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The Michelson 20mm Foundation

Name: The Michelson 20mm 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.

149
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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 access affordability intellectual property digital incarceration services

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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.

Top recipients

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

Community Partners2 grants · $172,500
Center for Accessible Technology2 grants · $150,000
California State University Foundation1 grant · $125,000
The Utility Reform Network1 grant · $100,000
Generation Hope1 grant · $100,000
New Venture Fund2 grants · $91,800
California Community Foundation1 grant · $90,000
Public Policy Institute of California2 grants · $85,000
New Venture Fund2 grants · $78,250
The Education Trust2 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$982,665

2022

$843,039

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 149 grants.

$127,500
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Resources for people impacted by mass incarceration community projects for public good education access & affordability intellectual property education/support
$125,000
California State University Foundation · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$100,000
Generation Hope · Washington, DC · 2024
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$100,000
Center for Accessible Technology · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$100,000
The Utility Reform Network · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$90,000
California Community Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$80,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$55,000
Uc College of the Law San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$50,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$50,000
People Centered Internet · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$50,000
Urban Resource Institute · New York, NY · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$50,000
Center for Accessible Technology · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$50,000
Nextgen Climate America · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$50,000
Public Policy Institute of California · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Public Policy Research
$50,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$45,000
Nextgen Climate America · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$45,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Resources for Re-engaging Students Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$40,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$38,353
Creative Commons Corporation · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$38,250
New Venture Fund · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$35,000
California Competes · Kensington, CA · 2023
Digital Learning & Workforce Skills Digital Services Access & Affordability Education Access & Affordability
$35,000
Public Policy Institute of California · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Public Policy Research, Digital Services Access & Affordability
$32,500
National Association for Community College Entr · Springfield, MA · 2023
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$30,000
California Competes · Oakland, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$30,000
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Resources for People Impacted by Mass IncarceratioN
$27,500
Creative Commons Corporation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
City Heights Community Development Corporation · San Diego, CA · 2024
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$25,000
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Csula Auxiliary Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Destination Crenshaw · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Impact Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Indigenous Justice · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$25,000
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
March On Foundation · Annapolis, MD · 2024
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
Peoples Resource Center · El Monte, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Regents of the University of California Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2024
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
The Friends of Chabot College · Hayward, CA · 2024
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$25,000
The Mirman School for Gifted Children · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Resources for People Impacted by Mass IncarceratioN
$25,000
Unite-La · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
University of San Diego · San Diego, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
A New Way of Life Reentry Project · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$25,000
Believe in Students · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
California State University Long Beach Research Fo · Long Beach, CA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Impact Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$25,000
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in · Half Moon Bay, CA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Insure the Uninsured Project · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
Oakland Public Education Fund · Oakland, CA · 2023
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse · San Diego, CA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Regents of the University of Ca Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2023
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$25,000
Student Basic Needs Coalition · Chicago, IL · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
The Giving Spirit · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Innovative Learning Platform
$25,000
American Association of Colleges and Universities · Washington, DC · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Bethune Cookman University · Daytona Beach, FL · 2022
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$25,000
California State University Northridge Foundation · Northridge, CA · 2022
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$25,000
Elevate Community Services · Fresno, CA · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
Hampton University · Hampton, VA · 2022
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$25,000
Human-I-T · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
Institute for Local Self Reliance · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
Nextgen Climate America · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$25,000
Public Advocates · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Education access & affordability
$25,000
Regents of the University of Ca Irvine · Irvine, CA · 2022
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$25,000
The Education Trust · Washington, DC · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$25,000
The Rand Corporation · Santa Monica, CA · 2022
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$25,000
The Urban Assoc of Forestry and Fire Professionals · Asuza, CA · 2022
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$25,000
Young Invincibles · Washington, DC · 2022
Education access & affordability
$23,100
Glendale College Foundation · Glendale, CA · 2024
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$21,415
National Student Legal Defense Network · Washington, DC · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$20,000
California State University Long Beach Research Fo · Long Beach, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$20,000
Food Research and Action Center · Washington, DC · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$20,000
National Association for Community College Entr · Springfield, MA · 2022
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$15,000
California Invention Convention · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$15,000
Campaign for College Opportunity · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$15,000
Pro Bono Advisory Council · Birmingham, AL · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$12,500
Transformative Collective Institute · Tehachapi, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$12,500
Transformative Collective Institute · Tehachapi, CA · 2024
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$12,500
Austin Pets Alive · Austin, TX · 2023
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$11,800
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$11,000
Community College League of California · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$10,000
Online Learning Consortium · Boston, MA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability Incarceration
$10,000
University of California Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$10,000
Cal Poly Corporation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2023
Education Access & Affordability
$10,000
Campaign for College Opportunity · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Campaign for College Opportunity
$10,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$10,000
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society · Wilmette, IL · 2022
Digital Services Access & Affordability
$10,000
Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$10,000
Morehouse College · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Intellectual property education/support
$10,000
Norfolk State University Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Intellectual property education/support
$10,000
Purdue University · Chicago, IL · 2022
Intellectual property education/support
$10,000
South Carolina State University · Orangeburg, SC · 2022
Intellectual property education/support
$10,000
Tuskegee University · Tuskegee Institute, AL · 2022
Intellectual property education/support
$10,000
Xavier University · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Intellectual property education/support
$9,000
United Negro College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$8,550
Association of Community College Trustees · Washington, DC · 2024
Resources for People Impacted by Mass IncarceratioN
$8,000
Community College League of California · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Education Access & Affordability
$7,500
Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Resources for People Impacted by Mass Incarceration
$7,500
The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding · Briarcliff Manor, NY · 2023
Intellectual Property Education/Support
$7,102
National Association for Community College Entr · Springfield, MA · 2024
Education Access & Affordability
$6,000
Unite-La · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Access to Education and Workforce Opportunities Digital Services Access & Affordability

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