Data / Foundation grants / Social science / District of Columbia
Who funds social science in District of Columbia: 411 foundations, $238.3 million in grants
411 private foundations paid 923 grants totaling $238,261,883 to social science nonprofits in District of Columbia, in each foundation's latest Form 990-PF return, filed with the IRS from 2024 to 2026. The largest funder is Gates Foundation, with $34,626,126 in 34 grants.
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- Cause
- Social science
- Recipients in
- District of Columbia
- Foundations
- 411
- Grants
- 923
- Total granted
- $238,261,883
Foundations that funded social science in District of Columbia
Ranked by the total each paid to these recipients. The 300 largest of 411 are listed.
| Foundation | Based in | Grants | Total | Largest grant | Largest grant to | Purpose | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 34 | $34,626,126 | $8,289,000 | Urban Institute the | U.s. economic mobility & opportunity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 48 | $21,876,134 | $5,220,000 | Economic Policy Institute | 81568 anchoring work to make families an economic priority through the support of a new policy ecosystem -- economic policy institute | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 2 | $20,499,286 | $19,000,000 | Aspen Institute Inc | Weave: the social fabric project | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $9,205,000 | $8,880,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To promote college advising and success | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 43 | $7,649,611 | $775,000 | Urban Institute | To conduct research and analysis to inform policy discussions on key aspects of the medicare program related to competition and spending including (i) reforms to medicare advantage payment benchmarks, | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 25 | $7,305,000 | $1,080,000 | Actionaid USA | For a project to ensure that economies and public service systems work for women and girls globally | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 12 | $6,656,000 | $4,000,000 | Urban Institute | To serve as the coordinator and technical assistance provider for the just home project to advance targeted housing solutions to break the link between housing instability and incarceration under the | apps.irs.gov |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | New York, NY | 22 | $5,500,250 | $3,000,000 | Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics | To support non-partisan research and analysis on global and domestic fiscal and economic policy. | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 13 | $4,545,000 | $800,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To advance two generation policies and programs in los angeles and nationally that address the needs of both young children and their parents | apps.irs.gov |
| Annie E Casey Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 34 | $4,527,016 | $463,500 | Population Reference Bureau Inc | Support to increase public awareness of the status of US children and young people | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 16 | $4,203,000 | $950,000 | Economic Policy Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | New York, NY | 9 | $4,088,087 | $1,342,173 | Brookings Institution | In support of the annual 17 rooms process including events and research focused on advancing the sustainable development goals. | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | New York, NY | 13 | $4,046,400 | $767,000 | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | For continued support for the Wilson China Fellowship program for early career scholars | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 12 | $3,864,902 | $750,000 | Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc | Jobs and Family Economic Security | apps.irs.gov |
| Mastercard Impact Fund | Purchase, NY | 1 | $3,545,929 | $3,545,929 | The Aspen Institute | Other strategic | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 13 | $3,344,046 | $553,899 | Uli Foundation | To provide Support for Urban Land Institute's Northwest Arkansas District Council. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lewis Foundation | Aspen, CO | 3 | $3,200,000 | $2,000,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 13 | $3,089,630 | $1,126,000 | Urban Institute | Project support grant to support local leaders in under-resourced cities | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | 2 | $3,000,000 | $2,000,000 | Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc | To provide general support | apps.irs.gov |
| Hutchins Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $2,750,000 | $2,750,000 | Brookings Institution | To support the charity's mission. | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 9 | $2,712,000 | $600,000 | American Institute for Boys and Men | Just Societies | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $2,670,000 | $1,500,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To continue to support and strengthen the rising presidents fellowship, which develops cohorts of community college leaders with the skills needed to transform their institutions and impact the field | apps.irs.gov |
| The Prudential Foundation | Newark, NJ | 5 | $2,615,000 | $1,100,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To expand the aspen institute's global opportunity youth network to more cities around the world in order to reach and connect one million youth to economic opportunity. | apps.irs.gov |
| BHP Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $2,413,130 | $2,413,130 | Brookings Institution | Global collaboration to advance anti-corruption | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 2 | $2,402,426 | $1,500,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Criminal justice reform | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 6 | $2,013,182 | $1,300,000 | The Urban Institute | In support of financial health | apps.irs.gov |
| Knight Foundation | Beaverton, OR | 1 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | The Brookings Institution | This gift has been designated for the foreign policy program. | apps.irs.gov |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Redwood City, CA | 8 | $1,985,000 | $500,000 | Economic Policy Institute Inc | To support Grantee's project, EARN | apps.irs.gov |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated | Pittsburgh, PA | 7 | $1,942,855 | $500,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Jeane kirkpatrick fellowship and scholars program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Commonwealth Fund | New York, NY | 16 | $1,846,804 | $440,000 | Urban Institute | Modeling Policies That Could Expand and Improve Health Coverage and Affordability - or Roll Back Progress | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation To Promote Open Society | New York, NY | 7 | $1,831,796 | $500,000 | The Brookings Institution | To support research and analysis to enhance democratic resilience in africa | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Boston, MA | 2 | $1,750,000 | $1,250,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To enhance public understanding and policy discourse around ai. | apps.irs.gov |
| Smith Richardson Foundation Inc | Greensboro, NC | 14 | $1,736,377 | $270,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 6 | $1,690,000 | $1,000,000 | Economic Policy Institute | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 6 | $1,450,000 | $375,000 | The Urban Institute | Worth Evaluation Extension | apps.irs.gov |
| John P and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation | New York, NY | 14 | $1,379,198 | $948,906 | Aspen Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Accenture Foundation Inc | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1,354,884 | $1,354,884 | Aspen Institute | Driving economies of scale and improved impact and transformation - people in jobs - thanks to smart re-application of tools, methods, and partners | apps.irs.gov |
| Imaginable Futures Foundation | Redwood City, CA | 2 | $1,316,667 | $1,166,667 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Project grant to support Grantee?s Ascend Program?s Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | Miami, FL | 5 | $1,292,000 | $667,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | To provide renewed support for the american enterprise institutes survey center on american life and for nonpartisan research on technology and culture. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $1,260,000 | $800,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support districts participating in Wallace's ECPI. | apps.irs.gov |
