After initially launching FCI as a $5-million commitment, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation has conferred more than $14 million since 2021, while continually expanding and deepening its program. To date, the ongoing initiative has supported a total of 244 energy efficiency and clean energy projects at over 200 visual art institutions across the U.S.

FCI grantees include regional museums, small nonprofits, art schools, and major encyclopedic museums, whose annual operating budgets range from less than $1 million to nearly $500 million.

Detailed project descriptions of current FCI Grantees can be found on our 2024 Awards Page.

See below for a list of our previous grantees.

2023 Grantees

2023 grantees include 48 visual art institutions across 23 states, with annual operating budgets ranging in size from less than one million to nearly $500 million. A total of $2.7 million was awarded in the 2023 grant cycle, with individual grants from $2.5K to $100k.


For more information, read the 2023 grantee announcement.

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    Academy Art Museum

    Dyer Arts Center, Rochester Institute of Technology

    Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture

    Glen Echo Park

    Maine Media College

    Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville

    San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

    Santa Fe Art Institute

    Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art

    Swiss Institute

    The Long Island Museum of American Art History & Carriages

    Wassaic Project

    Technical Assistance

    California College of the Arts (CCA)

    California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)

    Lake Placid Center for the Arts

    Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

    National Nordic Museum

    New Orleans Museum of Art

    Not An Alternative

    Portland Museum of Art

    The Anchorage Museum

    The Morgan Library & Museum

    The Union for Contemporary Art

    Implementation

    Artpace San Antonio

    Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

    Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Clifton Cultural Arts Center

    Dancing Spirit Center for the Arts

    Fine Arts Work Center

    Florence Griswold Museum

    Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington

    Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

    Institute for Contemporary Art, Carnegie Mellon University

    Judd Foundation

    Kentucky Museum, Western Kentucky University

    Midway Contemporary Art

    Museum of Arts and Design

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

    Museum of International Folk Art

    Pratt Institute

    Provincetown Art Association and Museum

    SITE Santa Fe

    Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

    The Eiteljorg Museum

    The Museum of Modern Art

    The Noguchi Museum

    Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University

    Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

2022 Grantees

2022 FCI grantees represent a broad cross-section of 48 collecting institutions across 19 states, ranging from smaller, specialized museums, to regional powerhouses and major encyclopedic institutions, with annual operating budgets ranging in size from less than one million to nearly $500 million. A total of $3 million was awarded in the 2022 grant cycle.


For more information, read the 2022 grantee announcement.

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    Contemporary Arts Center

    Erie Art Museum

    Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown

    Nevada Museum of Art

    Oakbrook Park Chumash Indian Corporation

    Speed Art Museum

    The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art

    Westbeth Artists Housing

    Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

    Technical Assistance

    Art, Design & Architecture Museum, University of California

    Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture at Bard College

    Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

    Henry Gallery Association, Inc. (University of Washington)

    Judd Foundation

    Longview Museum of Fine Arts

    MASS MoCA

    Museum of Arts and Design, New York

    Philadelphia Contemporary

    Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens

    South Side Community Art Center

    Contemporary Art Museum at University of South Florida Foundation, Inc.

    Kentucky Museum at West Kentucky University

    Implementation

    Visual and Performing Arts Center at Bennington College

    Carnegie Museum of Art

    Center for Jewish History

    Delaware Art Museum

    Elmhurst Art Museum

    Florence Griswold Museum, Inc.

    Hill-Stead Museum

    MacDowell

    Minnesota Marine Art Museum

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

    New Britain Museum of American Art

    New Museum of Contemporary Art

    Dennos Museum Center at Northwestern Michigan College

    Pittsburgh Glass Center

    San Diego Museum of Art

    Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

    Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

    Storm King Art Center

    Tacoma Art Museum

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

    The Morgan Library & Museum

    The Museum of Modern Art

    Wing Luke Memorial Foundation

    Yale Center for British Art

    Yale University Art Gallery

2021 Grantees

In response to the range, depth, and need of applications from the first call for proposals, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation awarded $5.1 million to 79 institutions through the Frankenthaler Climate Initiative and simultaneously announced an additional $5 million to the initiative, to be awarded over the next two years. The 2021 grantees represent a broad cross-section of collecting institutions across more than 25 states, ranging from smaller, specialized museums, to regional powerhouses and major encyclopedic institutions.


For more information, read the 2021 grantee announcement.

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    Anchorage Museum

    Fenimore Art Museum

    Florence Griswold Museum

    Henry Morrison Flagler Museum

    International Center of Photography

    Judd Foundation

    Kentucky Museum

    Lyndhurst Mansion

    International Museum of Art & Science (IMAS)

    Museum of Science & History (MoSH)

    Museum of Arts and Design

    Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)

    Riverside Art Museum

    Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago

    Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

    Studio Museum in Harlem

    Yale University Art Gallery

    Technical Assistance

    Abbe Museum

    Barnes Foundation

    Carnegie Institute (Carnegie Museum of Art)

    Denver Art Museum

    Guild Hall

    Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

    Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami

    Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

    Montclair Art Museum

    Museo de Arte de Ponce

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

    Museum of Modern Art

    National Gallery of Art

    Newark Museum of Art

    New Britain Museum of American Art

    Provincetown Art Association and Museum

    Seattle Art Museum

    The Clark

    Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

    Farnsworth Museum

    Yale Center for British Art, Yale University

    Implementation

    Bennington College

    Bennington Museum

    Berkshire Museum

    Bishop Museum

    California Indian Museum and Cultural Center

    Cape Ann Museum

    Cincinnati Art Museum

    Colby College Museum of Art

    Currier Museum of Art

    The Davis

    Dayton Art Institute

    Dia Art Foundation

    Everson Museum of Art

    Figge Art Museum

    Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

    Frick Collection

    Georgia O'Keeffe Museum

    Honolulu Museum of Art

    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

    Joslyn Art Museum

    Krannert Art Museum

    Laguna Art Museum

    Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art

    Los Angeles County Museum of Art

    Minneapolis Institute of Art

    Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

    Morgan Library & Museum

    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

    Museum of International Folk Art

    Nasher Sculpture Center

    National Museum of Women in the Arts

    New Mexico Museum of Art

    Orange County Museum of Art

    Philadelphia Museum of Art

    Plains Art Museum

    Princeton University Art Museum

    Springfield Museums

    Taft Museum of Art

    Timken Museum of Art

    Walters Art Museum

    Weatherspoon Art Museum