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Richard Lounsbery Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 220
- grants reported
- $15.2M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $50,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
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- National Academy of Sciences7 grants · $622,663
- American Philosophical Society1 grant · $399,300
- Academie Des Sciences3 grants · $390,000
- Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation Nato Science and Tech Org1 grant · $300,000
- Institute of International Education (Iie)1 grant · $300,000
- Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation1 grant · $300,000
- Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress3 grants · $280,000
- Internet Archive3 grants · $260,000
- New York University2 grants · $257,736
- Center for Strategic & International Studies1 grant · $250,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 220 grants.
- $399,300
American Philosophical Society · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Americas scientific revolutionaries: programming to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence
- $300,000
Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation Nato Science and Tech Org · 2023
Empowering nato to help maintain its military and technological edge to face current and future security challenges
- $300,000
Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation · 2022
Empowering nato's technological edge: environmental dimensions
- $300,000
Institute of International Education (Iie) · New York, NY · 2022
Scholar rescue fund: support threatened and displaced scholars from ukraine and russia
- $250,000
Center for Strategic & International Studies · Washington, DC · 2024
Understanding and strengthening us-latin america educational exchange from a public diplomacy perspective
- $250,000
Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress · Washington, DC · 2024
Celebrating american innovation over the past 250 years
- $210,000
Columbia University Teachers College · New York, NY · 2024
1776: seedtime of american education - programming to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence
- $200,000
Biobus · New York, NY · 2025
Launching biobus's mobile science labs in new england
- $200,000
Alumnusb (Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America Inc) · Waltham, MA · 2024
Inter-institutional collaboration project for early career scientists from argentina, uruguay, chile and bolivia in the fields of science and technology
- $200,000
French-American Cultural Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
Support for french film project aimed at creating awareness in the u.s. About the vulnerability of the polynesian atoll ecosystems
- $200,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Who are the people of early medieval france
- $200,000
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2023
Earths history smithsonian sciences education academy for teachers in st. Paul, minnesota
- $200,000
American Councils for International Education · Washington, DC · 2022
Visiting scholar program: displaced ukrainian and russian academic fellowships
- $200,000
Biobus · New York, NY · 2022
Bridging a gap in biobus funding and planning for the future
- $200,000
Univ Buenos Aires and National Research Council of Argentina (Conicet) · 2022
Supporting an argentine lab working towards a more precise combined therapy of spinal muscular atrophy using an epigenetic crispr strategy
- $199,525
The Halo Trust (USA) · Washington, DC · 2025
Next-generation detection and the application of machine learning to landmine clearance
- $198,827
University Court of the University of St Andrew'S College Gate · 2023
Extending the value of ctbto acoustic measurements for environmental concerns
- $183,013
American Museum of Natural History · New York, NY · 2023
Cosmic view of life on earth, part 2
- $175,230
Friends of Ecole Normale Superieure · Timonium, MD · 2025
Bridging computational gaps to tackle epidemic spread
- $165,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Building a globally synchronized passive acoustic monitoring experiment
- $159,343
University of Alabama · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
Wastewater system installation and education in the alabama black belt
- $152,630
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2024
Support for building a new coalition of us oceanographic institutions to address critical ocean science challenges of today
- $150,000
President and Fellows of Middlebury College James Martin Center for Nonprol · Middlebury, VT · 2025
Building global nuclear security expertise:the cns visiting fellows program
- $150,000
Interspecies Io · Dover, DE · 2024
Supporting our understanding and appreciation of the communication systems of other species
- $150,000
Myriad USA · New York, NY · 2024
Support for bioice-exploring: looking for biological markers in ice cores to uncover ecosystem response to change
- $150,000
The Jewish Museum · New York, NY · 2024
Support for an exhibition about jewish visual culture in colonial america and the revolution
- $150,000
Internet Archive · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Advancing a library in a time of war
- $150,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
Conflict, science diplomacy and development of early career scientific networks in eastern europe
