Washington, District of Columbia · EIN 136081860. 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 $3.8M across 56 grants in 2025, a median of $55K 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 2025, IRS filing object id 202611329349104611. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 56 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biobus Inc | NY | $200,000 | LAUNCHING BIOBUS'S MOBILE SCIENCE LABS IN NEW ENGLAND |
| 2 | The Halo Trust (usa) Inc | DC | $199,525 | NEXT-GENERATION DETECTION AND THE APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING TO LANDMINE CLEARANCE |
| 3 | Friends of Ecole Normale Superieure | MD | $175,230 | BRIDGING COMPUTATIONAL GAPS TO TACKLE EPIDEMIC SPREAD |
| 4 | President and Fellows of Middlebury College James Martin Center for Nonprol | VT | $150,000 | BUILDING GLOBAL NUCLEAR SECURITY EXPERTISE:THE CNS VISITING FELLOWS PROGRAM |
| 5 | Resources for the Future | DC | $140,000 | LOWERING EXPECTATIONS OF THE SIZE OF HUMAN POPULATION |
| 6 | National Academy of Sciences | DC | $131,165 | RICHARD LOUNSBERY AWARD |
| 7 | Academie Des Sciences Institut De France | n/a | $130,000 | FROM ENLIGHTENMENT TO AI: 250 YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTIONS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC PODCAST SERIES |
| 8 | Albertine Foundation | NY | $125,000 | LAFAYETTE FELLOWSHIP |
| 9 | Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | CA | $125,000 | RLF FRENCH-AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP, DR. A. LAUDRAIN |
| 10 | Friends of Cs Inc | NY | $125,000 | CELEBRATING AMERICA'S 250TH WITH SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDY AT U.S. UNIVERSITIES |
| 11 | Institut Du Cerveau Et De La Moelle Epiniere | n/a | $125,000 | RLF FRENCH-AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP, DR. A. LEVINE |
| 12 | The University of Alabamam Alabama Water Institute | AL | $125,000 | DETERMINING NEEDS TO BUILD THE NORTHERN GULF OF AMERICA COASTAL OBSERVATORY |
| 13 | Universite Grenoble Alpes | n/a | $125,000 | RLF FRENCH-AMERICAN FELLOWSHIP, DR. A. LOOBY |
| 14 | Academie Des Sciences Institut De France | n/a | $105,000 | EXHIBITION ON MODERN MICROBIOLOGY AT LOUIS PASTEURS HOUSE IN ARBOIS, FRANCE |
| 15 | International Documentary Association | CA | $100,000 | DOCUMENTARY: BRIDGING OPPENHEIMER'S VISION OF GLOBAL COOPERATION THROUGH FILM |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 63 | $3.3M |
| 2021 | 54 | $3.6M |
| 2022 | 57 | $3.6M |
| 2023 | 53 | $3.9M |
| 2024 | 54 | $4.0M |
| 2025 (partial year) | 56 | $3.8M |
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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