Eugene V. and Claire E. Thaw Charitable Trust

OVERVIEW: The Eugene V. and Claire E. Thaw Charitable Trust supports the arts, the environment and animal welfare in New Mexico and beyond.

FUNDING AREAS: Arts, the environment and animal welfare

IP TAKE: The trustees have very specific interests in the Santa Fe area and tend to support the same types of groups each year.

PROFILE: Established in 1981, the Eugene V. and Claire E. Thaw Charitable Trust is an independent grantmaking foundation based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The founders originally established it as a private operating foundation in New York. The Thaws were major art collectors with a large personal collection of hundreds of rare works. Eugene Thaw opened an art gallery and sold art as a career. The proceeds of the sale of a van Gogh painting helped establish the trust. It funds local efforts for the arts, the environment and animal welfare.

The Eugene V. and Claire E. Thaw Charitable Trust does not have a website to guide grantseekers. However, recent tax records indicate that the foundation supports several different causes in its regions of focus. Art museums are common grant recipients of this trust. Animal-related grants are often for animal rights and protection, personal interests of the founders. Past grants have gone towards general operating support, benefit dinners, emergency veterinary care, artistic productions and building renovations. The funder also commonly makes challenge and matching grants to its grantees.

Grants range between about $10,000 and $200,000. Learn more about this funder’s local giving by examining its recent tax records. Grantmaking largely focuses on New Mexico and New York. Past local grantees include the Santa Fe Animal Shelter and the NM School for the Arts – Art Institute.

This foundation does not accept unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits and typically only funds pre-selected organizations. Direct general questions to the staff at 505-982-7023.

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