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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation: 225 grants to organizations, $211.1 million (tax year ended December 2024)
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation, a private foundation in Palo Alto, CA, paid 225 grants to organizations totaling $211,103,298 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on November 17, 2025. The largest was $12,500,000 to The Rhodes Trust for general operating support.
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- EIN
- 463460261
- Based in
- Palo Alto, CA
- Assets
- $1,589,520,998
- Grants paid
- $244,068,458
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed November 17, 2025, IRS object ID 202543219349108364. It reported $244,068,458 in grants paid; 225 grants to organizations are listed, and 152 grants to individuals are left out.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Rhodes Trust | Oxford, UK | General operating support | $12,500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kyutai | Paris, FR | To provide general support | $10,442,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Barack Obama Foundation | Chicago, IL | To support the obama presidential center | Arts, culture and humanities | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Future House Inc | Sherborn, MA | To provide support for futurehouse ai scientist program | $10,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Rhodes Trust | Oxford, UK | Support for rhodes trust science fellowship | $8,069,204 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | To provide support for scientific focused research | Science and technology | $8,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | To provide support for scientific focused research | Science and technology | $8,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | Support to implement the learning engineering virtual institute | Education | $6,094,431 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | To support mit's plasma science and fusion center | Education | $6,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Support for dsa-2000: revolutionizing access to the radio sky | Education | $4,826,269 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Support for clima: climate modeling alliance 2024 | Education | $4,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | To provide support for focused research organization | Science and technology | $4,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | The schmidt center ds4e | $3,065,404 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | To provide support for scientific focused research | Science and technology | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | Santa Barbara, CA | To provide support to establish an employee assistance endowment fund | $3,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, UK | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | $2,888,188 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Institute of International Education Inc | New York, NY | To provide support for the quad fellowship program | International, foreign affairs and national security | $2,864,440 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | The dsa-2000 radio camera: revolutionizing access to the radio sky | Education | $2,409,535 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Support for scientific research on m2lines - multiscale machine learning in coupled earth system modeling | Education | $2,267,755 | apps.irs.gov |
| Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique | Paris, FR | Support for the scale-aware sea ice project | $2,259,408 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Western Ontario | London, CA | To provide support for scientific focused research | $2,200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Science and Technology Futures Inc | Cambridge, MA | To provide support for open datasets initiative. | Science and technology | $2,130,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Arts and Sciences Foundation | Chapel Hill, NC | Support for the argus observatory low cost access to the deep, high cadence sky | Education | $2,043,250 | apps.irs.gov |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Support for scientific research on sargassum seaweed as a future renewable feedstock for sustainable biomanufacturing | Education | $2,030,381 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | Support for the university of cambridge scientific software center | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,907,867 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | Support for scientific research on converting inconsistent and heterogeneous biomass and municipal solid wastes into de-mineralized and uniform feedstocks for thermal-catalytic processing to low carbo | $1,905,498 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Battelle Memorial Institute | Columbus, OH | Support for separations technologies that enable production and use of high-value biomass streams from agricultural and food processing wastes | Science and technology | $1,888,490 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | Support for advancing ai in scientific research | International, foreign affairs and national security | $1,840,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | Health care | $1,833,857 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Cape Town | Rondebosch, SF | Support for scientific research on oxygen and biogeochemical dynamics along the west african margin: processes and consequences | $1,809,233 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Reading | Reading, UK | Support for land ecosystem models based on new theory, observations, and experiments (lemontree) | $1,788,435 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Support for scientific research on animals as living bioreactors: the role of animal gut microbiomes in shaping oceanic carbon cycling and export | Employment | $1,650,503 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Support for scientific research on a collaborative approach to converting industry waste into food and feed ingredients | Education | $1,547,252 | apps.irs.gov |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | General operating support | Science and technology | $1,547,218 | apps.irs.gov |