- $146,636
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Art bio matters 2023 to promote the study and scientific analysis of biological materials in cultural heritage
- $140,497
Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress · Washington, DC · 2022
France, the united states, and understanding russia: a comparative reflection
- $140,300
Perpignan University (Upvd) Cefrem · 2022
Building the foundation of a global library of underwater biological sounds (glubs)
- $140,000
Resources for the Future · Washington, DC · 2025
Lowering expectations of the size of human population
- $135,000
African Diaspora Scientists Federation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Mobilizing diaspora scientists to contribute to training of african students in science
- $135,000
National Coast Guard Museum Association · New London, CT · 2022
Support for youth education program at new national coast guard museum
- $133,490
Federation of American Scientists · Washington, DC · 2023
Trilateral nato working group on future of arms control
- $131,165
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2025
Richard lounsbery award
- $130,000
Academie Des Sciences Institut De France · 2025
From enlightenment to ai: 250 years of scientific revolutions across the atlantic podcast series
- $130,000
Academie Des Sciences · 2024
Richard lounsbery award
- $130,000
Academie Des Sciences · 2023
Richard lounsbery french-american scientific symposium 2024 and alumni network
- $130,000
Academie Des Sciences · 2022
Richard lounsbery award (an annual prize given to young (aged 45 and below) french and american scientists to recognize extraordinary scientific achievement in biology and medicine. It is administered in alternate years… read allRichard lounsbery award (an annual prize given to young (aged 45 and below) french and american scientists to recognize extraordinary scientific achievement in biology and medicine. It is administered in alternate years by the national academy of sciences and the french acadmie des sciences - recipient selected by the academies) less
- $125,000
Albertine Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Lafayette fellowship
- $125,000
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2025
Rlf french-american fellowship, dr. A. Laudrain
- $125,000
Friends of Cs · Red Hook, NY · 2025
Celebrating america's 250th with scholarships to study at u.s. Universities
- $125,000
Institut Du Cerveau Et De La Moelle Epiniere · 2025
Rlf french-american fellowship, dr. A. Levine
- $125,000
The University of Alabamam Alabama Water Institute · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025
Determining needs to build the northern gulf of america coastal observatory
- $125,000
Universite Grenoble Alpes · 2025
Rlf french-american fellowship, dr. A. Looby
- $125,000
Alex Foundation · Swampscott, MA · 2024
Comparing grey parrots' intelligence to that of human children and adults
- $125,000
The Alexander Hamilton Society · Washington, DC · 2024
1776: studying the beginnings of the american republic's early foreign policy
- $125,000
Journal of Emerging Investigators · Chandler, AZ · 2023
Eirxiv: emerging science by emerging scientists- the first preprint server for pre-college students' scientific research papers
- $125,000
New Parnassus Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
Seed funding for a new opera about napoleon exploring alternative historical outcomes
- $124,250
Women in International Security · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for women in international security: a data-driven approach
- $123,733
Authors Alliance · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Preventing digital obscurity by lowering legal obstacles to stem publications
- $120,000
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Support to develop a free, online high-quality economics textbook
- $120,000
Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of American · Waltham, MA · 2023
Short internships to scientific laboratories in latin american and caribbean countries for early career scientists from colombia and venezuela
- $118,500
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union · Mount Vernon, VA · 2022
Continuing to tell the story of chastellux
- $115,000
Universidad Simon Bolivar Alumni Association of America · Waltham, MA · 2024
Scholarships for students and faculty in venezuela in the natural sciences at usb
- $111,800
National Autonomous University of Mexico · 2022
Binational collaborative effort to study ancient human viral pathogens
- $111,100
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Advancing digital rights in library communities
- $110,873
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Dna Learning Center · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2022
Videos and animations to explain environmental dna to a broad audience
- $110,000
Crdf Global · Arlington, VA · 2023
Preservation of the collection of incunabula of the vasyl stefanyk lviv national scientific library of ukraine
- $110,000
Face Foundation · New York, NY · 2023
Transatlantic research partnership to support collaboration between early career researchers in the us and france
- $110,000
Face Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Transatlantic research partnership
- $105,000
Academie Des Sciences Institut De France · 2025
