Stephen & Palmina Pace Foundation Incorporated
Official website for the Stephen and Palmina Pace Foundation. The foundation (founded 2016) promotes art through support for working artists and educational programs and publishes its mission, collections, exhibitions and grantees.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
An established arts or arts-education organization (museum, college of art, residency center) with an existing relationship or strong local reputation in Massachusetts and capacity to receive sizable unrestricted support.
Good Fit
- • Organization is focused on visual arts, artist support, or arts education.
- • Organization is located in Massachusetts or has strong programmatic ties there.
- • Organization has an existing relationship with the foundation or with locally connected intermediaries (galleries, colleges).
- • Organization can absorb multi-year or unrestricted operating support.
Geography
Observed giving in the latest years is concentrated solely in Massachusetts despite the foundation being based in New York; the latest year shows all dollars directed to MA recipients.
Recipient Variety
Across three observed years the foundation funded two distinct recipients repeatedly each year, indicating a very small and consistent recipient set rather than a broad portfolio.
New Applicants
The foundation publicly states it only accepts preselected applicants and the most recent year shows zero new recipients; while one new recipient appeared in an earlier year, current behavior and the preselection policy make entry by an unfamiliar applicant unlikely.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
