Funding search · EIN 223021586 · Boston, MA

The Patrick J McGovern Foundation

Name: The Patrick J McGovern Foundation grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

692
grants reported: $262.0M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $300,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

data through digital health advance climate tech development

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

AI tools for climate data, emissions tracking, and conservation
AI governance, policy discourse, and algorithmic accountability
AI literacy and tech skills for students, teachers, girls, workers
AI-enabled health delivery in low-resource and global majority settings
AI tools for local journalism, fact-checking, and misinformation response
Open data platforms, data infrastructure, and data science capacity

Typical grant

Median grant is $300,000 with the middle half between $150,000 and $500,000. The $750,000 to $1.5 million checks go to large international institutions and multilateral bodies (UNESCO, World Resources Institute, Conservation International, Aspen Institute) or to platform-scale infrastructure; the $350,000 to $500,000 range covers most operating nonprofits building a specific tool. With 692 grants to 324 recipients over three years, roughly two grants per recipient, renewal is common.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“AI literacy”
“data-driven”
“AI-driven”
“open-source”
“low-resource”
“global majority countries”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame the ask as a concrete tool or platform, not research: they fund product roadmaps and deployment.
Ask $350,000 to $500,000 for a first grant; reserve $750,000-plus framing for multi-country or institutional scale.
Attach your work to one funded theme: climate data, AI governance, AI literacy, global health delivery, or local journalism.
Emphasize open-source release, data accessibility, and capacity building for non-technical or underserved users.

Worth knowing: Giving concentrates in California, DC, New York, and Massachusetts, with a sizable share going to non-US and multilateral organizations working in Africa, India, and the Pacific. Nearly every grant description names AI, ML, or data explicitly, so work without a clear technology component is outside the observed pattern; two large gifts to donor-advised and community funds (Fidelity Charitable, Boston Foundation) sit apart from the thematic portfolio.

5 grants matching “proactive” · $830,000

$345,000
Thorn · El Segundo, CA · 2023
To proactively reduce risks of csam proliferation through generative ai
$345,000
Thorn · El Segundo, CA · 2023
To proactively reduce risks of csam proliferation through generative ai
$40,000
Enfold Proactive Health Trust · 2023
In support of the creation of a data pipeline to produce evidence-based data and perform data analysis through natural language processing to determine the efficacy of child protection laws in india.
$40,000
Enfold Proactive Health Trust · 2023
In support of the creation of a data pipeline to produce evidence-based data and perform data analysis through natural language processing to determine the efficacy of child protection laws in india.
$60,000
Enfold Proactive Health Trust · 2022
In support of the creation of a data pipeline to produce evidence-based data and perform data analysis through natural language processing to determine the efficacy of child protection laws in india.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Conservation International Foundation4 grants · $6.0M
World Resources Institute4 grants · $6.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund7 grants · $5.9M
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)4 grants · $5.5M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University4 grants · $4.8M
The Aspen Institute7 grants · $4.5M
New Venture Fund6 grants · $4.4M
The Boston Foundation4 grants · $4.4M
Watttime Corporation4 grants · $4.0M
Breaktime4 grants · $4.0M

Giving over time

$66.2M

2022

$130.7M

2023

$65.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 692 grants.