| Swaniti Initiative | Houston, TX | To provide support for carbon negative rice cultivation in india. | Public and societal benefit | $1,540,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | To provide support for retrofitting coal plants for biomass carbon removal. | Education | $1,500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc | New York, NY | Support for crisis response program | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,482,511 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | Support for the university of washington scientific software center | Education | $1,451,186 | apps.irs.gov |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Support for schmidt software engineering center (ssec) at the johns hopkins university | $1,450,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Arizona Foundation | Tucson, AZ | Support for large fiber array spectroscopic telescope (lfast) development | Education | $1,448,254 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA | Support for the lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable system for science with the lsst | $1,425,602 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Convergent Research Inc | Cambridge, MA | General operating support | Science and technology | $1,416,264 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elicsir Foundation Ets | Bologna, IT | Support for italian computer science innovation and research | $1,375,895 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Rochester | Rochester, NY | Support for fetch4: fate, emissions, and transport of ch4 in past and modern atmospheres | Education | $1,355,202 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | Support for building the circular bioeconomy with future feedstocks in the north san joaquin valley | $1,315,764 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | London, UK | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | $1,301,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | Support for the lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable system for science with the lsst | Education | $1,291,650 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | To provide support for bricks vs bonds: minimum technological building blocks. | Education | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System | Madison, WI | Advancing the development of nuclear materials for fusion and fission applications | $1,200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Uc Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara, CA | Support for integration of models and observations across scales (inmos) | $1,190,228 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Homeworld Collective Inc | Somerville, MA | Building the climate biotech community through common targets and fast grants. | Environment | $1,150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Western Ontario | London, CA | To provide support for scientific focused research | $1,147,413 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Support for m3 pilot for mit office of research computing and data | Education | $1,099,998 | apps.irs.gov |
| Municipality of Bologna | Bologna, IT | To provide support for historic preservation and restoration of the public monuments of the garisenda and asinelli towers in bologna | $1,086,538 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | Support for research on a data-informed framework for the representation of sub-grid scale gravity waves to improve climate prediction | Education | $1,046,664 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | To provide support for education related to health and humanitarian emergency response | $1,020,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Universit de Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines | Versailles, FR | Support for scientific research on carbon loss in plants, soils and oceans | $1,014,696 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nanyang Technological University | Singapore, SN | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | $1,003,414 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore, SN | Support or schmidt ai in science postdocs | $1,003,414 | apps.irs.gov | |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Support for the geochemical innovation fund | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Support for caltech academy for software engineering 2.0 | Education | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Eedi LTD | London, UK | To provide support for learning engineering virtual institute year 2 | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Los Angeles, CA | To provide support to establish the eric and wendy schmidt environment and art prize. | Arts, culture and humanities | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wolfram Research Inc | Champaign, IL | To provide support for symbolic computing hub. | $1,000,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Support for schmidt software engineering center (ssec) at the johns hopkins university | $950,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Governing Council of the University of Toronto | Toronto, CA | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | $927,140 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Rising International Education and Learning Limited | Quatre Bornes, MP | To provide support for leaning engineering virtual institute year 2: rising academies | $900,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Support for preparing for a new world of weather and climate extremes | Education | $893,093 | apps.irs.gov |
| Every Cure Inc | La Jolla, CA | To provide support for scientific focused research | $868,890 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Exeter | Exeter, UK | Support for scientific research on carbon loss in plants, soils and oceans | $857,440 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Support for bringing computation to the climate challenge - improving climate model projections and tools | Education | $853,780 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Montana Foundation | Missoula, MT | Support for the subtropical underwater biogeochemistry and subsurface export alliance (subsea) | Education | $846,266 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Hawaii Foundation | Honolulu, HI | Support for subtropical underwater biogeochemistry and subsurface export alliance (subsea) | $818,378 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Carnegie Learning Inc | Pittsburgh, PA | To provide support for the learning engineering virtual institute year 2: carnegie learning mathstream | $800,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of Colorado | Boulder, CO | Support for scientific research on biocomb: data-driven biomanufacturing using optical frequency combs | $773,128 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Technische Universiteit Delft | Delft, NL | Support for scientific research on biocomb: data-driven biomanufacturing using optical frequency combs | $714,512 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of New Mexico | Albuquerque, NM | To provide support for education related to health and humanitarian emergency response | $711,952 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Northeastern University | Boston, MA | To provide support for the study of the emergence of exceptional performance in the creative