| Margot & Thomas Pritzker Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $1,235,000 | $1,235,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $1,122,824 | $450,000 | Brookings Institution | To continue supporting the publication and dissemination of high-quality, influential, and policy-relevant economics research through the brookings papers on economic activity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 5 | $1,085,000 | $600,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Education & economic mobility | apps.irs.gov |
| Penner Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 2 | $1,050,000 | $1,000,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support Aspen Institute's initiatives | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tepper Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $1,050,000 | $750,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $1,025,000 | $500,000 | Urban Institute | The housing matters initiative: advancing improvements in community health, education, and environment through a stable home | apps.irs.gov |
| Lumina Foundation for Education Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 6 | $1,005,000 | $650,000 | Washington Monthly Institute Inc | To support independent, policy-oriented journalism about issues vital to creating a better-educated country. | apps.irs.gov |
| Anne T and Robert M Bass Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | The Brookings Institution | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Citi Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | Urban Institute | Community progress makers learning community initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | Westport, CT | 1 | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Restricted to support the economic strategy group | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 2 | $981,075 | $817,770 | Society for Research in Child Development | For the srcd policy fellowship | apps.irs.gov |
| Surdna Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 4 | $900,000 | $450,000 | Economic Policy Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Alice L Walton Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 2 | $858,333 | $833,333 | The Aspen Institute | to support Phase 1 of the Aspen Opportunity Youth Forum's work to help youth find meaning and purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc | Waukesha, WI | 1 | $817,620 | $817,620 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Launch the digital leadership development index assessment tool | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gambrell Foundation | Charlotte, NC | 1 | $800,000 | $800,000 | American Institute for Boys and Men | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Hirsch Family Foundation | Dallas, TX | 2 | $770,000 | $445,000 | Center for European Policy Analysis | 2nd semi annual payment of 2023 | apps.irs.gov |
| The James Irvine Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $705,000 | $405,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support Priority Communities in California | apps.irs.gov |
| William T Grant Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 4 | $656,522 | $497,580 | The Urban Institute | Redesigning the child tax credit to reduce economic inequality: changes to benefits and administration | apps.irs.gov |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $600,000 | $600,000 | Innovations for Poverty Action | Organizational strengthening and opening of new office | apps.irs.gov |
| Pritzker Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 3 | $550,000 | $250,000 | Urban Institute | Research and education on family economic stability | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc | Milwaukee, WI | 3 | $550,000 | $250,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | To support the program in Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art | New York, NY | 1 | $531,250 | $531,250 | Pew Research Center | To support the timely update of the u.s. muslim landscape study and to build knowledge and understanding about the community at the intersections of religion, ethnicity and race. | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Union Foundation | Denver, CO | 1 | $500,000 | $500,000 | Aspen Institute | Workforce / education | apps.irs.gov |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Austin, TX | 1 | $485,000 | $485,000 | The Aspen Institute | Piloting a Statewide Transfer Intensive | apps.irs.gov |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 2 | $464,337 | $261,232 | Brookings Institution | Building a foundation for the study of intellectual humility in education | apps.irs.gov |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $430,000 | $230,000 | The Aspen Institute | Fostering youth development and leadership | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $425,000 | $275,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | For its congressional program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Perls Foundation Katherine Perls Et Al Trustees | Boston, MA | 1 | $407,000 | $407,000 | Knowledge Ecology International | $360,000 to be used for projects in the area of access to medicines and $60,000 is intended for the continuance of chilean and latin american projects commenced in 2016. | apps.irs.gov |
| Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | Kansas City, MO | 5 | $397,001 | $160,000 | Urban Institute | Support for 2024 general operating expenses. 202402-14748 | apps.irs.gov |
| Greater Texas Foundation | Bryan, TX | 1 | $375,105 | $375,105 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support the launch of the aspen oy forum and texas oy network innovation fund. | apps.irs.gov |
| Eleanor Crook Foundation | San Marcos, TX | 1 | $375,000 | $375,000 | Aspen Institute | General operational support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Henry Luce Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $375,000 | $200,000 | The Aspen Institute | Support for leadership development and convening | apps.irs.gov |
| Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation | Erie, PA | 1 | $350,000 | $350,000 | Economic Policy Innovation Center | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Gracias Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $350,000 | $350,000 | Aspen Institute | General operating expenses in its entirety. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Poses Family Foundation | Florham Park, NJ | 1 | $350,000 | $350,000 | Center for European Policy Analysis | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Diana Davis Spencer Foundation Inc | Bethesda, MD | 2 | $325,000 | $200,000 | Becket Fund | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 4 | $311,000 | $166,000 | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | In support of efforts to bring together open science, open innovation, and public engagement communities to advance shared priorities and spotlight success and impact. | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $310,000 | $250,000 | Urban Institute | New frontiers in child safety net policy: an initiative to promote innovation and effectiveness in the delivery of cash assistance to families with children | apps.irs.gov |
| El Craig Foundation | Joplin, MO | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | Becket Fund | General Administration | apps.irs.gov |
| Margaret A Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 3 | $300,000 | $250,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Accelerating 2gen approaches for family well-being and prosperity | apps.irs.gov |
| Price Philanthropies Foundation | La Jolla, CA | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | The Urban Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (aka the Music Man Foundation) | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $300,000 | $300,000 | Aspen Institute | Neuroarts blueprint initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Altecstyslinger Foundation | Birmingham, AL | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | The Brookings Institution | To further the exempt purpose of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Capital One Foundation Inc | McLean, VA | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Urban Institute | Asset building/financial capability | apps.irs.gov |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | 3 | $250,000 | $200,000 | The Brookings Institution | Program support for Lawfare | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward Jones Foundation | St Louis, MO | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | The Aspen Institute | Community service | apps.irs.gov |
