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The Thiel Foundation

$19.8M
in grants paid: 198
grants: 133
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$426,775
Donorstrust · Alexandria, VA · 2024
General foundation grant
$95,000
James Alison · 2024
Imitatio grant
$80,000
Benoit Chantre · 2024
Imitatio grant
$80,000
Association Recherches Mimetiques · 2024
Imitatio grant
$65,000
Mark Anspach · 2024
Imitatio grant
$65,000
Cynthia Haven · Stanford, CA · 2024
Imitatio grant
$63,000
Lumen Christi Institute · Chicago, IL · 2024
Imitatio grant
$53,313
Glass Darkly Films · Bourbonnais, IL · 2024
Imitatio grant
$50,000
Samuel Sorich · Bourbonnais, IL · 2024
Imitatio grant
$15,000
Adeodatus · Pasadena, CA · 2024
General foundation grant
$11,250
Tobias Huber · 2024
Imitatio grant
$8,000
Colloquium On Violence and Religion · Augusta, GA · 2024
Imitatio grant
$1.3M
Donorstrust · Alexandria, VA · 2023
General foundation grant
$120,000
Erik Larson · Bryan, TX · 2023
General foundation grant
$100,000
Leo Strauss Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
General foundation grant
$95,000
James Allison · 2023
Imitatio grant
$80,000
Association Recherches Mimetiques · 2023
Imitatio grant
$80,000
Benoit Chantre · 2023
Imitatio grant
$80,000
Glass Darkly Films · Bourbonnais, IL · 2023
Imitatio grant
$75,000
Hugo Chrost · 2023
Fellowship grant
$75,000
Oliver Edholm · 2023
Fellowship grant
$65,000
Mark Anspach · 2023
Imitatio grant
$65,000
The Cornerstone Forum · Sonoma, CA · 2023
Imitatio grant
$60,000
Lumen Christi Institute · Chicago, IL · 2023
Imitatio grant
$50,000
Edward Beccle · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Ethan Thornton · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Eunbin Lee · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Geffen Avraham · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Ian Michael Brock · Chicago, IL · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Jake Ryder Adler · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
James Dacombe · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
John Ciocca · Port Saint Lucie, FL · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
John Guibas · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
John McElhone · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Kai Micah Mills · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Kesava Kirupa Dinakaran · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Kian Sadeghi · New York, NY · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Sara Du · New York, NY · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Steve Lenzner · Upland, CA · 2023
General foundation grant
$50,000
Sung Hyun Mo · Ridgewood, NJ · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Tamara Chayo Romo · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Markie Wagner · Whittier, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Michael Lee · Austin, TX · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Michael Ioffe · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Nikita Shevchenko · Sunnyvale, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Nivriti Kiara Nirghin · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Raina Jain · Riverside, CT · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Reiss Jones · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Ryan Park · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Samarth Athreya · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Quinn Favret · Houston, TX · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Lada Nuzhna · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Tejas Manohar · Brentwood, TN · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Akshaya Dinesh · North Brunswick, NJ · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Alexander Taylor · Lowell, MI · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Alexandre Singer · Miami, FL · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Alfonso De Los Rios Villareal · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Ana Cornell · Fairview, TX · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Ariana Isabel Sokolov · Newport Beach, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Benjamin Botvinick · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Benjamin Nashman · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Dayton Mills · Hunts Point, WA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Tyler Bernstein · Washington, DC · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Victor Cardenas · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$50,000
Rachel Xu · Newark, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$40,000
Jean-Pierre Dupuy · 2023
Imitatio grant
$37,500
Nastassia Ponomarenko · Campbell, CA · 2023
Fellowship grant
$11,250
Tobias Huber · 2023
Imitatio grant
$11,152
Art Press · 2023
Imitatio grant
$8,000
Colloquium On Violence and Religion · Augusta, GA · 2023
Imitatio grant
$5,000
The Catholic University of America · Washington, DC · 2023
Imitatio grant
$1.4M
Donors Trust · Menlo Park, CA · 2022
Donor advised fund
$125,000
John Durant · Austin, TX · 2022
General foundation grants
$120,000
Erik Larson · Bryan, TX · 2022
General foundation grants
$100,000
Ignacio Alejandro Belieres Montero · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$100,000
Leo Strauss Foundation · Upland, CA · 2022
General foundation grant
$100,000
Adam Katz · Middletown, CT · 2022
General foundation grants
$95,000
James Alison · 2022
Imitatio:grants:grants to individuals
$80,000
Benoit Chantre · 2022
Imitatio:grants:grants to individuals
$80,000
Association Recherches Mimetiques · 2022
Imitatio:grants:grants to individuals
$65,000
Mark Anspach · 2022
Imitatio:grants:grants to individuals
$65,000
Cornerstone Forum · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Imitatio:grants:grants to individuals
$62,500
Natassia Ponomarenko (Nastyfit) · Campbell, CA · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$60,000
Mark Shiffman · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Dayton Mills · Kirkland, WA · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Benjamin Nashman · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Benjamin Botvinick · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Raina Jain (Queen Bee Llc) · Riverside, CT · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Ana Cornell (Acorn Genetics) · Glenview, IL · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Alexander Taylor (Wind Craft Aviation Inc) · Lowell, MI · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Tejas Manohar · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Steve Lenzner · Upland, CA · 2022
General foundation grants
$50,000
Ryan Park · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Rachel Xu · Newark, CA · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Tamara Chayo Romo (Medu Protection Inc) · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Tyler Bernstein · Washington, DC · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Lada Nuzhna · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Edward Beccle · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Ian Lee (Eun Lee) · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants
$50,000
Jean-Thomas Leseur (Thomas More Institute) · 2022
Fellowship:fellowship grants

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call. Most private foundations do not accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.