The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced its Fall 2025 grant recipients, awarding over $4 million to 57 arts organizations across 17 states, Washington, D.C., and two international locations. Grantees range from established institutions like the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston and Independent Curators International to smaller artist-run spaces such as Mini Mart City Park in Seattle and Transformer in Washington, D.C. Twenty organizations are first-time recipients, including Path with Arts in Seattle and Access Gallery in Denver. Exhibition support covers solo shows for artists like Ching Ho Cheng, Gisela Colón, and Leilah Babirye, as well as group exhibitions such as “Telenovelas” at the Americas Society and the Counterpublic 2026 Triennial.
This grant cycle is especially significant because it comes amid the Trump administration’s dismantling of the National Endowment for the Arts, a major federal funder. The Warhol Foundation received nearly 40 percent more applications than usual and increased its grantee cohort by almost 20 percent, reflecting the heightened need for private arts funding. Foundation president Joel Wachs emphasized that the reduction in government support and broader political and economic uncertainty have destabilized the arts ecosystem, making the foundation’s commitment to supporting artists and organizations more critical than ever.