Funding search · EIN 260580915 · Chicago, IL

Rumsfeld Foundation

Name: Rumsfeld 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.

100
grants reported: $1.9M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $5,000
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

education stipend tuition gift postdoctoral

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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.

2 grants matching “schumacher” · $20,000

$500
Luke Schumacher · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Education stipend
$19,500
Luke Schumacher · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Education stipend

Top recipients

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

American Foreign Policy Council3 grants · $1.2M
Camca Group1 grant · $127,000
Georgetown University3 grants · $45,589
Heath Dowers3 grants · $40,000
Texas a&M University3 grants · $29,878
The Institute of World Politics3 grants · $26,750
David Axelrod2 grants · $25,500
Syracuse University2 grants · $24,000
Johns Hopkins University3 grants · $22,000
Jessika Nebrat2 grants · $20,000

Giving over time

$727,103

2022

$601,201

2023

$603,737

2024

Grant history

All 100 reported grants, largest first.

$487,471
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2022
Unrestricted charitable gift
$372,345
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2023
Unrestricted charitable gift
$355,085
American Foreign Policy Council · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$127,000
Camca Group · Washington, DC · 2024
Unrestricted charitable gift
$29,500
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2022
Education tuition
$20,000
Heath Dowers · Grapevine, TX · 2023
Education stipend
$19,500
Luke Schumacher · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Education stipend
$16,455
Texas a&M University · Austin, TX · 2023
Education tuition
$15,000
David Axelrod · Eagan, MN · 2022
Education stipend
$14,000
Syracuse University · Binghamton, NY · 2023
Education tuition
$13,806
Melissa Melvin · Gaithersburg, MD · 2022
Education stipend
$11,990
Texas a&M University · Austin, TX · 2022
Education tuition
$10,553
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2023
Education tuition
$10,500
Heath Dowers · Grapevine, TX · 2024
Education stipend
$10,500
James Romano · Bloomington, IN · 2024
Education stipend
$10,500
Rebecca Bryant · Austin, TX · 2024
Education stipend
$10,500
Sheriff Almakki · Washington, DC · 2024
Education stipend
$10,500
Daniel Samet · Washington, DC · 2023
Education stipend
$10,500
David Axelrod · Eagan, MN · 2023
Education stipend
$10,500
Jessika Nebrat · Washington, DC · 2023
Education stipend
$10,500
Jonathan Garon · Washington, DC · 2023
Education stipend
$10,500
Megan Brand · Ringoes, NJ · 2023
Postdoctoral Stipend
$10,500
Dalia Saif · Chicago, IL · 2022
Education stipend
$10,500
David Newman · Hixson, TX · 2022
Education stipend
$10,077
Missouri State University · Springfield, MO · 2023
Education tuition
$10,000
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Education tuition
$10,000
The Institute of World Politics · Washington, DC · 2024
Education tuition
$10,000
Syracuse University · Binghamton, NY · 2022
Education tuition
$9,500
James Romano · Bloomington, IN · 2023
Education stipend
$9,500
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Education tuition
$9,500
Rebecca Bryant · Austin, TX · 2023
Education stipend
$9,500
Sheriff Almakki · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Education stipend
$9,500
Claremont Graduate University · Claremont, CA · 2022
Education tuition
$9,500
Daniel Samet · Washington, DC · 2022
Education stipend
$9,500
Heath Dowers · Grapevine, TX · 2022
Education stipend
$9,500
Jessika Nebrat · Washington, DC · 2022
Education stipend
$9,500
Jonathan Garon · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Education stipend
$9,500
Megan Brand · Ringoes, NJ · 2022
Postdoctoral Stipend
$9,500
Pepperdine University · Malibu, CA · 2022
Education tuition
$9,363
Claremont Graduate University · Claremont, CA · 2023
Education tuition
$9,000
The Institute of World Politics · Washington, DC · 2023
Education tuition
$8,000
