---
title: Graham Foundation
description: Grantmaking foundation supporting ideas about architecture through grants, exhibitions, and publications.
url: https://www.artsume.com/o/graham
type: organization
createdAt: "2026-09-27"
updatedAt: "2026-10-06"
organizationType: Foundation / private collection
location: Chicago, IL, United States
website: http://www.grahamfoundation.org/
yearFounded: 1956
---

# Graham Foundation

*Foundation / private collection • Chicago, IL, United States*

## About

Grantmaking foundation supporting ideas about architecture through grants, exhibitions, and publications.

Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts fosters the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Graham realizes this vision through making project-based grants to individuals and organizations and producing exhibitions, events, and publications. It is headquartered at Madlener House in Chicago, where it also hosts a public gallery and bookshop.

## Details

- **Founded:** 1956
- **Address:** Madlener House, 4 West Burton Place, Chicago, Illinois 60610
- **Website:** http://www.grahamfoundation.org/

## Programs

View current programs from Graham Foundation on Artsume: https://www.artsume.com/o/graham