| Harlan R Crow Foundation Inc | Dallas, TX | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Sorenson Impact Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | The Aspen Institute | Neiborhood real estate ownership project and employee ownership project | apps.irs.gov |
| The Searle Freedom Trust | Madison, WI | 1 | $250,000 | $250,000 | Economic Policy Innovation Center | Research | apps.irs.gov |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | 5 | $240,000 | $100,000 | Aspen Institute | Program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Laurie M Tisch Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $235,000 | $235,000 | Aspen Institute Inc | To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes. | apps.irs.gov |
| Valhalla Foundation | Woodside, CA | 1 | $230,951 | $230,951 | Urban Institute | Impact measurement initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Owen D and Jennifer Thomas Family Charitable Foundation | Bronxville, NY | 2 | $201,000 | $200,000 | Uli Foundation | General support & unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Clark Charitable Foundation Inc Dba A James & Alice B Clark Foundation | Chevy Chase, MD | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Urban Institute | General operating support for the dc education research collaborative | apps.irs.gov |
| Edward T Cone Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | Salzburg Global Seminar | Operating Expenses | apps.irs.gov |
| Joe Ricketts Nebraska Foundation | Littleton, CO | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Support research | apps.irs.gov |
| Public Welfare Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | School Justice Project | Support for special education legal services & advocacy for court-involved students with disabilities | apps.irs.gov |
| The California Endowment | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | $200,000 | $150,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Center for native american youth - supporting health in california | apps.irs.gov |
| The Coulter Family Foundation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Drives change through dialogue, leadership, and action to help solve the greatest challenges of our time | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hunt Family Foundation | El Paso, TX | 1 | $200,000 | $200,000 | The Aspen Institute | 5 of 5 on $1m commitment | apps.irs.gov |
| Catena Foundation | Carbondale, CO | 2 | $199,537 | $150,000 | Joseph Rainey Center for Public Policy Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Couch Family Foundation | Hanover, NH | 1 | $199,000 | $199,000 | Society for Research in Child Development | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Brothers Brook Foundation | Denver, CO | 1 | $195,000 | $195,000 | Brookings Institution | Non-partisan public policy research | apps.irs.gov |
| Charles Stewart Mott Foundation | Flint, MI | 3 | $190,000 | $110,000 | Urban Institute | To support a research program on state and federal regulations and their impact on the nonprofit and philanthropic sector. | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $190,000 | $190,000 | Brookings Institution | Pathways - investment to create pathways to family wage-earning jobs in los angeles | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cynthia & George Mitchell Foundation | The Woodlands, TX | 2 | $185,000 | $135,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Supporting the Annual Summit of the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program and hosting the Ceres E&P Roundtable in Aspen | apps.irs.gov |
| Susan Crown Exchange Inc | Chicago, IL | 1 | $175,889 | $175,889 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Public charity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Allen & Company Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 2 | $175,000 | $100,000 | The Brookings Institution | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | Owings Mills, MD | 1 | $175,000 | $175,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support the ascend programs acceleration fund, which aims to break the cycle of poverty for parents and their children through job training, housing assistance, physical and mental health services, | apps.irs.gov |
| Coretz Family Foundation | Tulsa, OK | 1 | $173,125 | $173,125 | The Aspen Institute | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Wayfarer Foundation | Highland Park, IL | 1 | $170,000 | $170,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lemelson Foundation | Portland, OR | 2 | $169,977 | $150,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support the aspen network for development entrepreneurs (ande) to build climate change capacity and expertise so ande can advocate for and support climate entrepreneur support organizations in addr | apps.irs.gov |
| Anderson Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $163,500 | $163,500 | The Aspen Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Family Foundation | Roseburg, OR | 1 | $151,285 | $151,285 | Urban Institute | Data-to-Action for Parenting Students at Rural Oregon Colleges | apps.irs.gov |
| Bainum Family Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Urban Institute | Impact of healthcare4childcare in the district of columbia | apps.irs.gov |
| Stephen M Silberstein Foundation | Belvedere, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Economic Policy Institute | Think tank to broaden discussion of economic issues to include lower/middle class | apps.irs.gov |
| The Annenberg Foundation | Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Aspen ideas festival | apps.irs.gov |
| The Slater Foundation Inc | Boynton Beach, FL | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Slater family fellowship | apps.irs.gov |
| The William Stamps Farish Fund | Houston, TX | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | The Aspen Institute | Texas opportunity youth network | apps.irs.gov |
| Town Branch Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | To support general operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Visa Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $150,000 | $150,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support the Digital Equity Frontiers Pilot Project | apps.irs.gov |
| Marc Charitable Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $140,000 | $140,000 | The Brookings Institution | For the donee organizations charitable use | apps.irs.gov |
| Ken Hubbard Fund | West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $132,500 | $132,500 | The Aspen Institute | Charitable contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Clermont Foundation | Boston, MA | 2 | $130,000 | $105,000 | Aspen Institute | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| Huron Philanthropies Incorporated | Arlington, VA | 1 | $130,000 | $130,000 | The Urban Institute | Charity | apps.irs.gov |
| The Skoll Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $130,000 | $100,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | 2024 aspen action cohort | apps.irs.gov |
| Gitlab Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | Innovations for Poverty Action | Strengthening balcalab by expanding financial access for women-led msmes | apps.irs.gov |
| Stone Family Foundation | Santa Barbara, CA | 1 | $125,000 | $125,000 | The Brookings Institution | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Transitcenter Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $122,720 | $122,720 | Urban Institute | Public transit workforce analysis | apps.irs.gov |
| Russell Sage Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $109,000 | $109,000 | Brookings Institution | Can transfer pathways promote diversity after the 2023 supreme court deci... | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eisner Foundation Inc | Beverly Hills, CA | 1 | $109,000 | $109,000 | The Aspen Institute | Specific | apps.irs.gov |
| The Spencer Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $107,607 | $107,607 | The Brookings Institution | U.s. school boards | apps.irs.gov |
| Hillman Family Foundations | Pittsburgh, PA | 2 | $106,000 | $100,000 | Brookings Institution | Multi-state new industrial policy practitioners' cohort | apps.irs.gov |
