Past Grants
* 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
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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:
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Pre-2015 Grantees
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