Los Angeles, California · EIN 956092354. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $68.2M across 258 grants in 2024, a median of $10K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202523189349103687. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The filing states only a general purpose, with nothing specific enough to pull out as recurring language.
The 15 largest of the 258 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Southern California | CA | $7,500,000 | TO ACCELERATE GROUNDBREAKING MEDICAL, CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION |
| 2 | Chapman University | CA | $4,000,000 | TO ENHANCE AND ELEVATE CHAPMAN UNIVERSITYS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING |
| 3 | Claremont Mckenna College | CA | $4,000,000 | TO ENHANCE CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION |
| 4 | Linfield University | OR | $2,000,000 | TO ENHANCE LINFIELD UNIVERSITY'S INTERDICIPLINARY SCIENCE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION |
| 5 | Museum Associates | CA | $2,000,000 | TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO ART AND ART EDUCATION |
| 6 | The Colburn School | CA | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE FOR THE NEW COLBURN CENTER AND ENDOW THE YOUTH ENSEMBLE |
| 7 | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | CA | $1,600,000 | TO DEVELOP MAPPING METHODS WITH GENERATIVE MANIFOLD NETWORKS |
| 8 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | MA | $1,600,000 | TO CONSTRUCT AND FIELD A SELF-DEPLOYING AUTONOMOUS MOORING SYSTEM |
| 9 | Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center | NY | $1,500,000 | TO UNDERSTAND HOW A NEURONAL COMMUNICATION PATHWAY ALSO FUNCTIONS IN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
| 10 | University of Oregon Foundation | OR | $1,500,000 | TO UNDERSTAND PARAMETERS THAT GOVERN TRANSCRIPTIONAL ADAPTATION TO ENABLE NOVEL RNA-BASED THERAPEUTICS |
| 11 | University of Utah | UT | $1,500,000 | TO UNDERSTAND THE GENETIC AND EPIGENETIC CONTROL OF AGING |
| 12 | George Washington University | VA | $1,400,000 | TO INVESTIGATE TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION IN VERTEBRATES |
| 13 | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | CA | $1,400,000 | TO DEVELOP BIOLUMINESCENT PROBES FOR VISUALIZING GPCR LIGANDS |
| 14 | La Jolla Institute for Immunology | CA | $1,300,000 | TO VALIDATE A NOVEL FUNCTION OF HISTONES AS RESERVOIRS OF CELLULAR ENERGY |
| 15 | Northwestern University | IL | $1,300,000 | TO TEST FOR VIOLATION OF QUANTUM LINEARITY DUE TO GRAVITY |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 250 | $61.3M |
| 2021 | 224 | $70.3M |
| 2022 | 256 | $64.7M |
| 2023 | 235 | $61.4M |
| 2024 | 258 | $68.2M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.
Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.
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