Fondation Taylor

What Fondation Taylor does

Fondation Taylor is a French non-profit arts foundation founded in 1844 by Baron Taylor and recognized as an organization of public utility by decree in 1881. Operating under its full legal name 'Association des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Architectes, Graveurs et Dessinateurs,' the foundation supports professional artists across painting, sculpture, engraving, drawing, and architecture through three core activities: rotating exhibitions at its Paris headquarters, annual awarding of 31 Grand Prix across artistic disciplines, and financial grants/prizes. Its membership-based 'solidarity among artists' model provides mutual aid, exhibition access, and professional recognition, while the historic Albert Maignan home-studio at 1 Rue La Bruyère serves as both operational base and exhibition venue with three rooms plus a glass-canopy courtyard.

The foundation has 26 employees and operates a community-led and event-driven go-to-market, reaching members and the public through exhibitions, prize awards, and a twice-monthly newsletter. Revenue is sourced from individual donations, artist membership dues, and corporate mécénat — French corporations can claim a 60% tax deduction on donations within a 5‰ revenue limit, while individuals receive a 66% deduction. The foundation explicitly does not receive government subsidies and does not publicly disclose financials. Exhibition admission is free to the public, Tuesday through Saturday from 13h to 19h. Strategic partnerships with the Musée de Picardie, the National Museum of the Château de Pau, and a Taiwan cultural exchange (all 2016) extend curatorial reach without commercial monetization, and the foundation maintains an archive of manuscripts, typescripts, and prints relating to Les Voyages pittoresques et romantiques and member artists' collections.

Name

Fondation Taylor

Legal name

Association des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, Architectes, Graveurs et Dessinateurs

Website

https://taylor.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1844

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fondation Taylor is a Paris-based French non-profit arts foundation, founded in 1844 and recognized as a public utility since 1881, that supports professional painters, sculptors, engravers, and designers through exhibitions, 31 annual Grand Prix, grants, and a historic membership community.

Ownership category

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Product category

Arts Foundation and Cultural Services

NAICS

Museums (712110)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts, Culture & Humanities Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Art Galleries & Exhibition Spaces (Commercial & Nonprofit) (THAJADAH), Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

Keywords

• Arts foundation
• Artist prizes
• Art exhibitions
• Cultural philanthropy
• Visual arts grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Membership Dues: The foundation sustains its activities through donations from individuals and membership dues from artists (members of the Association des Artistes). As a recognized public utility association under the 1901 law, it does not receive government subsidies.
2. Corporate Sponsorship (Mécénat): Corporate sponsorship provides additional funding. Companies can make donations qualifying for a 60% tax deduction within a limit of 5‰ (5 per thousand) of annual revenue. In-kind or skill-based sponsorship is valued at cost price or net book value.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Fondation Taylor is a non-profit arts foundation that supports visual artists (painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and designers) through exhibitions, annual prize awards, scholarships, and mutual aid. It operates exhibition spaces at its Paris headquarters and awards 31 Grand Prix each year across painting, sculpture, engraving, and drawing.

Product overview

Fondation Taylor is an arts foundation (Association des Artistes) established in 1844 by Baron Taylor and recognized as a public utility organization since 1881. The foundation's core activities include organizing art exhibitions, awarding prizes and grants to artists across painting, sculpture, engraving, and drawing disciplines, maintaining exhibition spaces at 1 rue La Bruyère in Paris, and publishing books and catalogs about art. The organization does not operate a technology product; its offerings consist entirely of cultural, educational, and artistic services for the visual arts community.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Art Exhibitions at 1 Rue La Bruyère

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Musée de PicardiecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Partnership for the exhibition 'Albert Maignan, Painter and Decorator of Paris at the End of the Century' in 2016. The museum and the foundation share Albert Maignan's heritage, with the museum holding his collections and the foundation holding his home-studio. The museum's famous work 'The Voices of Alarm' was restored and displayed at the Taylor Foundation before returning to the museum.
• National Museum of the Château de PauminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Co-publishing partnership for the exhibition 'Once Upon a Time, a Kingdom' about the Languedoc Region through Les Voyages pittoresques et romantiques. The exhibition was presented at the National Museum of the Château de Pau.
• Taiwan Cultural ExchangeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Cultural exchange organized with Taiwan that enabled exhibitions of contemporary Taiwanese art at the foundation.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Palais de Tokyo: One of Europe's largest centers for contemporary art in Paris, operating exhibition spaces, residencies, and public programming. Comparable as a major Paris-based visual-arts institution with exhibition operations, though much larger in scale and focused on contemporary rather than traditional fine arts.
• Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain: A corporate-backed Paris foundation dedicated to contemporary art exhibitions and artist commissions. Comparable as a French art foundation supporting artists through exhibitions, with much larger corporate sponsorship behind it and a contemporary-art focus distinct from Fondation Taylor's traditional fine-arts portfolio.
• Centre Pompidou: France's national museum of modern and contemporary art, housing one of the world's largest collections and operating major exhibition programming. Comparable as a flagship French visual-arts institution that awards prizes and supports artists, though at vastly greater scale and with state funding.
• Musée d'Orsay: Paris's national museum of 19th-century fine arts housed in a former railway station, with collections overlapping the painting and sculpture disciplines central to Fondation Taylor's prize portfolio. Comparable as a major Parisian visual-arts institution stewarding heritage collections.

Emerging players

• Atelier des Artistes en Exil: A Paris-based non-profit that supports exiled and displaced artists through residencies, exhibitions, and advocacy. Comparable as a smaller French artist-support organization providing exhibition space and community services, with a more focused mission on refugee artists.

Direct peers

• Salon d'Automne: An annual Parisian exhibition society founded in 1903 that showcases contemporary art across multiple disciplines. Directly comparable to Fondation Taylor as a French artist-association organizing exhibitions and prizes, with additional international scope and a broader visual-arts remit.
• Académie des Beaux-Arts: One of the five academies of the Institut de France, the Académie des Beaux-Arts is a long-standing French institution that awards prizes, supports artists, and stewards heritage collections — closely mirroring Fondation Taylor's artist-support and prize-awarding model, with an even broader mandate across visual arts, music, and architecture.
• Académie de France à Rome – Villa Médicis: France's premier artist residency abroad, awarding Prix de Rome fellowships to artists in residence at the Villa Médicis in Rome. It is directly comparable as a prestigious, centuries-old French institution that selects artists through competition and supports their creative work — a more international and residency-based analog to Fondation Taylor's prize model.
• Fondation des Artistes: A French non-profit that supports visual artists through residencies, exhibitions, and grants, with a network of historic artist houses including the Maison Caillebotte. It shares Fondation Taylor's mission of artist support, exhibition programming, and stewardship of heritage artist properties in France.
• Société des Artistes Français: A historic French artists' association that organizes the annual Salon des Artistes Français at the Grand Palais. Like Fondation Taylor, it is a membership-driven society that supports visual artists through exhibitions and prizes, sharing a similar 19th-century lineage and Paris-based exhibition model.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fondation-taylor

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Profiles1 record

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