The Pollock-Krasner Foundation’s mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as artists over a significant period of time. The Foundation’s dual criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and financial need, whether professional, personal or both.
Lee Krasner’s Legacy
As the Foundation enters its nineteenth year of grant making, it is appropriate to recognize how significant Lee Krasner’s legacy has been in the creation of this Foundation by helping to stabilize and to strengthen the careers of artists, not to mention their personal lives as they do their creative work.
History of the Grant Program
The Foundation is pleased to report that since its inception in 1985, it has awarded 3,080 grants totaling over 46 million dollars to artists in 69 countries.
These countries include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, England, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mexico, Namibia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, The Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Viet Nam, Wales, Yugoslavia.
OFFICERS
Charles C. Bergman
Chairman of the Board & CEO
Samuel Sachs II
President
Kerrie Buitrago
Executive Vice President
Eugene Victor Thaw
President Emeritus
STAFF
Caroline Black
Program Officer
Beth Cochems
Program Associate
Nell Graefe
Program Associate
Glynnis Dolbee
Executive Assistant
Sara McCarty
Administrative Assistant