Molly Parrish · Washington, DC · 2022
Education stipend
$7,750
The Institute of World Politics · Washington, DC · 2022
Education tuition
$5,694
Auburn University · Auburn, AL · 2022
Education Tuition
$5,536
Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024
Education tuition
$5,500
Jonathan Hofer · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Education stipend
$5,500
Ted Richards · West Hills, CA · 2022
Education stipend
$5,000
William Livingston · Norman, OK · 2024
Education stipend
$5,000
Pepperdine University · Malibu, CA · 2023
Education tuition
$5,000
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Education tuition
$5,000
Jackson Grasz · Agoura Hills, CA · 2022
Education stipend
$4,892
Missouri State University · Springfield, MO · 2022
Education tuition
$4,500
Alexandra Seymour · Washington, DC · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Annika Nordquist · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Darcy Stubbs · Corsicana, TX · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Kerri Haeuptle · Sterling, VA · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Max Ackerson · Miami, FL · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Riya Bhushan · Washington, DC · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Sophie Collins · Houston, TX · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Thea Dunlevie · Arlington, VA · 2024
Education stipend
$4,500
Will Quinn · Washingtonq, DC · 2024
education stipend
$4,500
Cole Howerton · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Education stipend
$4,500
William Livingston · Norman, OK · 2023
Education stipend
$4,500
Makaela Mendrala · Washington, DC · 2022
Education stipend
$3,250
Rebeccah Heinrichs · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Education stipend
$3,000
Michelle Duke · Washington, DC · 2024
Education stipend
$3,000
Francisco Perez · Miami, FL · 2022
Education stipend
$3,000
Nishi Patel · Los Alamos, NM · 2022
Education stipend
$2,750
Rebeccah Heinrichs · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Education stipend
$2,500
Natalie Petit · Fairlawn, OH · 2023
Education stipend
$2,500
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education tuition
$2,500
Stephen Wolfe · Pittsboro, NC · 2022
Postdoctoral Stipend
$2,000
Michelle Duke · Mechanicsburg, PA · 2023
Education stipend
$1,500
Gracia Luo · Allen, TX · 2024
Education stipend
$1,500
Alexa Watson · College Station, TX · 2023
Education stipend
$1,500
Austin Hillebrandt · College Station, TX · 2023
Education stipend
$1,500
Giovanni Gravano · Washington, DC · 2023
Education stipend
$1,500
Natalie Petit · Fairlawn, OH · 2022
Education stipend
$1,433
Texas a&M University · Austin, TX · 2024
Education tuition
$1,000
Alexa Watson · College Station, TX · 2022
Education stipend
$750
Jennifer Bradley · Papillion, NE · 2022
Education stipend
$500
Alexa Watson · Olorado Springs, CO · 2024
Education stipend
$500
Austin Hillebrandt · College Station, TX · 2024
Education stipend
$500
Cole Howerton · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Education stipend
$500
Luke Schumacher · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Education stipend
$500
Sylvia Lynch · Washington, DC · 2024
Education stipend
$500
Gracia Luo · College Station, TX · 2023
Education stipend
$500
Jeff Cimmino · Falls Church, VA · 2023
Education stipend
$500
Jennifer Bradley · Papillion, NE · 2023
Education stipend
$500
Melissa Melvin · Gaithersburg, MD · 2023
Education stipend
$500
Stephen Shields · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Education stipend
$500
Steven Fairchild · Claremont, CA · 2023
Education stipend
$500
Caleb Yip · Arlington, VA · 2022
Education stipend
$500
Giovanni Gravano · College Station, TX · 2022
Education stipend
$500
Kyle Kessler · Washington, DC · 2022
Education stipend
$500
Megdalynn Fisher · Bloomington, IN · 2022
Education stipend
$500
Peter Remsen · Alexandria, VA · 2022
Education stipend
$500
Wainwright Clarke · Washington, DC · 2022
Education stipend
$183
Clementine Starling · Washington, DC · 2024
education tuition
$158
Clementine Starling · Washington, DC · 2023
Education tuition

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