Funding search · EIN 352554499 · Torrance, CA

The Shurl and Kay Curci 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.

153
grants reported
$35.8M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$192,968
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. 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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2 grants matching “metastatic · $320,000

  • $160,000

    Calfiornia Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Support research on raman-guided subcellular pharmaco-metabolomics for deciphering metabolic control in metastatic melanoma

  • $160,000

    Calfiornia Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    Support research on raman-guided subcellular pharmaco-metabolomics for deciphering metabolic control in metastatic melanoma

Top recipients

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

  • The Regents of the University of Ca23 grants · $4.4M
  • University of California San Diego6 grants · $3.6M
  • University of Washington6 grants · $3.5M
  • University of California Berkeley5 grants · $3.0M
  • California Institute of Technology14 grants · $2.4M
  • University of Utah3 grants · $2.4M
  • Stanford University11 grants · $2.2M
  • Innovative Genomics Initiative3 grants · $1.9M
  • Carnegie Mellon University8 grants · $1.8M
  • Georgia Institute of Technology8 grants · $1.4M

Giving over time

$4.9M
2021
$8.8M
2022
$11.5M
2023
$10.5M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 153 grants.

  • $972,439

    University of Colorado Foundation · Denver, CO · 2024

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $972,439

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $944,116

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $944,116

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Ph.d fellowship program

  • $944,116

    University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2023

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $944,116

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $917,891

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Phd scholars program

  • $916,618

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $916,618

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $900,407

    Uc San Francisco Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $891,156

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $889,920

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $889,920

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $874,182

    University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $865,200

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $625,000

    Innovative Genomics Initiative · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Igi-genomic discover toll fund

  • $625,000

    Innovative Genomics Initiative · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Igi-genomic discover toll fund

  • $625,000

    Innovative Genomics Initiative · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Igi-genomic discover toll fund

  • $498,030

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $458,309

    University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2022

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $458,309

    University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $432,000

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2021

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $432,000

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $424,360

    University of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $420,000

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $330,025

    University of California Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Ph.d fellowship program

  • $256,131

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024

    Ph.d fellowship program

  • $256,131

    University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Ph.d scholars program

  • $250,000

    Calfiornia Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $250,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $250,000

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $250,000

    Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $250,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Support research on rewriting the story of plant genetic engineering with nanotechnology.

  • $250,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Support reserch on dark proteome-mediated transcriptional control at single-molecule resolution

  • $250,000

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburg, PA · 2023

    Support research on circadian heterogeneity at the host-microbe interface

  • $250,000

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Support research on nanowires to regulate cellular fate trajectories of t cells

  • $250,000

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Support reserach on deorphanization of pleiotropic drug resistance tranporters

  • $250,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Support research on origin and neurodevelopmental roles of perinatal cerebrospinal fluid

  • $250,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2023

    Support research on a microrna cluster unique to placental mammals controls development of the clinically important cortosospinal projection

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Research on defining cellular barriers to cross-species virus infections

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Support research on dopaminergic modulation of synaptic plasticity for dynamic spatial learning

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Support research on genetically targeted bioelectonics to map brain-body pathways

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Support research on areal specification of the human prefrontal cortez

  • $250,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Support reserch on dark proteome-mediated transcriptional control at single-molecule resolution

  • $250,000

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Support research on nanowires to regulate cellular fate trajectories of t cells

  • $250,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Support research on a microrna cluster unique to placental mammals controls development of the clinically important corticospinal projection.

  • $250,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Support research on neuromodulation of human neocortical neurons by oxytocin in the juvenile autistic brain

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Support research on investigating control mechanisms that protect neurons from too much pressure.

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Support research on dopaminergic modulation of synaptic plasticity for dynamic spatial learning

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Research on decoding the regulatory dynamics underlying neural crest control of adult heart regeneration

  • $250,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    Support reserch on large scale single-cell data annotation for digital cancer patholgy

  • $250,000

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    Support research on building cross-genus genome chimeras

  • $250,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021

    Support research on neuromodulation of human neocortical neurons by oxytocin in the juvenile autistic brain

  • $250,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Research on decoding the regulatory dynamics underlying neural crest control of adult heart regeneration

  • $249,947

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021

    Support research on tipping the balance of the brain:identifying circuit mechanisms of recovery after cortical damage

  • $249,585

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburge, PA · 2023

    Support research on visualizing tumor-killing cells in action: high precision imaging of t cell antitumor immunity

  • $249,477

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburge, PA · 2022

    Support research on visualizing tumor-killing cells in action: high precision imaging of t cell antitumor immunity

  • $249,257

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $248,412

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $248,400

    Stanford University · Redwood City, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $248,400

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $248,400

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Support research on identifying novel targets of aging and lifespan accross organismal, population, and molecular scales

  • $243,115

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2023

    Support research on investigating control mechanisms that protect neurons from too much pressure.

  • $234,023

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    Support reserach on identifying biological basins of attraction with spectroscopic microscopy

  • $224,228

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $223,277

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $220,000

    Life Science Research Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2023

    Three post-doctoral fellowships

  • $217,990

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2024

    Research grant funding

  • $211,752

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022

    Support research on modeling bacterial growth dynamics and physiological adaptation in fluctuating environments

  • $211,236

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023

    Support research on modeling bacterial growth dynamics and physiological adaptation in fluctuating environments

  • $207,525

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Support research on orchestrating agile coordinated motor control with precise spike timing

  • $200,000

    National Academy of Sciences · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    To support displaced ukrainian scientists in eastern europe

  • $200,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2022

    Support research on genomic and methylomic landscape of pediatric high-grade gliomas contribute to tumor pathophysiology

  • $200,000

    Stanford University · Stanford, CA · 2021

    Support research on genomic and methylomic landscape of pediatric high-grade gliomas contribute to tumor pathophysiology

  • $200,000

    Uc Berkeley Foundation · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Support for the innovative genomics initiative scholars program for life science research

  • $192,968

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    Support research on mechanisms of dna interstrand cross-link repair

  • $186,250

    Life Science Research Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2021

    Three post-doctoral fellowships

  • $184,250

    Life Science Research Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022

    Three post-doctoral fellowships

  • $165,780

    University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023

    Ph.d fellowship program

  • $164,023

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Support reserach on identifying biological basins of attraction with spectroscopic microscopy

  • $160,000

    Calfiornia Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Support research on raman-guided subcellular pharmaco-metabolomics for deciphering metabolic control in metastatic melanoma

  • $160,000

    Calfiornia Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021

    Support research on raman-guided subcellular pharmaco-metabolomics for deciphering metabolic control in metastatic melanoma

  • $147,734

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Support reserch on expanding genome editing technology

  • $139,700

    California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022

    Support research on mechanisms of dna interstrand cross-link repair

  • $135,986

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2022

    Support research on using crispr-cas9 genome editing to characterize the role of archaea in the human microbiota

  • $135,000

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2021

    Support research on mechanisms controlling antibiotic tolerance in chronic human infection

  • $128,847

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Support research on using crispr-cas9 genome editing to characterize the role of archaea in the human microbiota

  • $125,000

    Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburg, PA · 2022

    Support research on a new platform for rapid, scalable renewable assays of emergent viral disease infection

  • $125,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Support research on visualizing and targeting cell types in human brain

  • $125,000

    Caregie Mellon University · Pittsburg, PA · 2021

    Support research on a new platform for rapid, scalable renewable assays of emergent viral disease infection

  • $125,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Create an innovative technique to link guide rnas with alterations in protein-level molecular phenotypes

  • $125,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2021

    Support research on visualizing and targeting cell types in human brain

  • $123,522

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2023

    Support research on establishing the neural mechanisms behind our cognitive maps through development of a virtual reality and closed-loop neurofeedback platform.

  • $121,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2023

    Support research on massively parallel profiling of the synaptome and cell identity

  • $121,000

    The Regents of the University of Ca · San Francisco, CA · 2022

    Support research on massively parallel profiling of the synaptome and cell identity

  • $115,623

    The Regents of the University of Ca · Berkeley, CA · 2021

    Support research on molecular strategies for neuronal integration

  • $109,212

    Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Support research on establishing the neural mechanisms behind our cognitive maps through development of a virtual reality and closed-loop neurofeedback platform.

  • $104,773

    Calfiornia Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023

    Support research on disseminating the role of horizontal gene transfer in antimicrobial resistance acquisition via culture-indpendent approaches

  • $96,318

    Life Science Research Foundation · Charlotte, NC · 2024

    Three post-doctoral fellowships

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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.