Exhibition on modern microbiology at louis pasteurs house in arbois, france
- $100,617
The Trustees of the Smith College · North Hampton, MA · 2024
Preparing undergraduate women for advanced summer internships in computational and applied mathematics
- $100,401
Seti Institute · Mountain View, CA · 2024
Satellite impacts and community astronomy network (sican): support to harness a global network of citizen scientists to monitor satellites
- $100,000
International Documentary Association · Los Angeles, CA · 2025
Documentary: bridging oppenheimer's vision of global cooperation through film
- $100,000
Internet Archive · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Archiving us government web and dataset material
- $100,000
Kennan Institute · Washington, DC · 2025
Restoring the kennan institute for advanced russian studies
- $100,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2025
Initiative to develop a joint israelarab science fellowship
- $100,000
Trust for the National Mall · Washington, DC · 2025
The restoration of lafayette park
- $100,000
University of Alabama Alabama Materials Institute · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2025
Immersive stem experience in materials science for teachers
- $100,000
Trustees of Harvard · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Translating a course about science of optics in the visual arts for the general public
- $100,000
D-Fi USA · North Haven, CT · 2023
"d-fi usa: leading a sustainable nonprofit supporting the french"science diaspora in the us"
- $100,000
Dreams With No Limits · Saint Albans, NY · 2023
Dreams with no limits: seed funds for stem programs for nyc male youth
- $100,000
Institute of Biology and Experimental Medicine (Ibyme) · 2022
Supporting science in argentina: galectins as anti-viral and anti-inflammatory agents for sars
- $100,000
World Monuments Fund Rockefeller Center · New York, NY · 2022
Ukraine cultural heritage response fund
- $99,994
Nelson Mandela University · 2025
Promoting african leadership in deep-water exploration
- $99,935
Sorbonne Universite Cellf · 2025
Studies of the part of diderot's encyclopedie concerned with technology and production
- $98,112
Agence Neo-Caledonienne De La Biodiversite · 2025
Increasing understanding of groups of species unique to french islands of the south pacific
- $97,750
Cientifco Latino · South Ozone Park, NY · 2025
Year 2 of seed funding for cientifco latino, inc.
- $94,990
Hudson River Park Trust · New York, NY · 2025
Lower hudson river edna partnership
- $92,539
University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology · 2022
Exploring paper documents as a biomolecular archive
- $90,000
Submerged Archaeological Conservancy International (Saci) · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
The kingston harbour archaeological project: excavation of french naval frigate junon (1780), st vincent and the grenadines
- $87,265
The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Naval documents of the american revolution documentary editing project
- $84,098
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
Richard lounsbery award
- $80,000
Sea Search Research and Conservation Npc · 2023
Making africa heard by growing the african bioacoustics community
- $78,591
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024
Dna analysis of cultural heritage
- $75,000
Geopedis Association · 2024
The starry walk - a documentary film inspired by a 6 week walking and driving adventure under the sky of california to educate the public about the dangers of light pollution.
- $75,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
Engaging the stemm community to address human rights challenges
- $72,400
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
The national academy of sciences in the american democracy: a history: 1863-2013
- $70,000
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Cold Spring Harbor, NY · 2025
Inspiring lives in sciences: conversations with role-model biologists
- $70,000
Indiana University · Kokomo, IN · 2024
Making renaissance florentine burial records freely accessible online for historical and medical scholarship
- $69,035
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · New York, NY · 2025
The archival lives of lewis thomas: a biographical inquiry
- $60,000
Russian-American Science Association (Rasa) Corp · Brookline, MA · 2025
To enhance networking of russian diaspora scientists
- $60,000
Institute of Hydro-Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences · 2024
Studying leonardo da vinci's drawings to understand flow forensic analysis using modern experimental techniques
- $60,000
Resources USA · Alexandria, VA · 2023
U.s. High school french language competition celebrating 200 years of franco-american friendship
- $60,000
Skype a Scientist · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Lowering barriers to science access for global students and philadelphians of all ages
- $55,914
New York University Grossman School of Medicine · New York, NY · 2024
Support for research laboratory of department of cell biology and dr. David sabatini
- $55,000
The Cayuga Bird Club · Ithaca, NY · 2023
The new world of senses- a book about the latest science of the senses
- $54,500
Humanus Documentary Films Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Jazz in paris documentary - the franco-american joy of swing
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