| The Achelis & Bodman Foundation Co Manice & Budd LLP | New York, NY | 2 | $101,500 | $100,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | America at 250 | apps.irs.gov |
| James & Zita Gavin Foundation | Kenilworth, IL | 1 | $100,050 | $100,050 | Becket Fund | Unrestricted charitable gift | apps.irs.gov |
| 128 Collective Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Actionaid USA | Work on climate-induced displacement and migration | apps.irs.gov |
| Arcus Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Synergia - Initiatives for Human Rights | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| College Futures Foundation | Oakland, CA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | The Aspen Institute | Program grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Earl & Brenda Shapiro Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | The Aspen Institute | To support program and operational expenses | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for Child Development | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Society for Research in Child Development | Dca general | apps.irs.gov |
| I Could Do Great Things Foundation | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | To support the mission of the organization. | apps.irs.gov |
| John T Gorman Foundation | Portland, ME | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Aspen Institute | Aspen Institute's Ascend Network's two-generation initiatives | apps.irs.gov |
| Lawton W Fitt & James I McLaren Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Brookings Institution | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Mark & Virginia Rometty Foundation | Naples, FL | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Brookings Institution | General charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Rattner Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Aspen Institute | To further the tax exempt mission of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Reynolds Family Foundation | Albany, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Rowe Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Urban Institute | annual fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ambrose Monell Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gordon R Irlam Charitable Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | Knowledge Ecology International | Support for other charitable organizations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Horace W Goldsmith Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $100,000 | $50,000 | Aspen Institute | General operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Satterberg Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | The Aspen Institute | Center for native american youth | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wolstencroft Family Foundation | Edison, NJ | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | The Brookings Institution | For general charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| William J and Dorothy K O'Neill Foundation Inc | Cleveland, OH | 1 | $100,000 | $100,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Ascend at the aspen institute: phase ii of the 2gen best practice accelerator fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Co2 Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $95,000 | $95,000 | Urban Institute | Provides rapid, equity-focused analysis on disasters and disaster recovery needs in the days before, and after, those events, to that expand public conversations to include key equity topics and suppo | apps.irs.gov |
| Sheldon and Audrey Katz Foundation | Silver Spring, MD | 1 | $95,000 | $95,000 | Population Connection | Medical awarness | apps.irs.gov |
| Ahearn Family Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $90,000 | $90,000 | Community Cooperative | Charity | apps.irs.gov |
| Edlis - Neeson Foundation NFP | Chicago, IL | 1 | $85,500 | $85,500 | The Aspen Institute | Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Johanna K and Jeffrey T Black Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $84,828 | $84,828 | Aspen Institute | For charitable and educational purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Alex C Walker Educational & Charitable | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $80,000 | $80,000 | Brookings Institution | Us mkts climate | apps.irs.gov |
| Challenger Foundation | Garden City, NY | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Brookings Institution | General | apps.irs.gov |
| John & Polly Sparks Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | American Psychological Foundation | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Joy Foundation | Aspen, CO | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Aspen Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| KRW Foundation | Grand Rapids, MI | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Aspen Institute | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Karen and Russell Goldsmith Family Charitable Trust | Beverly Hills, CA | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Richard E & Nancy P Marriott Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 2 | $75,000 | $72,820 | Brookings Institution | The dmv monitor project | apps.irs.gov |
| Stephen A Schwarzman Education Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Support for schwarzman scholars program | apps.irs.gov |
| The KF Impact Foundation | Hunt Valley, MD | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Aspen Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rodel Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $75,000 | $75,000 | Aspen Institute | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| The Cedars Foundation Inc | Waterford, VA | 1 | $71,500 | $71,500 | The Aspen Institute | General use | apps.irs.gov |
| Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation | Coraopolis, PA | 1 | $70,000 | $70,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General sponsorship | apps.irs.gov |
| Irving and Dorothy Rom Charitable Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $70,000 | $70,000 | American Psychological Foundation | General | apps.irs.gov |
| FM Kirby Foundation Inc | Morristown, NJ | 1 | $65,000 | $65,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | In support of 501c3 purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Nick and Leslie Hanauer Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $65,000 | $65,000 | Economic Policy Institute | Contribution | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert B & Janet A Hoffman Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | 2 | $61,000 | $50,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Unrestricted grant for donee's exempt purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Douglas & Angela Braly Family Foundation Co Douglas A Braly and Angela F Braly | Marco Island, FL | 1 | $61,000 | $61,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation | Knoxville, TN | 2 | $60,000 | $50,000 | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Crimsonbridge Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 | American Institute for Boys and Men | Higher education male achievement collaborative | apps.irs.gov |
| Marguerite Casey Foundation | Seattle, WA | 2 | $60,000 | $50,000 | Brookings Institution | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| McCloskey Family Charitable Trust | Greenwood Village, CO | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General Donation | apps.irs.gov |
| The Benificus Foundation | San Carlos, CA | 1 | $60,000 | $60,000 | The Aspen Institute | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation | Washington, DC | 2 | $60,000 | $30,000 | School Justice Project Inc | Community services | apps.irs.gov |
| California Physicians' Service FDN Dba Blue Shield of California FDN | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $55,000 | $30,000 | The Aspen Institute | Women in the economy convening | apps.irs.gov |
| Robert Rauschenberg Foundation | New York, NY | 2 | $52,000 | $26,000 | The Aspen Institute | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Anne M Cabaniss Charitable Trust | Saint Louis, MO | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Becket Fund | To fund charitable activities. | apps.irs.gov |
| Arrow Impact | Menlo Park, CA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Aspen Institute | Community foundation business model initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| Carson Family Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| DW Gore Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Brookings Institution | Education | apps.irs.gov |
