Open Foundations · Connecticut

Worldquant Foundation

Old Greenwich, Connecticut · EIN 263576736. 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 $6.1M across 7 grants in 2024, a median of $30K each.

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$6.1M
paid in 2024
7
grants paid
$30K
median grant
5%
to first-time recipients
$22.3M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
WORLDQUANT FOUNDATION
Address
C/O DENA CADENA1700 E PUTNAM AVE, OLD GREENWICH, CT, 06870
Phone
2033446459
Email
HTTP://WWW.WORLDQUANT.ORG/#APPLY/
Form the request should take
ONLINE APPLICATION WITH APPLICANT SUBMITTING A RESUME, ESSAY, TRANSCRIPT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND AT LEAST TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION. INCLUDED IN THE RESUME IS A SECTION THAT LISTS SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES, AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATION AND PATENTS. THE PERSONAL ESSAY STATES THE APPLICANT'S NEED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP, VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND HOW HE/SHE WILL FIGURE IN IT, THEIR MOTIVATION FOR STUDY AND SUCCESS, AND THEIR ETHICAL AND MORAL BELIEFS, AS EVIDENCED THROUGH REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE.
Submission deadline
APPLICATIONS FOR FALL SEMESTER ARE DUE BY MAY 15. NOTIFICATION IS IN JULY.
Restrictions on awards
DESIRE TO STUDY QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202533089349100748. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

educational

Biggest grants in 2024

All 7 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Worldquant UniversityLA$5,560,101EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
2Milken InstituteNY$300,000EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
3Carnegie Hall CorpNY$198,700EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
4Casa Verde Home of HopeNY$30,000EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
5Orphaned Starfish FoundationNY$25,000EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
6Student AdvocacyNY$25,000EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
7Boys and Girls Club of GreenwichCT$10,000EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20206$2.2M
202110$10.4M
20229$4.7M
20235$4.4M
20247$6.1M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
New York71%
Louisiana14%
Connecticut14%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Igor TulchinskyPRESIDENT/TREAS/DIRECTOR · 2024
Jeff BlombergSECRETARY/DIRECTOR · 2024
Jonathan MaromV PRES/DIRECTOR · 2024

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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