Chicago, Illinois · EIN 680656415. 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 $105.9M across 127 grants in 2023, a median of $43K 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 2023, IRS filing object id 202423199349103057. 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 2023 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.
The 15 largest of the 127 grants paid in 2023, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Institute of Technology | CA | $100,000,000 | BRINSON EXPLORATION HUB |
| 2 | Princeton University Department of | NJ | $120,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY |
| 3 | University of Chicago Department of | IL | $120,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY |
| 4 | University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics | IL | $116,500 | BRINSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AND BRINSON LECTURE EXPENSES AND PDTA |
| 5 | Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy National Solar Observ | DC | $115,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN SOLAR PHYSICS |
| 6 | Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro | DC | $115,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN INSTRUMENTATION |
| 7 | University of California Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy | CA | $115,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN DARK MATTER RESEARCH |
| 8 | University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group | CA | $115,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN BLACK HOLE RESEARCH |
| 9 | Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago | IL | $100,000 | BRINSON MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology | CA | $100,000 | THEORETICAL GRAVITATIONAL WAVE RESEARCH |
| 11 | Eisenhower Health | CA | $100,000 | CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE |
| 12 | University of Chicago Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy | IL | $100,000 | GENETIC BASIS FOR THE ORIGIN OF LIMBS RESEARCH |
| 13 | University of Chicago Medicine | IL | $100,000 | BRINSON MEDICAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP |
| 14 | Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab | IL | $90,000 | BRINSON STROKE FELLOWSHIP |
| 15 | Adler Planetarium | IL | $87,100 | COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH AND PDTA |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 108 | $4.7M |
| 2021 | 117 | $5.3M |
| 2022 | 127 | $5.8M |
| 2023 | 127 | $105.9M |
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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