arts and science | Education | $684,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Organ Alliance Inc | White Plains, NY | To provide support for organs initiative project | $600,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Washington Foundation | Seattle, WA | Support for fetch4: fate, emissions, and transport of ch4 in past and modern atmospheres | Education | $599,519 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Rhode Island | Kingston, RI | Support for ocean margins initiative | $597,740 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | Education | $587,973 | apps.irs.gov |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Support for schmidt software engineering center (ssec) at the johns hopkins university | $587,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of East Anglia | Norwich, UK | Support for scientific research on carbon loss in plants, soils and oceans | $584,019 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | Support for cambridge iccs expansion | International, foreign affairs and national security | $580,974 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Ghana | Legon, GH | Support for ocean margins initiative | $555,093 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, UK | Support for eric and wendy schmidt ai in science faculty fellows (global expansion) | $548,851 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Nanyang Technological University | Singapore, SN | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | $542,656 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National University of Singapore | Singapore, SN | Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs | $542,656 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | Support for integration of models and observations across scales (inmos) | Health care | $515,260 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ganna Walska Lotusland | Santa Barbara, CA | To provide support for the master plan. | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Global Talent Network Foundation | Baltimore, MD | To provide support for increasing global scientific output by international math olympiad winners from lower-income countries | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Science Foundation | Alexandria, VA | To provide support for nsf data partnership. | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Southern Education Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | To provide support for levi outcomes-based contracting | Education | $500,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Berkeley Lab Foundation | Oakland, CA | Support for building the circular bioeconomy with future feedstocks in the north san joaquin valley | Education | $480,735 | apps.irs.gov |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | London, UK | Support for red team study: process modeling and techno-economic analysis on biomass-based carbon removal | $480,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Academy of Sciences | Washington, DC | Support for consensus study on corrections and retractions: upgrading the scientific record | Science and technology | $435,180 | apps.irs.gov |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | La Jolla, CA | Atmospheric measurements to track the evolving global carbon cycle | Health care | $400,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| LSST Inc | Tucson, AZ | Support for the lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable system for science with the lsst | Science and technology | $365,762 | apps.irs.gov |
| Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | Support for scientific research on oxygen and biogeochemical dynamics along the west african margin: processes and consequences | Education | $349,629 | apps.irs.gov |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | Support for cryoscope: a fully cryogenic infrared surveyor in the antarctic | Education | $325,665 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Biobuilder Educational Foundation Inc | Newton, MA | Biobuilder: creating a template for scaling in non-traditional communities | Education | $325,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Us Digital Response | Oakland, CA | To provide support for usdr commonapp collaboration | Public safety, disaster preparedness and relief | $321,343 | apps.irs.gov |
| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Woods Hole, MA | Support for ocean margins initiative | Science and technology | $309,717 | apps.irs.gov |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | To provide support for the civic responsibility project | Environment | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Charlottesville, VA | Creating instructionnet | $300,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Support for remaking the future of work: new technologies to complement expertise and augment decision-making | Education | $299,363 | apps.irs.gov |
| Center for Artificial Intelligence Safety Inc | San Francisco, CA | Safebench: llm safety benchmarking competition | Science and technology | $298,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | Support for research on language models with statistical guarantees | Education | $280,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| President and Fellows of Harvard College | Cambridge, MA | Improving english language analysis of china | Education | $261,110 | apps.irs.gov |
| Interact Atx | San Francisco, CA | Support for interact atx interact's fellowship programming | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | J-pal science for progress initiative | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Mercatus Center Inc | Arlington, VA | To provide support for emergent ventures africa and the caribbean | Social science | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Social Good Labs | Princeville, HI | To provide support to create a global peer-to-peer funding network for early stage scientific ideas | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Mind Trust Inc | Indianapolis, IN | To provide support for cio network hub to develop innovation in school districts | Education | $250,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine | London, UK | Support for the eric and wendy schmidt ai in science faculty fellows (global expansion) | $235,778 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Eth Zurich Foundation USA Inc | New York, NY | Support for benchmarking and formalizing prompt injection defenses against malicious llm (ai) attacks | Science and technology | $230,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| New York University | New York, NY | Support for scientific research on data-informed framework for the representation of sub-grid scale gravity waves to improve climate prediction | Education | $209,213 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fundacion Argeninta | Buenos Aires, AR | Support for the subtropical underwater biogeochemistry and subsurface export alliance | $200,523 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Duke University | Durham, NC | To provide support for initiative to enable virtual education, collaboration, and training. | Education | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Western Ontario | London, CA | To provide support for scientific focused research | $200,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Kentucky | Lexington, KY | Support for ai+humanities oxford conference | $179,809 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Chicago | Chicago, IL | Support for research on a data-informed framework for the representation of sub-grid scale gravity waves to improve climate prediction | Education | $175,817 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kinfolk Tech Foundation | Brooklyn, NY | To provide support for a residence program designed to empower diverse voices and preserve cultural narratives through innovative technology | Education | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of DC Foundation | Washington, DC | Seas summer bridge program to enhance stem talent pipeline | Education | $175,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | To provide support for a project that explores the use of generative ai technologies | $163,900 | apps.irs.gov | |
| George Mason University Foundation | Fairfax, VA | Gmu institute for digital innovation general support | Education | $150,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Iambic Therapeutics Inc | Los Angeles, CA | To support envision: a chemical discovery platform for research and education | $140,800 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford | Oxford, UK | To support osint software to detect and predict sanction evasion and illicit funding streams using ai. | $133,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Dakota State University Foundation | Madison, SD | Champion scholarship program for dsu students with ai cyber quantum focus | Education | $125,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance of Democracies Foundation | Kobenhavn, DA | Democracy tech entrepreneur fellowship support | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Black Public Media Inc | New York, NY | To provide support for increasing more viewpoints in creative technology production | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham, WA | To provide support for the cultural experiences immersive content project | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Decentralized Pictures Foundation Inc | Los Angeles, CA | To provide support for the ukrainian filmmaking initiative | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Electric South Lab (RF) NPC | Cape Town, SF | To provide support for new dimensions lab, to train african artists in augmented reality (xr), explore social xr opportunities in africa, and create a community of artists. | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Emory University | Atlanta, GA | To provide support for scientific focused research | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Inc | Washington, DC | Cyberspace solarium commission 2.0 support 2024-2025 | International, foreign affairs and national security | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Games for Change Inc | New York, NY | To provide support for a program to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge to effectively teach others foundation tech knowledge, instructional techniques, and ability to mentor and support l | Public and societal benefit | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | Support for ai safety design and implementation | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Integrated Capital Strategies LLC | Denver, CO | Providing support to educate executive directors smaller nonprofits | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | Support for the in person and virtual worlding event, which will explore the use of social augmented reality (xr) with a focus on climate change and centering indigenous practitioners | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust | Leh, IN | To support the living with the snow leopards impact campaign | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Social Good Fund Inc | Richmond, CA | To provide access to no-code ar tools and platforms, to foster innovation, address the digital divide, and build an inclusive ar ecosystem that highlights and supports long term growth of talent. | Education | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Society for Science & the Public | Washington, DC | Isef sponsorship | Science and technology | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | To provide support for a series of co-creation events that highlight the future of los angeles culture through immersive technology and art | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Wnet | New York, NY | To support programming | Arts, culture and humanities | $100,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Kansas University Endowment Association | Lawrence, KS | Support for exoplanet tools for space mission concepts | Education | $97,228 | apps.irs.gov |
| Explorers Club | New York, NY | To provide support for the eric and wendy schmidt explorers club visionary awards, needs based funding for excellence in science, exploration, conservation, and sustainability. | Science and technology | $82,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | New Delhi, IN | Support for a conference on catalysing energy transition pathways in india for development and sustainability | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Media Arts Center San Diego | San Diego, CA | To support indigenous storytelling traditions in immersive reality | Arts, culture and humanities | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars | Washington, DC | Digital and emerging technology pathway support | $75,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Indigenous Screen Office | Ohsweken, CA | General operating support | $73,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fractured Atlas Inc | New York, NY | To provide support partnership with grx immersive labs. | Arts, culture and humanities | $71,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alaska Native Heritage Center Inc | Anchorage, AK | To provide support for the creation of immersive content focused on interpreting the stories of indigenous communities in alaska. | Arts, culture and humanities | $70,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | To provide support for a project that explores the "transparency dilemma" | Education | $65,750 | apps.irs.gov |
| Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Washington, DC | Summit for conveners of us-china track ii ai dialogues | International, foreign affairs and national security | $65,487 | apps.irs.gov |
