Past Grants

 

2020

 

 

2019

2018

2017

    * Funded by the recommendation of the Artist Council, an ongoing group of working artists that assists in shaping the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation's philanthropy and oversees a portion of the Foundation’s grant giving. Artists Council stipends and expenses are funded through a grant from the Annenberg Foundation.
    ** Funded by the Rauschenberg Responsive Fund through the Brooklyn Community Foundation.
    *** Funded by The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Fund through the Southwest Florida Community Foundation.

     

    2015-2017 Programs


    Artist as Activist
    The Foundation provided game-changing resources to artists of all disciplines who were addressing important global challenges through their creative practice. The program provided funding in three areas: individual fellowships, organizational grants, and travel and research opportunities.

    Individual Fellowships

    2017 2016 2015
    • Eve Abrams
    • Chicago Torture Justice Memorials
    • Erika Cohn
    • Jesse Krimes
    • Jo Kreiter
    • Michelle Angela Ortiz
    • Zoey Martinson
    • Alex Rivera & Cristina Ibarra
    • Spirithouse

     

    • Echoes of Incarceration
    • Maria Gaspar
    • The Graduates
    • Titus Kaphar
    • Los Angeles Poverty Department
    • Favianna Rodriguez
    • Paul Rucker
    • El Sawyer
    • jackie sumell
    • Shontina Vernon
    • Chemi Rosada-Seijo
    • Dalit Diva
    • Deanna Van Buren
    • Jasiri X
    • People’s Collective Arts
    • Susan McAllister & Naomi Natale

     

     

     

     

    Organizational Grants

    Travel & Research Grants

    • Alternate ROOTS, Atlanta, GA         
    • Arts and Democracy, New York, NY                      
    • The Center for Urban Pedagogy, New York, NY
    • Creative Time, New York, NY 
    • The Laundromat Project, New York, NY
    • McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC
    • National Performance Network, New Orleans, LA                 
    • Project Row Houses, Houston, TX          
    • Queens Museum, Queens, NY                
    • Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM    
    • Desireena Almoradie
    • Lynnée Denise Bonner
    • Daniel Fishback
    • For Women Collective
    • Ellen Lesperance 
    • Shani Peters
    • Anna Reich 
    • Scott Shigeoka
    • Tattfoo Tan

     

     

    Art & Education
    The Art + Education grants were an investment in schools, agencies, and organizations working to ensure a quality arts education for all students. Grantees were:

    • Art21 
    • George Washington University - Corcoran
    • Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
    • Lab School of Washington 
    • President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
    • Studio in a School
    • Wendy Ewald - Learning Through Photography Tanzania

     

    Art & Environment
    The Art + Environment program was created to support effective methods for addressing climate change that leveraged creativity and broad-based civic engagement. The program provided funding in three areas: 

    • Individual artists, who were supported through programs such as Marfa Dialogues/NY and Marfa Dialogues/St. Louis, as well as grants to produce Lars Jan’s Holoscenes and Maya Lin’s What is Missing? memorial to biodiversity.
    • Sundance Institute, a partnership was developed to support films and emerging media projects that tackle climate change and the need for action.
    • The Climate Change Solutions Fund, which was initiated for organizations with a proven track record working to address the root cause of climate change, funded:
      • Architects Without Borders, Seattle, WA 
      • Beautiful Solutions, New York, NY
      • Children's Radio Foundation, New York, NY
      • ForestEthics, San Francisco, CA  
      • Institute of Governance and Sustainable Development, Washington DC 
      • Movement Generation, Oakland, CA 
      • Native Seeds/SEARCH, Tucson, AZ 
      • Thunder Valley CDC, Porcupine, SD 
      • Worldwatch Institute, Washington DC

     

    Regional Grants
    Building on the deep ties Robert Rauschenberg had to New York and to Captiva, FL, the foundation established a Regional Grants program, which provided support to area organizations both in and outside of the art sector. To administer these grants, the foundation formed partnerships with two community foundations: New York Community Trust and Southwest Florida Community Foundation. While our regional grants program is closed, these partnerships continue through our Emergency grants.


    SEED
    SEED was a combination of risk capital and value-added support to early stage, groundbreaking projects in small- to mid-size arts organizations at their earliest operational stages in cities across the US. Grantees were:

    • Alabama Song, Houston, TX
    • Allied Media Projects, Detroit, MI
    • Antena, Houston, TX
    • The Avenue Concept, Providence, RI
    • Black House Collective, Kansas City, MO
    • Blackpoet Ventures, Phoenix, AZ
    • Blights Out, New Orleans, LA
    • Campbell Culture Coalition, Appalachia
    • Carpetbag Theater, Inc, Appalachia
    • Cattle Track Arts and Preservation Society, Phoenix, AZ
    • Complex Movements, Detroit, MI
    • Conduit Dance, Portland, OR
    • Congo Square Preservation Society, New Orleans, LA
    • Convergence-Continuum, Cleveland, OH
    • Dashboard Co-op, Atlanta, GA
    • Dirt Palace, Providence, RI

