We offer grants in defined program areas and professional development fellowships for historians of art and architecture, art conservators, art museum curators and educators, and art librarians.
The Kress Collection encompasses more than 3,000 works of European art, and is distinguished for its abundance of Italian Renaissance paintings. The Collection was donated to scores of regional and academic art museums.
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation devotes its resources to advancing the history, conservation, and enjoyment of the vast heritage of European art, architecture, and archaeology from antiquity to the early 19th century.
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation's 2025 Annual Report is now available to view and download.
Cover Image: Attributed to Bernardo Daddi (Italian, active by 1320, died probably 1348), A Crowned Virgin Martyr (St. Catherine of Alexandria), c. 1334-38, tempera and gold leaf on panel, Samuel H. Kress Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco