Samuel H. Kress Foundation
The keeper of European art's long memory, funding the historians and conservators who keep antiquity legible and dispersing a great collection into the nation's museums.
Financial profile
Samuel H. Kress Foundation · EIN 13-1624176 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $2,288,198 | $4,721,301 | $78,232,673 | Jun 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $5,146,879 | $3,939,678 | $72,180,429 | Jun 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $4,471,765 | $3,121,574 | $92,121,032 | Jun 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $1,498,756 | $3,985,948 | $73,785,704 | Jun 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $3,245,558 | $9,921,377 | $79,812,243 | Jun 2019 | ||
| FY2016 | $1,804,490 | $3,965,814 | $73,768,952 | Jun 2016 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Samuel H. Kress Foundation is read alongside.
GKDF
Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
A New York foundation, founded in 1976, that perpetuates humanistic inquiry and artistic creativity, with a…
KAF
Kimbell Art Foundation
The foundation established by Kay and Velma Kimbell that owns and operates the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort…
4 companies named
IBGCF
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation
A foundation established in 1978 by Iris and B. Gerald Cantor to provide philanthropic leadership in medicine…
RLF
Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
The steward of one artist's life work, keeping the record straight and the scholarship open long after the…
DF
Dedalus Foundation
An artist's foundation built to carry Robert Motherwell's conviction that modernism was worth explaining to…
Who backs SHKF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
Who backs Samuel H. Kress Foundation's peers, but not Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Companies named publicly by at least one of Samuel H. Kress Foundation's five peer societies, and not found in Samuel H. Kress Foundation's reviewed public records.
| Company | KAF | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Frost | Named | 1 of 1 |
| NBC 5 | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Northern Trust | Named | 1 of 1 |
The outside view
The keeper of European art's long memory, funding the historians and conservators who keep antiquity legible and dispersing a great collection into the nation's museums.
- Authority
- Preserve
- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Legacy
Faithful to what was handed down.
The Legacy is devoted to continuity, carrying a tradition and an identity across generations. Its gift is stability and deep institutional memory, its challenge is making room for change.
Also reads toward The Guild and The Citadel.
Strengths
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