| American University in Kosovo Foundation | Stamford, CT | To support the educational course on national security challenges in the age of ai and an educational workshop on national security and technology to reach students in kosovo, albania and north macedo | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Fungal Diversity Survey Inc | Sebastopol, CA | To provide support for an immersive experience | $65,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Project Evident | Boston, MA | Support for surface and document emerging grantmaking practices in ai | Community improvement and capacity building | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Uniondocs Inc | Ridgewood, NY | To provide support for vivid unknown, inspired by filmmaker godfrey reggio's archives. | Arts, culture and humanities | $60,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Games for Change Inc | New York, NY | To provide support for interactive mixed-reality documentary "impulse" | Public and societal benefit | $53,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Hack Foundation | West Hollywood, CA | To provide support for the rabbit-hole-athon program | Science and technology | $52,858 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance of Democracies Foundation | Kobenhavn, DA | To provide support for the copenhagen democracy summit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers | St Joseph, MI | Qualified sponsorship of circular bioeconomy systems institute summit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American University | Washington, DC | Support for educational whitepapers and workshops on navigating emerging technologies | Education | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Andeco Institute | McLean, VA | To provide support to design, develop, and evaluate a multi-source vc/pe data solution to track prc investments, with a focus on chinese interest in semiconductor technologies | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Arizona State University Foundation | Tempe, AZ | To provide support for the mccain global leaders program and the national security and counterterrorism fellowship | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arizona State University Foundation | Tempe, AZ | Mccain institute sedona forum support | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Games for Change Inc | New York, NY | To provide support for a generative and immersive installation to transfer documentary footage into explorable spaces centered around the natural world | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Games for Change Inc | New York, NY | To provide support for the production of the vr experience "dysmorphia: playing with reality" | Public and societal benefit | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Human Rights Watch Inc | New York, NY | To provide support to showcase the potential of virtual reality as a tool for human rights advocacy | International, foreign affairs and national security | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | Uttar Pradesh, IN | Support for scientific research on energy technologies for indias decarbonization | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Skills Coalition | Washington, DC | To provide support for the skills summit | Community improvement and capacity building | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | To provide support for ocean conservancys international coastal cleanup | Environment | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Science History Institute | Philadelphia, PA | Support for the spirit of asilomar and the future of biotechnology summit | Science and technology | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Human Space Program | Natick, MA | To provide support for the overview roundtable for youth xr/vr pilot | Science and technology | $50,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Indian Institute of Science | Bangalore, IN | Support for scientific research on forests and agriculture for carbon sequestration and climate resilience: state of research, barriers and strategy for promoting research, monitoring and networking | $49,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Yale University | New Haven, CT | To provide general operating support for the yale young african scholars program | $35,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Arizona State University Foundation | Tempe, AZ | To provide support for initial research and development on the city of awe initiative | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Association for Computing Machinery Inc | New York, NY | Qualified sponsorship of 2024 facct conference | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kinotron Group LLC | Kyiv, UP | To provide support for the creation of the documentary feature film 'atoms of war' | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Non-Governmental Organization Museum of Contemporary Art | Kyiv, UP | To provide support for "szilvashi circles," a retrospective of ukrainian abstract artist, tiberiy szilvashi | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Heidelberg University | Heidelberg, GM | Support for extreme precision radial velocity data reduction pipeline initiative | $27,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| LSST Inc | Tucson, AZ | Discovery alliance membership 2024 | Science and technology | $27,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Alliance of Democracies Foundation | Kobenhavn, DA | Copenhagen democracy summit 2024 | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers | New York, NY | Support for synthetic biology: engineering, evolution & design conference | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Charitable Foundation 'medical Innovations' Dba Unbroken | Lviv, UP | To provide training and support for ukrainian healthcare professionals working with victims of war, ptsd, and human rights abuse in ukraine. