The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation provides gifts in two fields: medical research directed towards the cure and treatment of AIDS and HIV infection and the advancement of photography at the institutional level.
The Foundation’s Board of Trustees reviews all applications at its quarterly meetings. The Foundation is not capable of providing emergency assistance; applicants should be prepared to wait several weeks or months for decisions to be made. The Board takes all requests seriously and attempts to make meaningful and informed decisions.
There is no formal application or deadline. If your project falls within the Foundation’s Guidelines described below, please provide, if applicable, a description of the project and institution, other financial resources obtained or being sought, a project budget, full descriptions and qualifications of personnel involved including other similar or dissimilar projects for which they were responsible, a selection of images for photography-related projects, and any other relevant materials.