What Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation does

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private charitable foundation established in 1976 by Gladys Krieble Delmas and Jean Paul Delmas, headquartered at 275 Madison Avenue, New York City. The Foundation operates as a perpetual grantmaking endowment funded by the founders' estates (contributions received from the Jean Paul Delmas estate in 1988 and the Gladys Krieble Delmas estate in 1991) and distributes grants across four program areas: Humanities, Performing Arts, Research Libraries, and Venetian Programs. It serves two principal populations: institutional grantees (predominantly U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits in the humanities and New York performing arts) and individual scholars conducting research on Venice and the former Venetian empire through the Venetian Research Program, which operates separate U.S. (grants up to $20,000) and British & Commonwealth (grants up to £5,000) tracks, supplemented by Scholars' Publication Subventions of typically $6,000.

The Foundation's core products are its grant programs, not technology products. Its operational infrastructure consists of a Squarespace-hosted public website and a Foundant Technologies grant management portal for application intake, review, and award management. Peer review and program oversight are provided by American and British & Commonwealth Advisory Boards composed of distinguished Venetian studies scholars. Since 1977, the Foundation has supported approximately 1,500 scholars and disbursed over $9 million in cumulative awards. The Foundation maintains no social media presence, employs no sales or marketing function, and acquires applicants through its website, academic networks, and the reputation of past grantees.

Name

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Legal name

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Website

https://delmas.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is a 501(c)(3) private foundation established in 1976 in New York that distributes grants across four programs—Humanities, Performing Arts, Research Libraries, and Venetian Studies—to U.S. 501(c)(3) institutions and individual scholars researching Venice and the former Venetian empire.

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Philanthropic Grantmaking

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

akta.pro primary industry

Private Foundations (BPAGAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ), Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

Keywords

• Humanities grant funding
• Performing arts grants
• Venetian research program
• Scholarly research grants
• Nonprofit foundation grants

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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B2B

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Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Foundation Endowment: The Foundation operates as a private grant-making foundation funded by its founders' estates. Gladys Krieble Delmas established the Foundation in 1976, with additional contributions from the estates of Jean Paul Delmas in 1988 and Gladys Krieble Delmas in 1991. The Foundation distributes grants from its endowment to support humanities, performing arts, research libraries, and Venetian studies programs.

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Core offering

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is a private charitable foundation that distributes grants from its endowment to support humanities, performing arts, research libraries, and Venetian studies. It runs separate grant programs for U.S. nonprofit organizations (501(c)(3) institutions) across four program areas—Humanities, Performing Arts, Research Libraries, and Venetian Programs—and provides individual travel and publication grants for scholars conducting historical research on Venice and the former Venetian empire. Grant amounts typically range from $5,000 to $60,000 for institutional awards and up to $20,000 for individual research grants.

Product overview

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation is a grant-making foundation established in 1976 that offers multiple interconnected grant programs. The core offerings include Grants for Organizations (encompassing Humanities, Performing Arts, Research Libraries, and Venetian Institutional Programs), the Venetian Research Program for individual scholars (split into U.S. and British & Commonwealth tracks), and Scholars' Publication Subventions for disseminating research. The Foundation also confers the Henry A. Millon Award and Giles Constable Award to distinguished Venetian Research Program recipients. All programs are administered through an online grants portal, with no consumer-facing technology product.