     

    • Emerging Leaders in the Arts, Buffalo, NY
    • Ensemble Theatre, Cleveland, OH
    • Epicentre Arts, Appalachia
    • Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta, GA
    • The Fishtank Performance Studio, Kansas City, MO
    • Fiveone Experimental Orchestra, Cleveland, OH
    • Fokl, Kansas City, MO
    • Fringe Society Studio, Detroit, MI
    • Front/Space, Kansas City, MO
    • Glo, Atlanta, GA
    • Handbarrow, Appalachia
    • Heidelberg Project, Detroit, MI
    • Living Walls, Atlanta, GA
    • The Lucky Penny, Atlanta, GA
    • Magic Lantern Cinema, Providence, RI
    • Mondo Bizarro, New Orleans, LA
    • Morrison Dance, Cleveland, OH
    • New Orleans Black Mardi Gras Indian Co-op, Inc, New Orleans, LA

     

    • New Orleans Fringe Festival, New Orleans, LA
    • Off Center Dance, Boise, ID
    • Pelican Bomb, New Orleans, LA
    • Performance Works Northwest, Portland, OR
    • Power House Productions, Detroit, MI
    • Press Street, New Orleans, LA
    • R.K. Projects, Providence, RI
    • Shaking the Tree Theatre and Studio, Portland, OR
    • Signal Culture, Buffalo, NY
    • Story Story Night, Boise, ID
    • Sugar City, Buffalo, NY
    • Sustainable Native Communities Collaborative, Santa Fe, NM
    • Umoja Committee, New Orleans, LA
    • Visual Arts Collective and Alley Repertory Theater, Boise, ID

     

     

     

    Pre-2015 Grantees

    • Abuse, Counseling, and Treatment, Inc
    • Acadiana Center for the Arts
    • American Indian Artists Inc. (Amerinda)
    • American Symphony Orchestra
    • Anchorage Museum
    • Animal Refuge Center
    • Aperture Foundation 
    • Arm-of-the-Sea Theatre
    • Art Division
    • Aspen Institute
    • Ballroom Marfa
    • Baryshnikov Arts Center
    • Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
    • Big Arts 
    • Brooklyn Academy of Music
    • Brooklyn Arts Exchange
    • Carbon Tax Center
    • Center for Community Arts
    • Center for New York City Affairs
    • Center for Social Inclusion
    • Center for Urban Pedagogy
    • Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife
    • Coalition for the Homeless - NYC
    • Cooper Union Inst for Sustainable Design
    • Creative Time 
    • Culture Project
    • Danspace Project
    • Deconstructive Theatre Project
    • designNYC
    • Doctors of the World
    • Duke University, Tanzania Poster Project
    • Exit Art
    • Foundation for Lee County Public Schools, Inc.
    • Fountain House, Inc.

     

    • Friends of Materials for the Arts
    • Friends of the Highline
    • Gallery Aferro
    • Guild Hall
    • Harbor Lights Theater Company
    • House Foundation for the Arts
    • IMC Lab and Gallery
    • International Print Center New York
    • International Research Institute for Climate and Society - Columbia University
    • Joe's Pub at the Public Theater
    • John Cage Organ Foundation
    • John Cage Trust
    • Kean University Foundation
    • LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division)
    • LAXART
    • LongHouse Reserve
    • Lucy the Elephant 
    • Machine Project
    • Mary Miss/City as Living Laboratory
    • Mayo Performing Arts Center
    • McCarter Theatre
    • Merce Cunningham Dance Company
    • Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
    • National Academy Museum and School
    • National Resources Defense Council
    • New Jersey Repertory Company
    • New York Foundation for the Arts
    • New York Live Arts
    • New York University, Exit Art Closure Study
    • Noguchi Museum
    • North Dakota Museum of Art
    • Ocean Professional Theatre Company 
    • Park Ridge - Niles School District 64

     

    • People for the American Way Foundation 
    • Philip Johnson Glass House 
    • Ping Chong and Company
    • President’s Committee on Arts & Humanities, Turnaround Arts Initiative
    • Project Row Houses
    • Puppetry Arts Theatre
    • Railroad Playhouse
    • Rockaway Waterfront Alliance
    • Rod Rodgers Dance Company
    • Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation
    • SculptureCenter
    • Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey
    • Socrates Sculpture Park
    • Space One Eleven
    • SPACES
    • Storefront for Art and Architecture
    • STREB
    • Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble
    • Superhero Clubhouse
    • Surflight Theatre 
    • The Drawing Center
    • The Earth Institute - Columbia University
    • The Lab School of Washington
    • The Laundromat Project
    • The Studio in a School
    • Theatre Development Fund
    • Triple Canopy
    • Trisha Brown Dance Company 
    • Two River Theatre Company
    • U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Art in a Box Program 
    • Westfield Symphony Orchestra
    • Women & Their Work