| Dorothy Tapper Goldman Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Ed Uihlein Family Foundation | Lake Forest, IL | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Becket Fund the | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Humanity United | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Actionaid USA | Peacebuilding | apps.irs.gov |
| Matthew Zell Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Sustainability | apps.irs.gov |
| Mitchell Kapor Foundation | Oakland, CA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | To support the tech accountability coalition | apps.irs.gov |
| Mojo Philanthropic Fund | Redwood City, CA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | American Institute for Boys and Men | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Park Foundation Inc | Ithaca, NY | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute | Project support | apps.irs.gov |
| Pepsico Foundation Inc | Purchase, NY | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Womens Congressional Policy Institute | Fellowship Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute | For the exempt purpose of the organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Samueli Foundation | Corona Del Mar, CA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General operations of the our future is science program | apps.irs.gov |
| Susan and Stephen Baird Family Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | Aspen Institute | General and unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Dillon Fund | New York, NY | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Brookings Institution | a contribution towards Governance Studies | apps.irs.gov |
| The Glades Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Charitable Purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Hersh Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Annual fund support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sobrato Family Foundation | Mountain View, CA | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | 24-51233 - to provide project support. | apps.irs.gov |
| Loewenberg Charitable Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $46,000 | $46,000 | Aspen Institute | Exempt purpose of organization | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $45,000 | $25,000 | Pupin Initiative | To provide general support | apps.irs.gov |
| Apgar Foundation Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 1 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Becket Fund | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Raikes Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $40,000 | $40,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | The aspen institute forum for community solutions | apps.irs.gov |
| The Priddy Foundation | Wichita Falls, TX | 1 | $40,000 | $40,000 | The Aspen Institute | Seminar for Mid-America Foundation CEOs Support PG 2026 | apps.irs.gov |
| Harman Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | Aspen Institute | Developing leaders | apps.irs.gov |
| Kickapoo Springs Foundation | Abilene, TX | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Mercedes T Bass Charitable Corporation | Fort Worth, TX | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | The Aspen Institute | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Steven C Leuthold Family Foundation | Brevard, NC | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | Population Connection | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| Under Armour Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $35,000 | $35,000 | Aspen Institute | Restricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Daniels Fund | Denver, CO | 2 | $34,000 | $20,000 | The Aspen Institute | Cross partisan philanthropy in education convening | apps.irs.gov |
| Joseph and Kathleen Sorenson Legacy Foun | Draper, UT | 1 | $30,000 | $30,000 | The Becket Fund | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Leo Model Foundation Inc | Philadelphia, PA | 1 | $30,000 | $30,000 | Brookings Institution | General operating expenses; non-profit think tank | apps.irs.gov |
| Rita Allen Foundation Inc | Princeton, NJ | 1 | $30,000 | $30,000 | The Aspen Institute | Science at the ballot box: whats at stake for science | apps.irs.gov |
| Tara Health Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $30,000 | $30,000 | The Urban Institute | Board discretionary - the lancet commission on antiracism in solidarity - maternal health working group | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eberstadt-Kuffner Fund Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $30,000 | $30,000 | The Brookings Institution | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Maclellan Foundation Inc | Chattanooga, TN | 1 | $30,000 | $30,000 | Becket Fund | For general operating support. | apps.irs.gov |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $30,000 | $30,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | for 2024 membership | apps.irs.gov |
| The Leonard & Sophie Davis Fund | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $28,000 | $28,000 | The Urban Institute | Support for social service programs or educational programs | apps.irs.gov |
| Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $26,000 | $26,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Artist endowed foundations initiative (2 of 3) | apps.irs.gov |
| Roy Lichtenstein Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $26,000 | $26,000 | Aspen Institute | Cash contributed by the foundation to assist in funding general operations. | apps.irs.gov |
| Am Dachs Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | The Brookings Institution | Foreign policy program | apps.irs.gov |
| Arthur V Davis Foundation PF #3 | Ponte Vedra Beach, FL | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Aspen Institute | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Assurant Foundation | Atlanta, GA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Urban Institute | Financial Assistance | apps.irs.gov |
| Clark and Christine Ivory Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | The Urban Institute | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation | San Antonio, TX | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Aspen Institute | General Support | apps.irs.gov |
| Flamboyan Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Community Cooperative | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Galena-Yorktown Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Salzburg Global Seminar | Unrestricted funds | apps.irs.gov |
| Heinz Family Foundation | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Brookings Institution | For general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Kathryn B McQuade Foundation | Pennington, NJ | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Actionaid USA | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Lovett & Ruth Peters Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Karakin Foundation | Abilene, TX | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Louis & Harold Price Foundation | Woodbridge, NJ | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Population Connection | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lucius N Littauer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | American Psychological Foundation | Jewish community mental health program | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ralph C Wilson Jr Foundation | Detroit, MI | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | The Brookings Institution | Build Back Better Regional Challenge Case Studies: SEMI and WNY | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ubuntu Foundation | Cherry Hills Village, CO | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Project Play Colorado | apps.irs.gov |
| Trust for Mutual Understanding | New York, NY | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | Association of American Geographers | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Wyeth Foundation for American Art | Rockland, DE | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 | The Aspen Institute | Support for internship program | apps.irs.gov |
| Douglas H Phelps Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $23,500 | $23,500 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Pfizer Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 4 | $23,221 | $20,000 | Brookings Institution | Matching gifts | apps.irs.gov |
