Impact Reports

We evaluate our grantmaking to determine its impact on the fields we serve

Featured: PST ART Climate Impact Program Report

The largest dataset yet on the climate impact of exhibition-making with emissions and waste tracking from dozens of cultural organizations

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Light experiments for Olafur Eliasson’s exhibition “Open” at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, 2024. . Photo by Henri Lacoste | Studio Olafur Eliasson. Courtesy of the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York/Los Angeles; neugerriemschneider, Berlin. © 2024 Olafur Eliasson.

All Reports

  1. Getty Marrow Impact Report

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    This data-driven report assesses the impact of nearly 30 years of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program

    2020

  2. Keeping It Modern Interim Report

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    Results from the first five years of Keeping It Modern, an international grant initiative to conserve 20th-century architecture

    2019

  3. Pacific Standard Time Report

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    A report on 15 years of Getty grants for Pacific Standard Time, a regionwide collaboration of arts organizations across Southern California

    2018

  4. Economic Impact Analysis Report for Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA

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    Overview of the economic impact of PST: LA/LA, prepared by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation

    2018

  5. Panel Paintings Impact Report

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    This report summarizes key training and conservation projects, such as the restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece

    2018

  6. Museum Catalogues in the Digital Age: OSCI Final Report

    Museum Catalogues in the Digital Age

    A final report for the Online Scholarly Cataloguing Initiative, a program to rethink museum scholarly catalogues for the digital age

    2017

  7. Grantee Perception Report Summary

    Data from a survey of Getty Foundation grantees conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy

    2016

  8. The Fund for New Orleans: 10 Years after Hurricane Katrina

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    Reflections on Getty’s $2.9 million fund to assess damage and save historic buildings

    2015

  9. Economic Impact Analysis

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    This report shares statistics and information about how Pacific Standard Time added to the Los Angeles region's economy

    2012

  10. Moving Museum Catalogues: OSCI Interim Report

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    Insights from nine museums on developing digital collections catalogues

    2012

  11. L.A. Art ONLINE: Learning from the Getty’s Electronic Cataloguing Initiative

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    A summary of lessons learned by 21 LA-area museums on making visual arts collections available online

    2007

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    Browse all grants awarded by year or category

  2. Projects & Initiatives

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    See all Getty grantmaking programs, past and present

  3. About the Foundation

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    Learn more about Getty’s funding for the visual arts and cultural heritage