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Climate Neutral | San Francisco, CA | To provide support for tool to evolve tools to help reduce carbon emissions | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Deep Learning Indaba Limited | London, UK | Qualified sponsorship of deep learning indaba conference 2024 | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Democracy Works Inc | Brooklyn, NY | General operating support | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Elemental Excelerator Inc | Honolulu, HI | To provide support for catalytic funding and support for projects that will bring significant climate and community impact through due diligence support and technical assistance | Environment | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Friends of Fondation de France Inc | New York, NY | To provide training and support for ukrainian healthcare professionals working with victims of war, ptsd, and human rights abuse in ukraine | International, foreign affairs and national security | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Pupin Initiative | Washington, DC | To provide general support | Social science | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Royal Institute of International Affairs | London, UK | To provide support for chatham house. | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology | Fairfax, VA | Qualified sponsorship of simb annual meeting & symposium on biomaterials, fuels and chemicals | Science and technology | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| The Regents of the University of California | Berkeley, CA | To provide support for the forum on global asia | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| University of Western Ontario | London, CA | To provide support for scientific focused research | $25,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| H3D Foundation NPC | Cape Town, SF | Support for ai2050 collaboration fund | $21,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Engineering Biology Research Consortium | Emeryville, CA | Qualified sponsorship of ebrc's convenings and services to the community of engineering biologists | Science and technology | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Gordon Research Conferences | East Greenwich, RI | Qualified sponsorship of the 2025 quantum biology gordon research conference | Science and technology | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Legacy Global Programs | Mesa, AZ | To provide support for geopolitics, ai and sustainability in a changing world roundtable at the world economic forum | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| ML Collective Inc | San Francisco, CA | Qualified sponsorship of 2024 icml conference | Medical research | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Manifold for Charity | Austin, TX | Support for the curve convening bringing together ai practitioners and researchers across perspectives | Human services | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Transatlantic Leadership Network | Washington, DC | To provide support for the digital atlantic | Social science | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Tennessee Knoxville | Knoxville, TN | Support activities advancing understanding in how artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are reshaping our national security, economy, and society | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Anthology Film Archives | New York, NY | To provide support for the sergei parajanov centennial retrospective | Education | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Bio-Design Automation Consortium Inc | Newton, MA | Qualified sponsorship of bio innovation week | Science and technology | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Forset | Palo Alto, CA | General operating support | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Media Arts Center San Diego | San Diego, CA | To support indigenous storytelling traditions in immersive reality | Arts, culture and humanities | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Nona Research Foundation Inc | Malden, MA | Qualified sponsorship to support convenings and services to the community of engineering biologists | Medical research | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Optica | Washington, DC | Qualified sponsorship of optica incubator on frequency combs for chemical, biological, and medical applications | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Renew LLC | Denver, CO | To provide support for the building momentum workshop | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Capitol City Robotics | Washington, DC | Support for science and competitive science program scholarships | Science and technology | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | Market of doom: proliferation and the logic of nuclear trade | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Institute for War and Peace Reporting | Washington, DC | To provide support for engaging in research, travel, or event organization in support of the international strategy forum program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Kee Farms Foundation | Wilmington, DE | To provide support for engaging in research, travel, or event organization in support of the international strategy forum program | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Makerghat USA | Decatur, GA | To provide support for a fellowship program for rural unemployed low-income youth | Education | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| University of Texas at Austin | Port Aransas, TX | Immersive experience alliance x sxsw | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Zoie Health Technologies Inc | Rosebank, SF | To provide support for the development of a platform for enhancing the quality and affordable healthcare in underserved and poor communities | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| The Alexander Hamilton Society | Ann Arbor, MI | Support for ahs student travel to ai expo for national competitiveness in dc | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Leadership Incubator Inc | Fremont, CA | Geopolitics of technology conference co-hosted by next generation of technology and yale chapter of geopolitics of technology initiative | Youth development | $7,500 | apps.irs.gov |
| University College London | London, UK | Qualified sponsorship of workshop on quantum technologies in life sciences and health | $6,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers | St Joseph, MI | Qualified sponsorship of 2024 asabe annual international meeting | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Inc | Becket, MA | To provide support for breathless: catie and the robot performance co-commission | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| National Alliance Against Disparities in Patient Health | Woodbridge, VA | Hbcugrow lead conference support | Medical research | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Education | $53,906,468 |
| Science and technology | $32,072,989 |
| Arts, culture and humanities | $11,591,000 |
| International, foreign affairs and national security | $7,433,768 |
| Health care | $2,749,117 |
| Public and societal benefit | $1,843,000 |
| Employment | $1,650,503 |
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $1,602,511 |
States funded
| Recipient state | Granted |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $53,278,045 |
| California | $29,518,815 |
| New York | $14,359,462 |
| Illinois | $11,763,790 |
| Maryland | $11,082,431 |
| Washington | $5,092,858 |
| Wisconsin | $3,105,498 |
| New Jersey | $2,380,010 |
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Updated November 17, 2025. 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.