| Barstahl Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Becket Fund | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Bep Earthwise Foundation | Ridgway, CO | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Population Connection | Charitable purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| HCD Foundation | Chicago, IL | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Population Connection | General purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| The Huntsman Foundation | Salt Lake City, UT | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | The Brookings Institution | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Murray Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General & Unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc | Pittsford, NY | 1 | $20,000 | $20,000 | Population Connection | Unrestricted grants | apps.irs.gov |
| The Allstate Foundation | Northbrook, IL | 2 | $19,950 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | 2025 project play summit | apps.irs.gov |
| Pack Foundation | Henderson, NV | 2 | $19,200 | $10,000 | Population Connection | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Lunevica Foundation | Easton, PA | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Pupin Initiative | general purpose funds | apps.irs.gov |
| Melissa and John V Ceriale Family Foundation Inc | Boca Raton, FL | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | The Aspen Institute | General charitable purposes | apps.irs.gov |
| Oberndorf Family Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Aspen Institute | General charity | apps.irs.gov |
| Paul Bechtner Foundation | Winnetka, IL | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | School Justice Project | Support spec. educ. needs | apps.irs.gov |
| Starting Line Foundation | Boulder, CO | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | The Aspen Institute | General purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| T Rowe Price Foundation | Baltimore, MD | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | The Urban Institute | Financial well-being | apps.irs.gov |
| The Angelo Family Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | The Aspen Institute | For operations | apps.irs.gov |
| The Brewster Foundation | Santa Monica, CA | 2 | $15,000 | $10,000 | Brookings Institution | General | apps.irs.gov |
| The Jill and Erik Maschler Foundation Inc | Cresskill, NJ | 1 | $15,000 | $15,000 | Aspen Institute | Financial assistance | apps.irs.gov |
| Brillembourg Ochoa Family Foundation Inc | Miami Beach, FL | 1 | $14,500 | $14,500 | The Aspen Institute | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| Berg Family Charitable Foundation | Jacksonville, FL | 2 | $14,000 | $9,000 | The Aspen Institute | General use | apps.irs.gov |
| Smilow Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $12,500 | $12,500 | Aspen Institute | Program support | apps.irs.gov |
| Citrin Family Foundation | Aspen, CO | 1 | $11,000 | $11,000 | The Aspen Institute | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Sonedna Foundation | Oxford, MS | 1 | $11,000 | $11,000 | Aspen Institute | General purpose- education | apps.irs.gov |
| Motwani Jadeja Global Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $10,985 | $10,985 | The Aspen Institute | Charitable operations, policy dialogue and research | apps.irs.gov |
| Albert & Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Towards support of general operations. | apps.irs.gov |
| Benz Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Center for European Policy Analysis | Annual Business Leadership Council | apps.irs.gov |
| C E and S Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Society of fellows | apps.irs.gov |
| Donahue Family Foundation Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Becket Fund | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Foundation for A Better World Inc | Marietta, GA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Population Connection | Program expenses | apps.irs.gov |
| Hess Philanthropic Fund | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Washington Monthly Institute | Chartiable | apps.irs.gov |
| James R and Linda Beers Foundation Inc | Washington, DC | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Brookings Institution | Donation to further charitable purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Josephine Herbert Gleis Foundation | Corona Del Mar, CA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | General use | apps.irs.gov |
| Martin R Prince Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Population Connection | Unrestricted for purposes of organization | apps.irs.gov |
| Mighty Arrow Family Foundation | Fort Collins, CO | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Nelson Talbott Foundation | Washington, DC | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Brookings Institution | General needs or purpose | apps.irs.gov |
| Raynier Institute & Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Becket Fund | General & unrestricted | apps.irs.gov |
| Records Johnston Family Foundation | Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute | General | apps.irs.gov |
| Rice Family Foundation | Hastings, MN | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Aspen Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| Steve & Amy Van Andel Foundation | Ada, MI | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Public policy | apps.irs.gov |
| The Alper Family Foundation Inc Dba the Teach To Work Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Aspen Institute | Society of fellows | apps.irs.gov |
| The Christensen Fund | San Francisco, CA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | Event support: white house tribal youth forum 2024 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute | Artist-endowed foundations initiative | apps.irs.gov |
| The Destina Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Aspen Institute | Toward the artist endowed foundations initiative's internship program in 2022-25 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Estee Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Salzburg Global Seminar Inc | General operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Guston Fund | West Hurley, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Aspen Institute Inc | Project support - consortium advancing next-gen leaders in the visual arts | apps.irs.gov |
| The Harry and Florence Sloan Foundation | Woodland Hills, CA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute Inc | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ithaka Foundation | Houston, TX | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute | General fund | apps.irs.gov |
| The Loreen Arbus Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Brookings Institution | Conducts research and education in the social sciences, primarily in economics, metropolitan policy, governance, foreign policy, global economy, and economic development | apps.irs.gov |
| The Mesdag Family Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | Aspen Institute | General support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Willem de Kooning Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $10,000 | $10,000 | The Aspen Institute | In support of the 2025 annual appeal for the aef consortium advancing next-gen leaders in the visual arts | apps.irs.gov |
| The Eacho Family Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $8,980 | $8,980 | Salzburg Global Seminar | Charitable | apps.irs.gov |
| Claneil Foundation Inc | Plymouth Meeting, PA | 1 | $8,000 | $8,000 | Actionaid USA | General operating | apps.irs.gov |
| CB Laub Family Foundation | Potomac, MD | 2 | $7,600 | $7,500 | Secular Coalition for America Education Fund | Preserve separation of church and state | apps.irs.gov |
| Connelly Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 1 | $7,360 | $7,360 | Becket Fund | General support - foundation discretionary grant | apps.irs.gov |
| Barbara and David Zalaznick Foundation Barbara Zalaznick Trustee | New York, NY | 1 | $7,000 | $7,000 | The Aspen Institute | IRC SEC. 170(c) ORGANIZATIONS - PUBLIC CHARITIES | apps.irs.gov |
| Purdon Nina Charitable Foundation | Dallas, TX | 1 | $6,788 | $6,788 | Population Connection | Unrestricted general | apps.irs.gov |
| Ecotrust | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | $6,500 | $5,000 | Population Connection | Unrestricted general operating support | apps.irs.gov |
| The Morgridge Family Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $6,400 | $6,400 | The Aspen Institute Inc | MAP Fellowship Support for Aspen Digital | apps.irs.gov |
