Photowings | Foundation Profile
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EIN: 68-0618224
Foundation Overview
Based in San Francisco, CA, Photowings has awarded 83 grants totaling $4,955,483 to organizations in California, New York and 8 other states, plus international recipients. Individual grants range from $450 to $230,000, with a median award of $32,844.
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New Applicant Friendliness
1 of 6 recipients (17%) were new grantees. Foundation strongly favors organizations with proven track records. New partnerships develop slowly over time.
Geographic Focus
46% of grants are awarded in New York, with additional funding distributed across 10 other locations. The foundation balances regional focus with broader geographic diversity. Within New York, funding concentrates in Brooklyn (45%), New York (34%), Jeffersonville (18%).
Funding Trajectory
Strong 85% growth in annual giving over 8 years indicates expanding philanthropic capacity and increasing opportunities for grant seekers. This upward trajectory suggests growing foundation resources and commitment.
Program Areas
Diversified giving across multiple program areas with primary emphasis on education (44%). This broad approach suggests openness to various causes and innovative cross-sector solutions.
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Grants & Funding
Analyzing past grantees provides valuable insights into Photowings's funding preferences, organizational priorities, and grant making patterns. This historical data helps potential applicants understand the foundation's strategic focus and identify successful funding approaches.
| Name | Amount | Location | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W Eugene Smith Memorial Fund | $20,000 | New York, NY, US | W. Eugene Smith Photography Grant Partnership | 2024 |
| Catchlight | $150,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | Catchlight Local Education Partnership | 2024 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization | $81,500 | Jeffersonville, NY, US | Eddie Adams Workshop Partnership T-shirts | 2024 |
| Photoville | $170,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Photoville Festival And Year-round Education Programming Partnership | 2024 |
| The Everyday Projects | $32,968 | Brooklyn, NY, US | The Essentials Photography Webinar Series Partnership Translations And Technical Costs | 2024 |
| The Vii Foundation Inc | $174,547 | Hoboken, NJ, US | Vii Insider Partnership | 2024 |
| Catchlight | $115,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | For The Catchlight Local Education Partnership And The Visual Storytelling Summit. | 2023 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization | $41,700 | Jeffersonville, NY, US | For Education Partnership Workshop | 2023 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $41,641 | New York, NY, US | For Integration Of Photography Into Gng Programs And Curricula | 2023 |
| Photoville | $160,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For Photoville Festival Marquee Education Programming And Year-round Education Partnership | 2023 |
| The Everyday Projects | $34,389 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For The Essentials Partnership: Online Photography-related Classes And Supplemental Tech Expenses | 2023 |
| The Vii Foundation Inc | $229,338 | Hoboken, NJ, US | For Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Vii Insider And Vii Community Continuing Education Project | 2023 |
| Catchlight | $85,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | For The Catchlight Local Education Partnership And The Visual Storytelling Summit. | 2022 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization | $32,844 | Jeffersonville, NY, US | Education Partnership/workshop And Supplemental-workshop T-shirts | 2022 |
| The Vii Foundation Inc | $188,752 | Hoboken, NJ, US | For Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Vii Insider And Vii Community Continuing Education Project | 2022 |
| Photoville | $160,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For Photoville Festival Marquee Education Programming And Year-round Education Partnership | 2022 |
| The Everyday Projects | $66,105 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For The Essentials Webinar Series Translations And Tep Curriculum Teacher Trainings/pilot. | 2022 |
| Roger Wyan | $2,500 | Merced, CA, US | For Completion Of Our Hometown Flash Grant Project | 2022 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $41,220 | New York, NY, US | For Integration Of Photography Into Gng Programs And Curricula | 2022 |
| Catchlight | $85,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | For The Catchlight Local Education Partnership And The Visual Storytelling Summit. | 2022 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization | $32,844 | Jeffersonville, NY, US | Education Partnership/workshop And Supplemental-workshop T-shirts | 2022 |
| The Vii Foundation Inc | $188,752 | Hoboken, NJ, US | For Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Vii Insider And Vii Community Continuing Education Project | 2022 |
| Photoville | $160,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For Photoville Festival Marquee Education Programming And Year-round Education Partnership | 2022 |
