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September 10, 2020 - IFPDA Foundation Announces Annual Grants and Awards for 2020
January 10, 2020 - Applications for Summer 2020 Curatorial Internship grants are now open to eligible institutions
August 30, 2019 - IFPDA Foundation Announces Annual Grants and Awards
August 1, 2019 - Tickets On Sale for the IFPDA Foundation Cocktail Benefit
GRANTS & AWARDS
The IFPDA Foundation provides various grants and awards throughout the year, benefiting many deserving institutions and organizations. Currently, the foundation offers Foundation Grants, the Book Award, Curatorial Internship grants, the Richard Hamilton Acquisition Prize, and the Jordan Schnitzer Award for Excellence in Printmaking.
FOUNDATION GRANTS
The Foundation provides financial support to museums and non-profit organizations for exhibitions, publications, and educational projects that promote greater awareness and understanding of printmaking as an artistic medium.
Grants are made to non-profit organizations that are certified tax-exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service code. Applications from organizations outside the United States that can document not-for-profit status will also be considered.
Online submission typically opens in January each year and must be completed by April. Please download the Grants Guidelines for complete details.
The 2022 Grant applications closed on April 15.

2020
Katonah Museum Of Art Inc
ARRIVALS
For support of the interpretive and educational activities associated with the exhibition ARRIVALS.
2020
Guttenberg Arts
Space & Time Artist Residency Programs
To help support printmakers during the Space and Time Artist Residency Program.
2020
International Print Center New York
Living In America
To provide support for the exhibition Living In America.
2020
Self Help Graphics & Art
SHG Biennial Printmaking Summit
To support programming during the SHG's Biennial Printmaking Summit.
2019
British Museum
Research publication: Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society
To support the research publication ‘Late Hokusai: Thought, Technique, Society’, based on the scholarly discussions and outcomes of a symposium on the British Museum’s hugely popular exhibition, Hokusai: Beyond the Great Wave.
2017
Cape Ann Museum, Massachusetts
Drawn from Nature & on Stone: The Lithographs of Fitz Henry Lane
2019
Krannert Art Museum
Artists as Advocates: Seeking Social Justice in the 1930s
In support of the exhibition Pressing Issues: Printmaking as Social Justice in the 1930s United States.
2020
Blanton Museum of Art
After Michelangelo, Past Picasso: Leo Steinberg's Library of Prints
For support of the exhibition After Michelangelo, Past Picasso: Leo Steinberg's Library of Prints.
2020
The Hermitage Museum & Gardens
Whistler and Company: The Etching Revival: The Hermitage Museum and Gardens 2021
To support the exhibition Whistler and Company: The Etching Revival: The Hermitage Museum and Gardens 2021.
2020
New York Public Library
Fortune and Folly in 1720 exhibition, and the publication: Meltdown! Picturing the World's First Bubble Economy
To support the Fortune and Folly in 1720 exhibition, and its accompanying publication: Meltdown! Picturing the World's First Bubble Economy.
2020
The Todd Art Gallery at Middle Tennessee State University
Screenprint Biennial Symposium
To assist with funding for artist demonstrations at Screenprint Biennial Symposium and support documentation in the form of a catalog and web archive.
2019
Dieu Donné Paper Mill
Papermaking Workshop & Exhibition For Printmaking Students
For its Papermaking Workshop & Exhibition For Printmaking Students, a new one-day papermaking workshop and pop-up exhibition for MFA and BFA printmaking students at Dieu Donné.
2019
Flint Institute of Arts
Exhibition, Political and Personal: Images of Gay Identity
For Political and Personal: Images of Gay Identity, an exhibition culminated by the IFPDA supported internship in 2018.
2020
Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation
For the Greatest Number: Artifacts of the New Deal
To support public programming and the exhibition For the Greatest Number: Artifacts of the New Deal.
2020
Hunterdon Art Museum
PRINT+: Sameness and Otherness in Contemporary Printmedia
To provide exhibition support for PRINT+: Sameness and Otherness in Contemporary Print Media.
2020
Seattle Print Arts
Seattle Print Arts Community Education
To support its community outreach mission allowing artists talks and demonstrations to be open to the public.
2020
Van Gogh Museum
The Technique of Color Lithography in Exhibition from Proof to Perfection
To support an educational video on the technique of color lithography in exhibition from Proof to perfection.
2019
Derfner Judaica Museum at The Hebrew Home at Riverdale
Impressions of Eastern Europe: Prints from the Permanent Collection
To fund Impressions of Eastern Europe: Prints From the Permanent Collection, an exhibition of prints by European and American artists from the early 20th century to the mid-1970s, whose works reflect the displacements and migrations experienced during their lifetimes.
2019
EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop
Print Now Series: Demonstrations, Workshops and Discussions
For its Print Now Series, a free, public program with professional lectures, Master Printer demos, and printmaking workshops.
2017
Kupferstich Kabinett Dresden
International Conference "Beyond Reproductive Printmaking. Prints and the Canon of European Painting (ca. 1500 "“ 1810)"
2019
Milwaukee Art Museum
Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking
To support public programming for the exhibition, Landfall Press: Five Decades of Printmaking, organized by former IFPDA Curatorial Intern, Nikki Otten.