Foundation IncGENERAL CONTRIBUTION
$500,0002020 The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncPROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT
$435,0002022 Manitou FundSURREALISM & MAGIC EXHIBIT ($400K) AND GENERAL SUPPORT ($35K)
$408,1692024 National Philanthropic TrustHUMAN SERVICES
$400,0002024 The Baratta Family FoundationSOLOMON R GUGGENHEIM CHARITABLE – CASH
$390,0002024 The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncTO SUPPORT DIGITAL PROGRAMS
$359,9322022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$350,0002024 The Evelyn Sharp FoundationFurtherance of the arts
$350,0002023 The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncDIGITAL PROGRAMS
$329,8502020 Valerie & Charles Diker Fund IncFINANCIAL SUPPORT
$301,6642020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$300,0002024 The Ford FoundationCore support for exhibition of work by Rashid Johnson, a solo show that will feature a brief survey of the artists work to date
$300,0002020 Joseph & Sylvia Slifka Foundation IncUnrestricted charitable purposes
$269,5002020 National Philanthropic TrustCulture & arts
$250,0002025 The Ford FoundationCore support for the exhibition: "Rashid Johnson: A Poem for Deep Thinkers"