| The Sidley Austin Foundation | Chicago, IL | 3 | $6,000 | $5,000 | The Historical Society of the District of Columbia Circuit | General support | apps.irs.gov |
Largest grants
| Foundation | Recipient | Recipient location | Purpose | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Weave: the social fabric project | $19,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To promote college advising and success | $8,880,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Urban Institute the | Washington, DC | U.s. economic mobility & opportunity | $8,289,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | 81568 anchoring work to make families an economic priority through the support of a new policy ecosystem -- economic policy institute | $5,220,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Aspen Institute Inc the | Washington, DC | U.s. economic mobility & opportunity | $4,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | To serve as the coordinator and technical assistance provider for the just home project to advance targeted housing solutions to break the link between housing instability and incarceration under the | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mastercard Impact Fund | The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | Other strategic | $3,545,929 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics | Washington, DC | To support non-partisan research and analysis on global and domestic fiscal and economic policy. | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hutchins Family Foundation Inc | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | To support the charity's mission. | $2,750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Innovations for Poverty Action | New York, DC | Inclusive financial systems | $2,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Urban Institute the | Washington, DC | U.s. economic mobility & opportunity | $2,489,010 | apps.irs.gov |
| BHP Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | Global collaboration to advance anti-corruption | $2,413,130 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | 80600 advancing economic and racial inclusion through 'growth intermediaries' -- locally based and led institutions -- in small and midsize cities | $2,004,914 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Innovations for Poverty Action | New York, DC | Empower women and girls | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lewis Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | General support | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Knight Foundation | The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | This gift has been designated for the foreign policy program. | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc | Washington, DC | To provide general support | $2,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Innovations for Poverty Action | New York, DC | Empower women and girls | $1,900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Institute for Higher Education Policy | Washington, DC | Postsecondary education | $1,768,444 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Criminal justice reform | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To continue to support and strengthen the rising presidents fellowship, which develops cohorts of community college leaders with the skills needed to transform their institutions and impact the field | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Religious liberty initiative | $1,499,286 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | 81601 providing technical assistance and direction for rwjf's policies for action research program, 2024 | $1,408,984 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Aspen Institute Inc the | Washington, DC | Global health and development public awareness and analysis | $1,400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Accenture Foundation Inc | Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | Driving economies of scale and improved impact and transformation - people in jobs - thanks to smart re-application of tools, methods, and partners | $1,354,884 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | 80879 strengthening collaboration between grassroots and advocacy organizations to remove racial barriers to economic inclusion for children and families | $1,350,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | In support of the annual 17 rooms process including events and research focused on advancing the sustainable development goals. | $1,342,173 | apps.irs.gov |
| JPMorgan Chase Foundation | The Urban Institute | Washington, DC | In support of financial health | $1,300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Center for Employment Security Education and Research Inc the | Washington, DC | Research and learning opportunities | $1,277,727 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington DC, DC | To enhance public understanding and policy discourse around ai. | $1,250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Margot & Thomas Pritzker Family Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | General operating support | $1,235,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Urban Institute the | Washington, DC | U.s. economic mobility & opportunity | $1,206,994 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | 82235 supporting the center for community uplift in using wellbeing as an anchor in addressing issues of economic mobility and the racial wealth gap | $1,178,150 | apps.irs.gov |
| Imaginable Futures Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Project grant to support Grantee?s Ascend Program?s Postsecondary Success for Parents Initiative | $1,166,667 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Kresge Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Project support grant to support local leaders in under-resourced cities | $1,126,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Prudential Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To expand the aspen institute's global opportunity youth network to more cities around the world in order to reach and connect one million youth to economic opportunity. | $1,100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Actionaid USA | Washington, DC | For a project to ensure that economies and public service systems work for women and girls globally | $1,080,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Aspen Institute Inc the | Washington, DC | Public awareness and analysis | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Rockefeller Foundation | Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | Toward the costs of strengthening the capacity of economic analysis and research network (earn) groups in key states to advance a compelling worker-centered agenda rooted in racial and gender equity. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | General operating support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Prudential Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support the aspen institute in reimagining work, wealth and capitalism to improve the financial well-being of all workers and reduce the racial wealth gap. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Penner Family Foundation Inc | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support Aspen Institute's initiatives | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Lewis Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | General support | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To remove barriers that limit full participation in the workplace, especially for women | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Dalio Foundation Inc | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Restricted to support the economic strategy group | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Anne T and Robert M Bass Foundation | The Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | General | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Citi Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Community progress makers learning community initiative | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | Economic Policy Institute | Washington, DC | General support | $950,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John P and Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation | Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | General support | $948,906 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Center