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Who funds science and technology: 1,365 foundations in 53 states, $404.6 million in grants
1,365 private foundations paid $404,598,941 to science and technology nonprofits in 53 states and territories, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026.
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- 1,365Foundations
- $404,598,941Total granted
By state
The state is where the recipient is.
| State | Foundations | Grants | Total |
|---|
| California | 321 | 571 | $144,212,592 |
| Massachusetts | 209 | 286 | $75,139,001 |
| New York | 157 | 243 | $34,381,855 |
| District of Columbia | 112 | 224 | $37,070,938 |
| Florida | 111 | 156 | $3,076,858 |
| Pennsylvania | 73 | 106 | $4,781,735 |
| Texas | 63 | 124 | $9,008,100 |
| New Jersey | 58 | 77 | $12,820,813 |
| Washington | 57 | 102 | $3,406,611 |
| Virginia | 57 | 99 | $4,635,051 |
| Maine | 50 | 57 | $5,543,118 |
| Missouri | 41 | 58 | $4,522,796 |
| Oregon | 36 | 64 | $4,358,237 |
| New Hampshire | 32 | 37 | $1,822,884 |
| Colorado | 30 | 66 | $3,347,764 |
| Connecticut | 28 | 34 | $1,595,132 |
| Maryland | 26 | 52 | $2,233,596 |
| Rhode Island | 25 | 35 | $1,135,497 |
| Arizona | 22 | 45 | $2,761,796 |
| Hawaii | 22 | 32 | $222,493 |
| New Mexico | 21 | 26 | $9,675,033 |
| Delaware | 21 | 27 | $2,823,717 |
| Ohio | 20 | 43 | $2,704,039 |
| North Carolina | 20 | 57 | $14,462,059 |
| Michigan | 16 | 35 | $230,309 |
| Georgia | 16 | 26 | $176,199 |
| Minnesota | 16 | 33 | $1,686,230 |
| Kansas | 14 | 23 | $5,184,887 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 30 | $5,064,314 |
| Illinois | 11 | 32 | $128,072 |
| Indiana | 10 | 19 | $1,010,664 |
| Utah | 8 | 13 | $2,672,945 |
| Iowa | 7 | 13 | $97,135 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 10 | $850,227 |
| South Carolina | 5 | 9 | $936,706 |
| Alabama | 5 | 14 | $134,077 |
| Montana | 4 | 8 | $10,648 |
| Idaho | 3 | 7 | $10,702 |
| Tennessee | 3 | 9 | $77,562 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 7 | $20,049 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 9 | $260,552 |
| Vermont | 3 | 3 | $120,142 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 3 | $3,725 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 2 | 2 | $40,000 |
| Louisiana | 2 | 3 | $29,580 |
| Nevada | 2 | 7 | $8,178 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 4 | $100,724 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 3 | $3,093 |
| South Dakota | 1 | 1 | $100 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 3 | $211 |
| Wyoming | 1 | 3 | $121 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | $45 |
| Alaska | 1 | 1 | $29 |
Largest funders
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients across all states.
| Foundation | Based in | Total | Source |
|---|
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | $32,072,989 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | $27,068,044 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | $25,770,334 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $25,193,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sergey Brin Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $15,254,258 | apps.irs.gov |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $14,446,313 | apps.irs.gov |
| Aphorism Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $13,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $12,192,207 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sequoia Climate Foundation | Irvine, CA | $11,524,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Probalistic Computing Foundation Inc | Cambridge, MA | $9,900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $9,111,658 | apps.irs.gov |
| William H Miller III Foundation Inc | West Palm Beach, FL | $7,724,125 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | $5,377,396 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | $5,294,406 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | $4,964,065 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Klarman Family Foundation | Boston, MA | $4,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ed Rachal Foundation | Corpus Christi, TX | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harold Alfond Foundation | Portland, ME | $3,869,390 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | $3,863,112 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | $3,724,709 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jonathan M Nelson Family Foundation | Providence, RI | $3,550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | $3,416,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $3,273,395 | apps.irs.gov |
| WM Keck Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $3,270,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | $3,238,688 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $3,218,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Margaret A Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | $3,077,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | $2,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | $2,700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | $2,456,538 | apps.irs.gov |
| Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment | Boston, MA | $2,315,622 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Della Pietra Foundation | Jericho, NY | $2,315,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Austin, TX | $2,215,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Musk Foundation | Austin, TX | $2,205,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | $2,179,773 | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | $2,145,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Adam R Scripps Foundation | Ft Mitchell, KY | $2,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Endowment for Regional Sustainability Science | The Woodlands, TX | $2,055,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| One8 Foundation | Boston, MA | $2,049,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Crankstart Foundation | San Jose, CA | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joan F and Donald E Axinn Foundation Inc | Jericho, NY | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $1,900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | $1,654,674 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bellwether Foundation | St Louis, MO | $1,403,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ralph Landau Foundation | New York, NY | $1,389,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Michael Antonov Charitable Foundation Inc | Woodbury, NY | $1,350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | $1,270,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| The G Unger Vetlesen Foundation | New York, NY | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Quadrivium | New York, NY | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Skyline Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Novo Foundation | Hurley, NY | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gerard B Lambert Foundation | Harrison, NY | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stephen Dellapietra and Pamela Hurst- Dellapietra Family Foundation Inc | Jericho, NY | $1,150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard King Mellon Foundation | Ligonier, PA | $1,140,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| 128 Collective Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | $1,120,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,112,800 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ainslie Foundation | Dallas, TX | $1,110,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Penn Foundation | Philadelphia, PA | $1,106,002 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | New York, NY | $1,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Macmillan Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,075,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| G O Forward Charitable Trust | Eagan, MN | $1,044,700 | apps.irs.gov |
| George and Wendy David Fund | Farmington, CT | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert and Michelle Cooke Atchinson Foundation | Winchester, MA | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Craig Newmark Foundation | San Francisco, CA | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Founda | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wadhwani Impact Trust | Bridgeville, PA | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Amplitude Foundation | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gilbert Family Foundation | Detroit, MI | $995,001 | apps.irs.gov |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City, CA | $960,859 | apps.irs.gov |
| Growald Climate Fund Inc | Brookline, MA | $913,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Centurion Foundation | West Fargo, ND | $900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| TBL Charitable Foundation | Newtonville, MA | $875,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kavli Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $861,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Inc | Stamford, CT | $801,172 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joseph and Vera Long Foundation | Walnut Creek, CA | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Every Org | San Francisco, CA | $784,900 | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | $770,321 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sol Goldman Charitable Trust | New York, NY | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kissick Family Foundation | Sherman Oaks, CA | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| High Meadows Foundation | Boston, MA | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Argosy Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | $685,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward P Evans Foundation | Charlestown, MA | $680,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | $651,999 | apps.irs.gov |
| Stanley W Watson Foundation | Falmouth, MA | $650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| St Giles Foundation | New York, NY | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rita Allen Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | $590,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Tawani Charitable Distribution Fund | Chicago, IL | $580,122 | apps.irs.gov |
| James S McDonnell Foundation | St Louis, MO | $575,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Te Connectivity Foundation | Wayne, PA | $550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | $525,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The G Harold & Leila Y Mathers Charitable Foundation | Rye Brook, NY | $505,149 | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation Inc | Riverhead, NY | $501,600 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Zegar Family Foundation | New York, NY | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Conrad Prebys Foundation | San Diego, CA | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ting Tsung & Wei Fong Chao Foundation | Houston, TX | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arconic Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fidelity Foundation | Boston, MA | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Updated September 24, 2026. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.