| The Everyday Projects | $66,105 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For The Essentials Webinar Series Translations And Tep Curriculum Teacher Trainings/pilot. | 2022 |
| Roger Wyan | $2,500 | Merced, CA, US | For Completion Of Our Hometown Flash Grant Project | 2022 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $41,220 | New York, NY, US | For Integration Of Photography Into Gng Programs And Curricula | 2022 |
| Catchlight | $85,000 | San Francisco, CA, US | For The Catchlight Local Education Partnership And The Visual Storytelling Summit. | 2022 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization | $32,844 | Jeffersonville, NY, US | Education Partnership/workshop And Supplemental-workshop T-shirts | 2022 |
| The Vii Foundation Inc | $188,752 | Hoboken, NJ, US | For Foundry Photojournalism Workshop, Vii Insider And Vii Community Continuing Education Project | 2022 |
| Photoville | $160,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For Photoville Festival Marquee Education Programming And Year-round Education Partnership | 2022 |
| The Everyday Projects | $66,105 | Brooklyn, NY, US | For The Essentials Webinar Series Translations And Tep Curriculum Teacher Trainings/pilot. | 2022 |
| Roger Wyan | $2,500 | Merced, CA, US | For Completion Of Our Hometown Flash Grant Project | 2022 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $41,220 | New York, NY, US | For Integration Of Photography Into Gng Programs And Curricula | 2022 |
| Catchlight | $70,500 | Berkeley, CA, US | Catchlight Local Education Partner/field Guide To Visual Journalism/community Activations And Workshops On Visual Memory And Archives | 2021 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization | $15,000 | Jeffersonville, NY, US | 2021 Eaw Education Partnership | 2021 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $40,285 | New York, NY, US | Students To World/seat At The Table | 2021 |
| The Vii Foundation Inc | $127,089 | Hoboken, NJ, US | Vii Insider ($100,000)/foundry Photojournalism Workshop Partnership($27,089) | 2021 |
| Photoville | $215,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Photoville Festival Marquee Partnership($65,000), Photoville Partnership: Education, Community Heroes, Festival Education Month, Presidio Exhibition, We Women Resource Guide, 10 Year Anniversary Projects ($150,000) | 2021 |
| Mike Davis | $450 | San Francisco, CA, US | Photoville Talks Archive Presentation Video Interview | 2021 |
| Laura Waish | $500 | San Francisco, CA, US | Photoville Talks Archive Presentation Video Interview | 2021 |
| Gall Buckland & Associates | $500 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Photoville Talks Archive Presentation Video Interview | 2021 |
| Kamal Badhey | $450 | San Francisco, CA, US | Photoville Talks Archive Presentation Video Interview | 2021 |
| The Everyday Projects | $5,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | The Essentials Presentation Translations | 2021 |
| Ashoka U | $2,500 | Arlington, VA, US | General Support | 2020 |
| Catchlight | $151,686 | Berkeley, CA, US | To Support Local Visual Storytelling Education Partnership; Our Democracy Education Project; Artists Against An Infodemic | 2020 |
| Eddie Adams Workshop Organization | $25,000 | Jeffersonville, NY, US | Education Partnership Sponsor - Eddie Adams 2020 Workshop | 2020 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $40,000 | New York, NY, US | For Partnership To Incorporation Of Photography Into Educational Programming | 2020 |
| Roger Wyan | $2,500 | San Francisco, CA, US | Flash Grant Award Recipient | 2020 |
| Silver Thread Ltd | $3,641 | Clontarf, DUBLIN, EI | Flash Grant Award Recipient | 2020 |
| The Vii Association Inc | $88,250 | Hoboken, NJ, US | Lost Rolls America Curriculum Parent Activities; Ymca Storytelling With Photography Partnership | 2020 |
| United Photo Industries | $230,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Education And Community Partnership; Teaching Artist Microgrants; Photoville Festival Marquee | 2020 |
| Ashoka U | $2,500 | Arlington, VA, US | General Support-ashokau Exchange | 2018 |
| Blue Earth Alliance | $5,000 | Seattle, WA, US | Blue Earth Alliance-collaborations For Cause | 2018 |
| Walden School Of Liberal Arts | $22,862 | Provo, UT, US | Walden School Of Liberal Arts-foundry Photojournalism Workshop | 2018 |
| Fractured Atlas | $20,000 | New York, NY, US | Fractured Atlas-eddie Adams Workshop | 2018 |
| United Photo Industries | $95,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | United Photo Industries-photoville | 2018 |
| The Aftermath Project | $63,180 | Los Angeles, CA, US | The Aftermath Project-the Everyday Projects-educational Programming And Content | 2018 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $32,470 | New York, NY, US | Global Nomads Group-campfire Program Photography Integration | 2018 |
| The Vii Association Inc | $117,552 | Hoboken, NJ, US | Grant To Fiscal Sponsor To Support The Lost Rolls America. Month Of Photography (la) And Curriculum Development. | 2018 |
| Catchlight | $5,000 | Berkeley, CA, US | Catchlight-everyday Bay Area | 2017 |
| Ashoka U | $5,000 | Arlington, VA, US | General Support-ashokau Exchange | 2017 |
| Facing Change Documenting America | $6,550 | Washington, DC, US | Facing Change: Documenting America-documenting Detroit Photoville Container/newspaper/educational Content | 2017 |