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• Grants for Organizations Annual grant programs supporting U.S. not-for-profit institutions with 501(c)(3) status across four program areas—Humanities, Performing Arts, Research Libraries, and Venetian Programs—awarding typically $5,000 to $60,000 for general operating support, specific projects, season support, cataloging, archival access, digitization, preservation, and scholarly publications.
• Venetian Research Program Travel grants to individual scholars for historical research on Venice and the former Venetian empire and for the study of contemporary Venetian society and culture. Open to applicants from all humanities and social sciences disciplines via separate U.S. and British & Commonwealth tracks.
• Venetian Research Program – U.S. Travel grants up to $20,000 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents to conduct research in Venice and the former Venetian empire; applications accepted October–December with grants awarded in March.
• Venetian Research Program – British & Commonwealth Travel grants up to £5,000 for citizens and permanent residents of the British Isles or Commonwealth to conduct Venetian research; applications due April 1.
• Scholars' Publication Subventions Grants to publishers to support publication costs for works accomplished under the Venetian Research Program. Normal award is $6,000, reviewed on a rolling basis with no deadlines; publishers may apply for additional support if costs are significantly higher.
• Humanities Program Supports projects addressing history, archaeology, literature, languages, philosophy, ethics, comparative religion, arts criticism, and related social sciences; primarily directed to institutions of higher education and humanistic enterprises.
• Performing Arts Program Supports not-for-profit performing arts institutions in New York City providing performances in music, dance, and theatre; only established entities with preeminent venue appearances are eligible; grants typically $5,000 to $60,000.
• Research Libraries Program Improves research libraries' ability to serve humanities scholarship and performing arts needs by supporting cataloging projects, archival access, digitization, preservation, and scholarly publications.
• Venetian Institutional Program Supports institutions engaged in research and dissemination of scholarship on Venice's history, the former Venetian empire, and contemporary Venetian society and culture.
• Henry A. Millon Award in Art and Architectural History Annual award conferred to a distinguished U.S. Venetian Research Program applicant, recognizing excellence in art and architectural history of Venice; no separate application is required.
• Giles Constable Award Annual award conferred to a distinguished U.S. Venetian Research Program applicant, recognizing excellence in medieval scholarship; no separate application is required.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,500 scholars supported through Venetian Research Program since 1977
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and support.

• Save Venice, Inc.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Foundation has been one of many contributors to Save Venice, Inc., an organization dedicated to protecting the cultural patrimony of Venice. Many Venetian institutions have received funds from this organization.
• Foundant TechnologiescoreTechnology or IntegrationProvider of the Foundation's online grants portal at grantinterface.com. Handles application processing, grant management, and reporting functionality for the Foundation's grant programs.
• SquarespacesupportTechnology or IntegrationWebsite hosting platform for delmas.org. The Foundation's public website is built and operated on the Squarespace platform.
• Google AnalyticssupportTechnology or IntegrationWeb analytics service used to track and report visitor traffic on delmas.org for understanding website usage patterns.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Samuel H. Kress Foundation: A private foundation supporting art history research, conservation, and European cultural heritage — closely comparable in its grantmaking focus on art history, European (especially Italian) studies, and institutional grants to museums and scholarly societies.
• Save Venice Inc. An organization dedicated to preserving Venice's cultural patrimony, with which Delmas has an active 'We to Them' funding relationship. Highly comparable in its Venetian focus and shared grantee ecosystem.
• American Academy in Rome: A US-based institution awarding the Rome Prize in the humanities, with documented grantee relationship to Delmas ($30K 2023-24). Operates in a directly comparable space of humanities fellowship/grantmaking tied to Italian cultural centers.
• The Leon Levy Foundation: A private foundation that has funded archaeology, classical studies, and cultural heritage projects including significant work in Venice and the ancient Mediterranean. Comparable niche overlap in scholarly research and cultural heritage grantmaking.
• The Whiting Foundation: A private foundation supporting humanities scholarship and the arts, including grants to writers, scholars, and literary organizations. Comparable in scale and program structure to Delmas's humanities grants.

Emerging players

• The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation (Venetian Program Advisors): Within the same foundation, smaller emerging sub-programs like the Scholars' Publication Subventions and named awards (Henry A. Millon Award, Giles Constable Award) function as focused offshoots — useful as comparables for sub-program scaling within the Venetian space.

Broad incumbents

• The Getty Foundation: A major arts grantmaker supporting art history research, conservation, and archival access. Overlaps with Delmas's humanities and research libraries programs, especially around art-historical scholarship and Venetian subjects.
• National Endowment for the Humanities: The US federal grantmaking agency for humanities research, preservation, and access. Comparable in mission scope around humanities scholarship and research libraries, though much larger and federally funded rather than privately endowed.
• The New York Community Trust: A large NYC-based community foundation supporting arts, education, and humanities across the five boroughs. Overlaps with Delmas's NYC performing arts grantmaking and humanities focus, though at significantly greater scale.
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation: The largest US foundation focused on the humanities, arts, and higher education, with significant Venetian and Italian studies programming via partner institutions. A much larger incumbent operating in the same grantmaking space as Delmas, with overlapping humanities and performing arts focus.

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Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

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Profiles17 records

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