$2.3M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the charitable missions and activities of public charities
$2.0M
New America · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the advancement of the technology and democracy cluster
$2.0M
Quad Fellowship Llc Wholly Owned By the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for St · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
To support the quad fellowship
$2.0M
Watttime Corporation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support climate trace coalition strategic priorities and goals
$1.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2024
To refine an ai tool for evaluating natural climate solutions projects, build ai literacy within the conservation community, and explore new use cases for ai in conservation
$1.5M
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) · 2024
To advance ethical ai governance through civil society networks, policy frameworks, and knowledge resources.
$1.5M
World Resources Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To expand wris data lab for climate-focused ai innovation and global data accessibility.
$1.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support data-driven conservation efforts.
$1.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support data-driven conservation efforts.
$1.5M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
To support the advancement of policy and education work through the institute for human-centered artificial intelligence
$1.5M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2023
To support the advancement of policy and education work through the institute for human-centered artificial intelligence
$1.5M
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) · 2023
To promote ethical governance of ai
$1.5M
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) · 2023
To promote ethical governance of ai
$1.5M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the scaling of wri's data lab and strengthen internal and external innovation partnerships.
$1.5M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the scaling of wri's data lab and strengthen internal and external innovation partnerships.
$1.5M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support data-driven conservation efforts
$1.5M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support public interest technology (pit) infrastructure fund to build private and public infrastructure to develop and deploy technology that is equitable, accountable to the public, and responsive to societys most p… read allTo support public interest technology (pit) infrastructure fund to build private and public infrastructure to develop and deploy technology that is equitable, accountable to the public, and responsive to societys most pressing problems less
$1.5M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
To provide support for the advancement of policy and education work through institute for human-centered artificial intelligence
$1.5M
United Nations · New York, NY · 2022
To support the protection of human equity in a digital age in collaboration with the office of the un secretary-general's envoy on technology (oset)
$1.5M
World Central Kitchen Incorporated · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide support for response work in ukraine
$1.5M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the work of the wri global data lab and data-driven climate efforts
$1.4M
Science for Africa Foundation (Sfa Foundation) · 2023
To support grand challenges africa in running the grand challenge on ai
$1.4M
Science for Africa Foundation (Sfa Foundation) · 2023
To support grand challenges africa in running the grand challenge on ai
$1.3M
The Aspen Institute · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To enhance public understanding and policy discourse around ai.
$1.3M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To enhance public understanding and policy discourse around ai.
$1.3M
The Aspen Institute · Washington, DC · 2023
To enhance public understanding and policy discourse around ai.
$1.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2024
To support the charitable purpose and activities of public charities
$1.1M
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2024
To support the charitable purpose and activities of public charities
$1.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
To support the charitable purpose and activities of public charities
$1.1M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Boston, MA · 2023
To support the charitable purpose and activities of public charities
$1.1M
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
To support the charitable purpose and activities of public charities
$1.1M
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
To support the charitable purpose and activities of public charities
$1.1M
The Boston Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the charitable missions and activities of public charities
$1.0M
Blue Star Families · Encinitas, CA · 2024
To integrate ai-driven technologies into blue star families platform, enhancing military families engagement and resource access.
$1.0M
Breaktime · Boston, MA · 2024
To promote tech-enabled crisis readiness through sustainable support for young adults experiencing housing insecurity.
$1.0M
Public Interest Technology (Pit) Infrastructure Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To support nsfs responsible design, development, and deployment of technologies (redddot) program.
$1.0M
Trust and Safety Tooling Hub · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To scalably deliver open-source trust and safety tools to companies of all sizes.
$1.0M
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
To advance technological innovation in humanitarian services.
$1.0M
American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2023
To advance technological innovation in humanitarian services.
$1.0M
Blue Star Families · Encinitas, CA · 2023
To provide support for the enhancement of an organizational tech platform as well as ongoing digital transformation efforts
$1.0M
Blue Star Families · Encinitas, CA · 2023
To provide support for the enhancement of an organizational tech platform as well as ongoing digital transformation efforts
$1.0M
Breaktime · Boston, MA · 2023
To support efforts to sustainably address youth homelessness and underemployment through workforce training and financial literacy programming
$1.0M
Breaktime · Boston, MA · 2023
To support efforts to sustainably address youth homelessness and underemployment through workforce training and financial literacy programming
$1.0M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2023
To establish ai governance structures and foster ai-driven socioeconomic development in underserved regions.
$1.0M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2023
To establish ai governance structures and foster ai-driven socioeconomic development in underserved regions.
$1.0M
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2023
To support the ai safety fund in advancing responsible development of frontier models
$1.0M
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2023
To support the ai safety fund in advancing responsible development of frontier models
$1.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To fortify ethical technology use and public interest technology infrastructure
$1.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To fortify ethical technology use and public interest technology infrastructure
$1.0M
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (Oecd) · 2023
To support further development of the oecd's ai index to guide and inform policy across member countries.
$1.0M
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (Oecd) · 2023