| Blue Earth Alliance | $10,000 | Seattle, WA, US | Blue Earth Alliance-collaborations For Cause | 2017 |
| Walden School Of Liberal Arts | $14,186 | Provo, UT, US | Walden School Of Liberal Arts-foundry Photojournalism Workshop | 2017 |
| Alexia Foundation | $15,000 | Syracuse, NY, US | The Alexia Foundation-latin America Seminar | 2017 |
| Fractured Atlas | $20,000 | New York, NY, US | Fractured Atlas-eddie Adams Workshop | 2017 |
| United Photo Industries | $26,000 | Brooklyn, NY, US | United Photo Industries-photoville | 2017 |
| The Aftermath Project | $40,560 | Los Angeles, CA, US | The Aftermath Project-the Everyday Projects-educational Programming And Content | 2017 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $115,000 | New York, NY, US | Global Nomads Group-campfire Program Photography Integration | 2017 |
| Appalshop | $15,000 | Whitesburg, KY, US | Partnership To Support The 2016 Appalachian Media Institute.enlists The Power Of Education, Media, And Other Arts To Document, Disseminate And Revitalize The Lasting Traditions And Contemporary Creativity Of Appalachia; Tell Stories The Commercial Industries Don't Tell, Challenging Stereotypes With Appalachian Voices And Visions; Support Communities' Efforts To Achieve Justice And Equity And Solve Their Own Problems In Their Own Ways; Celebrate Cultural Diversity As A Positive Social Value; And Participate In Regional, National, And Global Dialogue Toward These Ends. | 2016 |
| Art 180 Inc | $1,500 | Richmond, VA, US | To Support Performing Statistics Newspaper.creates And Provides Art-related Programs For Young People Living In Challenging Circumstances, Encouraging Personal And Community Change Through Self-expression In Richmond, Virginia. | 2016 |
| Ashoka | $1,500 | Arlington, VA, US | General Support. | 2016 |
| Blue Earth Alliance | $10,000 | Seattle, WA, US | Partnership To Support The 2016 Collaborations For Cause And Document Presentations.supports Visual Storytelling On Critical Environmental And Social Issues Through Direct Assistance To Photographers And A Collaborative Community Of Professionals. | 2016 |
| Fractured Atlas | $20,000 | New York, NY, US | Grant To Fiscal Sponsor To Support The 2016 Eddie Adams Workshop. | 2016 |
| Global Nomads Group Inc | $115,000 | New York, NY, US | Partnership To Integrate Photography Into 2016-17 Gng Campfire Curriculum. | 2016 |
| International League Of Conservation Photographers | $10,000 | Washington Dc, DC, US | Partnership To Support And Document Presentations At 2016 Wildspeak Conservation Photography Conference. | 2016 |
| Festival Of The Photograph | $25,000 | Charlottesville, VA, US | Partnership To Support And Document The 2016 Look3 Photography Festival And Photographic Education Program.celebrates The Vision Of Extraordinary Photographers, Ignites Conversations About Critical Issues And Fosters The Next Generation Of Artists. | 2016 |
| Middlebury College | $4,756 | Middlebury, VT, US | Flash Grant Award For "bursting The Bubble: Fostering Connections Between Community And Campus" Project. | 2016 |
| Peter Pin | $4,725 | Brooklyn, NY, US | Flash Grant Award For "migrations Of Memory Project." | 2016 |
| The Aftermath Project | $78,580 | Los Angeles, CA, US | To Support The Ten Year Anniversary Core Photography Project ; Served As Fiscal Sponsor For The Following Grants To The Everyday Projects: Website Design ($15,600); Theatre Project ($6,240); Operational Expenses ($19,240).tells The Other Half Of The Story Of Conflict-the Story Of What It Takes For Individuals To Learn To Live Again, To Rebuild Destroyed Lives And Homes, To Restore Civil Societies, To Address The Lingering Wounds Of War While Struggling To Create New Avenues For Peace. Serves As Fiscal Sponsor For The Everyday Projects. | 2016 |
| The Vii Association Inc | $21,624 | Hoboken, NJ, US | Grant To Fiscal Sponsor To Support The Lost Rolls America Project.supports Media Projects In The Areas Of Health, Human Rights, The Environment And Society, Including Lost Rolls America, A Project That Celebrates The Role That Photographs Play In Shaping The Construction Of Memory. | 2016 |
| The Village Of Arts And Humanities | $5,500 | Philadelphia, PA, US | To Support The Photographic Newspaper Project/re-entry Think Tank/philadelphia.supports The Voices And Aspirations Of The Community Through Providing Opportunities For Self-expression Rooted In Art And Culture, Inspiring People To Be Agents Of Positive Change Through Programs That Encompass Art And Culture, Engage Youth, Revitalize Community, Preserve Heritage And Respect The Environment. | 2016 |
| Walden School Of Liberal Arts | $27,741 | Provo, UT, US | Grant To Fiscal Sponsor To Support The Foundry Photojournalism Workshop/cape Town. | 2016 |
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Contact Information
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| EIN | 68-0618224 |
| Website | http://www.photowings.org |
| Address | PO BOX 642730 San Francisco, CA 94164-0000 |
Key People (2)
Board members, trustees, and key staff who oversee Photowings's grant making decisions and strategic direction. Understanding leadership composition can provide insights into foundation priorities and potential networking opportunities.
| President/ceo | Susan R Katz-snyder |
|---|---|
| Secretary/treasurer | Katrina Morris |
Forms 990-PF
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