for Employment Security Education and Research Inc the | Washington, DC | Research and learning opportunities | $917,662 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | The Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Healthier food for all | $902,426 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Population Reference Bureau Inc | Washington, DC | For support of counting women's work | $900,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Innovations for Poverty Action | New York, DC | Inclusive financial systems | $889,443 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | 80920 enhancing the impact of the national neighborhood indicators partnership to support strategies for equity in cities across the country | $869,109 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | 82511 building out a community-led data infrastructure to provide marginalized communities with greater control of research and data governance | $847,484 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alice L Walton Foundation | The Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | to support Phase 1 of the Aspen Opportunity Youth Forum's work to help youth find meaning and purpose | $833,333 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Society for Research in Child Development | Washington, DC | For the srcd policy fellowship | $817,770 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation Inc | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Launch the digital leadership development index assessment tool | $817,620 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Gambrell Foundation | American Institute for Boys and Men | Washington, DC | General purpose | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Wallace Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support districts participating in Wallace's ECPI. | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To advance two generation policies and programs in los angeles and nationally that address the needs of both young children and their parents | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Washington Center for Equitable Growth Inc | Washington, DC | For general operating support | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | To conduct research and analysis to inform policy discussions on key aspects of the medicare program related to competition and spending including (i) reforms to medicare advantage payment benchmarks, | $775,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Washington, DC | For continued support for the Wilson China Fellowship program for early career scholars | $767,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Inc | Washington, DC | Jobs and Family Economic Security | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Tepper Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | General support | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | To support research on the needs of youth and young workers at workrise, a pooled fund and research institute that focuses on economic mobility | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | To fund the tax policy center. | $750,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Jobs and Family Economic Security | $700,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John S and James L Knight Foundation | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Washington, DC | To provide renewed support for the american enterprise institutes survey center on american life and for nonpartisan research on technology and culture. | $667,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | To analyze a series of developments in prescription drug markets with the goal of understanding the consequences of various responses policy makers might adopt to the resulting market dynamics. | $665,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | 82003 launching a high-level bipartisan commission to modernize federal rural policy to promote and accelerate equitable opportunity and prosperity | $654,173 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Jobs and Family Economic Security | $650,028 | apps.irs.gov |
| Lumina Foundation for Education Inc | Washington Monthly Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support independent, policy-oriented journalism about issues vital to creating a better-educated country. | $650,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Peter G Peterson Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | To support tax policy center's federal tax model and research and analysis of fiscal policy developments. | $640,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | American Institute for Boys and Men | Washington, DC | Just Societies | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Innovations for Poverty Action | Washington, DC | Organizational strengthening and opening of new office | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Joyce Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Education & economic mobility | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | The Urban Institute | Washington, DC | To support a research project | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | 82293 supporting the lancet commission on antiracism in solidarity to promote decolonialization of the u.s. healthcare and public health systems | $595,995 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Uli Foundation | Washington, DC | To provide Support for Urban Land Institute's Northwest Arkansas District Council. | $553,899 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | Promise of an Equitable Future | $550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Urban Institute the | Washington, DC | Postsecondary education | $550,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art | Pew Research Center | Washington, DC | To support the timely update of the u.s. muslim landscape study and to build knowledge and understanding about the community at the intersections of religion, ethnicity and race. | $531,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gates Foundation | Innovations for Poverty Action | New York, DC | Empower women and girls; inclusive financial systems | $530,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To bring Weave: The Social Fabric Project to Northwest Arkansas. | $514,712 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Urban Institute | Washington, DC | 82269 assisting local nonprofit organizations in using data to surface and address structural inequities in community conditions | $514,062 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Corporation of New York | Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | For the Aspen Institute Congressional Program | $510,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Washington, DC | Jeane kirkpatrick fellowship and scholars program | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Ford Foundation | American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research | Washington, DC | General support | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Western Union Foundation | Aspen Institute | Washington, DC | Workforce / education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc | Brookings Institution | Washington DC, DC | To support the ai equity lab in developing and publicizing recommendations that advance the public interest | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Brookings Institution | Washington, DC | For support of a research program on macroeconomics and gender equality | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Economic Policy Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, EARN | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Omidyar Network Fund Inc | Economic Policy Institute Inc | Washington, DC | To support Grantee's project, EARN | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | Pew Research Center | Washington, DC | To support the people & voices initiative | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| WK Kellogg Foundation | Salzburg Global Seminar Inc | Washington, DC | Promise of an Equitable Future | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | In support of general operations | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | Just Societies | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | The Aspen Institute Inc | Washington, DC | For support of the urban district leadership network | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
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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.