To support further development of the oecd's ai index to guide and inform policy across member countries.
$1.0M
The American Ai Forum · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For support to close the opportunity gap in ai education, literacy, and skills development.
$1.0M
The American Ai Forum · San Francisco, CA · 2023
For support to close the opportunity gap in ai education, literacy, and skills development.
$1.0M
Thomson Reuters Foundation · 2023
To advance ai and data and digital rights (ddr) awareness and governance
$1.0M
Thomson Reuters Foundation · 2023
To advance ai and data and digital rights (ddr) awareness and governance
$1.0M
American Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2022
To support new initiatives in machine learning, data science, and data cultures to advance lifesaving biomedical service distribution and disaster response across the us
$1.0M
Blue Star Families · Encinitas, CA · 2022
To provide support for the enhancement of an organizational tech platform as well as ongoing digital transformation efforts
$1.0M
Breaktime · Boston, MA · 2022
To support efforts to sustainably address youth homelessness and underemployment through workforce training and financial literacy programming
$1.0M
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the exploration of policy frameworks ensuring ai and emergent technologies advance human welfare, dignity, and security
$1.0M
Creative Commons Corporation · Mountain View, CA · 2022
To support the open climate data project
$1.0M
Ja Worldwide · Boston, MA · 2022
To support the jade, jaid, and youth voices programs to support preparing students for success in a digital world
$1.0M
Knowledge Futures · Cambridge, MA · 2022
To build and support products and protocols to make knowledge open and accessible to all.
$1.0M
Norwegian Refugee Council · 2022
To support ongoing work to build data fluency and ai capacity across the organization, as well as to support nrc's capacity to serve refugees and vulnerable communities across the world
$1.0M
Open Collective Foundation · Walnut, CA · 2022
To support the data empowerment fund
$1.0M
Open Data Institute · 2022
To support the odi data institutions programme and related responsible data stewardship.
$1.0M
Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (Oecd) · 2022
To support global policy.ai and global indicators work.
$1.0M
The American Ai Forum · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For support to close the opportunity gap in ai education, literacy, and skills development.
$1.0M
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria · 2022
To support the digital health impact accelerator catalytic fund
$1.0M
The Hidden Genius Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support organizational capacity building to propel effective service and organizational growth
$1.0M
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022
To support the columbia university graduate school of journalisms craig newmark center for journalism ethics and security with their key initiatives advancing journalism ethics education, security, and industry practice… read allTo support the columbia university graduate school of journalisms craig newmark center for journalism ethics and security with their key initiatives advancing journalism ethics education, security, and industry practices in the digital age less
$1.0M
Watttime Corporation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support expanding emissionality globally with public partners
$954,850
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) · 2022
To support harnessing the power of ai to promote equal opportunities in the digital world
$750,000
Amnesty International · 2024
To support amnestys algorithmic accountability lab to mobilize and empower civil society to evaluate ai systems and pursue accountability for ai-driven harms
$750,000
Audere · Seattle, WA · 2024
To develop an ai toolkit to enable the creation of customized, locally relevant ai tools and datasets
$750,000
Climate Policy Radar · 2024
To support cpr's development of ai tools for advanced climate policy analysis and global legislative insights.
$750,000
Generation - You Employed · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To support generation's ai-enhanced curriculum for tech career access and economic mobility.
$750,000
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support the next phase of tnc's electronic monitoring innovation work.
$750,000
Open Climate Fix Ltd · 2024
To expand the use of ml-enabled renewable energy forecasting in india
$750,000
Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To advance literacy and gender equality outcomes through enhanced technology and data integration.
$750,000
The American Ai Forum · San Francisco, CA · 2024
For support to close the opportunity gap in ai education, literacy, and skills development.
$750,000
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (Wbcsd) · 2024
To deepen the adoption and implementation of the pact technical standard
$750,000
Quillorg · New York, NY · 2023
To teach ai literacy to 3m middle and high-schoolers through ai-powered critical thinking and writing exercises
$750,000
Quillorg · New York, NY · 2023
To teach ai literacy to 3m middle and high-schoolers through ai-powered critical thinking and writing exercises
$750,000
Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To improve literacy and gender equality outcomes in low and middle-income countries
$750,000
Room To Read · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To improve literacy and gender equality outcomes in low and middle-income countries
$750,000
Education Design Lab · Washington, DC · 2022
To provide support for the community college growth engine fund
$750,000
Odi · 2022
To support the buildout of the loop platform
$700,000
Thomson Reuters Foundation · 2022
To support the media, civil society, data rights, and ai work
$695,000
Jhpiego Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To implement a ml risk model for hiv interruption-in-treatment with palindrome data in nigeria
$695,000
Jhpiego Corporation · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To implement a ml risk model for hiv interruption-in-treatment with palindrome data in nigeria
$690,000
Climate Arc · Dover, DE · 2024
To advance the use of ai-tools in climate data analysis and improve the accuracy of net-zero transition assessments.
$650,000
Nexleaf Analytics · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To develop a holistic mis for connected devices in clinics and hospitals to support cultures of data use within health systems
$650,000
Refed · Long Island City, NY · 2024
To advance data-driven food waste reduction strategies using ai and ml
$650,000
Brac USA · New York, NY · 2023
To support fhir-based platform for interoperability and adoption of smart guidelines in bangladesh
$650,000
Brac USA · New York, NY · 2023
To support fhir-based platform for interoperability and adoption of smart guidelines in bangladesh
$610,500
Refed · Long Island City, NY · 2023
To use ai/ml to provide companies and policymakers with data driven, context-specific food waste reduction strategies.
$610,500
Refed · Long Island City, NY · 2023
To use ai/ml to provide companies and policymakers with data driven, context-specific food waste reduction strategies.
$600,000
Malaria No More Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2024
To provide direct support for ai-enabled, climate-smart data platform for malaria control and support data-driven decision-making within the ministry of health in indonesia
$600,000
Newpublic · Oakland, CA · 2024
To launch ai tools that foster vibrant media ecosystems and explore ai use-cases for digital community platforms
$600,000
Oceanmind · 2024
To support oceanmind's global tracking of fossil fuel movements and enhance emissions transparency.

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