---
title: Foundation for Contemporary Arts
description: >-
  A grantmaking foundation supporting innovative artists across visual and
  performing arts.
url: 'https://www.artsume.com/o/foundation-for-contemporary-arts'
type: organization
createdAt: '2026-09-07'
updatedAt: '2026-09-29'
organizationType: Foundation / private collection
location: 'New York, NY, United States'
website: 'https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/'
yearFounded: 1963
---

# Foundation for Contemporary Arts

*Foundation / private collection • New York, NY, United States*

## About

A grantmaking foundation supporting innovative artists across visual and performing arts.

Foundation for Contemporary Arts encourages, sponsors, and promotes innovative work in the arts. It was established in 1963 by Jasper Johns and John Cage, growing out of a 1962 fundraising effort by visual artists including Robert Rauschenberg to support Merce Cunningham's dance company. Since then, FCA has awarded over $31.5 million to artists and arts organizations through more than 8,000 grants, supporting work across dance, theater, music, and visual art. The foundation also sells donated artworks to help fund its grant programs.

## Details

- **Founded:** 1963
- **Address:** 820 Greenwich St, Fl 4, New York, NY 10014, USA
- **Website:** https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/
- **Social Media:** instagram: http://instagram.com/foundationforcontemporaryarts, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Foundation-for-Contemporary-Arts/276311952399670

## Programs

View current programs from Foundation for Contemporary Arts on Artsume: https://www.artsume.com/o/foundation-for-contemporary-arts