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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for

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$530.8M
in grants paid: 794
grants: 458
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$12.5M
The Rhodes Trust · 2024
General operating support
$10.4M
Kyutai · 2024
To provide general support
$10.0M
Barack Obama Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support the obama presidential center
$10.0M
Future House · Sherborn, MA · 2024
To provide support for futurehouse ai scientist program
$8.1M
The Rhodes Trust · 2024
Support for rhodes trust science fellowship
$8.0M
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To provide support for scientific focused research
$7.0M
The Rhodes Trust · 2024
Awards earmarked to 105 individuals in the schmidt science fellowship program
$6.1M
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support to implement the learning engineering virtual institute
$6.0M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support mit's plasma science and fusion center
$5.9M
The Rhodes Trust · 2024
Awards earmarked to 305 individuals in the rise program
$4.8M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Support for dsa-2000: revolutionizing access to the radio sky
$4.5M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Support for clima: climate modeling alliance 2024
$4.0M
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To provide support for focused research organization
$3.1M
The Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
The schmidt center ds4e
$3.0M
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To provide support for scientific focused research
$3.0M
Ganna Walska Lotusland · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To provide support to establish an employee assistance endowment fund
$2.9M
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$2.9M
Institute of International Education · New York, NY · 2024
To provide support for the quad fellowship program
$2.4M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
The dsa-2000 radio camera: revolutionizing access to the radio sky
$2.3M
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Support for scientific research on m2lines - multiscale machine learning in coupled earth system modeling
$2.3M
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique · 2024
Support for the scale-aware sea ice project
$2.2M
University of Western Ontario · 2024
To provide support for scientific focused research
$2.1M
Science and Technology Futures · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To provide support for open datasets initiative.
$2.0M
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Arts and Sciences Foundation · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Support for the argus observatory low cost access to the deep, high cadence sky
$2.0M
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Support for scientific research on sargassum seaweed as a future renewable feedstock for sustainable biomanufacturing
$1.9M
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2024
Support for the university of cambridge scientific software center
$1.9M
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024
Support for scientific research on converting inconsistent and heterogeneous biomass and municipal solid wastes into de-mineralized and uniform feedstocks for thermal-catalytic processing to low carbon fuels, chemicals,…
$1.9M
Battelle Memorial Institute · Columbus, OH · 2024
Support for separations technologies that enable production and use of high-value biomass streams from agricultural and food processing wastes
$1.8M
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2024
Support for advancing ai in scientific research
$1.8M
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$1.8M
University of Cape Town · 2024
Support for scientific research on oxygen and biogeochemical dynamics along the west african margin: processes and consequences
$1.8M
University of Reading · 2024
Support for land ecosystem models based on new theory, observations, and experiments (lemontree)
$1.7M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for scientific research on animals as living bioreactors: the role of animal gut microbiomes in shaping oceanic carbon cycling and export
$1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support for scientific research on a collaborative approach to converting industry waste into food and feed ingredients
$1.5M
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating support
$1.5M
Swaniti Initiative · Houston, TX · 2024
To provide support for carbon negative rice cultivation in india.
$1.5M
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To provide support for retrofitting coal plants for biomass carbon removal.
$1.5M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Support for crisis response program
$1.5M
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for the university of washington scientific software center
$1.4M
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support for schmidt software engineering center (ssec) at the johns hopkins university
$1.4M
University of Arizona Foundation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Support for large fiber array spectroscopic telescope (lfast) development
$1.4M
Carnegie Mellon University · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
Support for the lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable system for science with the lsst
$1.4M
Convergent Research · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating support
$1.4M
Elicsir Foundation Ets · 2024
Support for italian computer science innovation and research
$1.4M
University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024
Support for fetch4: fate, emissions, and transport of ch4 in past and modern atmospheres
$1.3M
The Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Support for building the circular bioeconomy with future feedstocks in the north san joaquin valley
$1.3M
Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$1.3M
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for the lincc analysis framework: an open, scalable system for science with the lsst
$1.2M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To provide support for bricks vs bonds: minimum technological building blocks.
$1.2M
The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2024
Advancing the development of nuclear materials for fusion and fission applications
$1.2M
Uc Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Support for integration of models and observations across scales (inmos)
$1.1M
Homeworld Collective · Somerville, MA · 2024
Building the climate biotech community through common targets and fast grants.
$1.1M
University of Western Ontario · 2024
To provide support for scientific focused research
$1.1M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support for m3 pilot for mit office of research computing and data
$1.1M
Municipality of Bologna · 2024
To provide support for historic preservation and restoration of the public monuments of the garisenda and asinelli towers in bologna
$1.0M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Support for research on a data-informed framework for the representation of sub-grid scale gravity waves to improve climate prediction
$1.0M
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
To provide support for education related to health and humanitarian emergency response
$1.0M
Universit De Versailles Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines · 2024
Support for scientific research on carbon loss in plants, soils and oceans
$1.0M
National University of Singapore · 2024
Support or schmidt ai in science postdocs
$1.0M
Nanyang Technological University · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$1.0M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Support for caltech academy for software engineering 2.0
$1.0M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Support for the geochemical innovation fund
$1.0M
Wolfram Research · Champaign, IL · 2024
To provide support for symbolic computing hub.
$1.0M
Eedi Ltd · 2024
To provide support for learning engineering virtual institute year 2
$1.0M
Museum of Contemporary Art · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To provide support to establish the eric and wendy schmidt environment and art prize.
$950,500
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support for schmidt software engineering center (ssec) at the johns hopkins university
$927,140
Governing Council of the University of Toronto · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$900,000
Rising International Education and Learning Limited · 2024
To provide support for leaning engineering virtual institute year 2: rising academies
$893,093
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support for preparing for a new world of weather and climate extremes
$868,890
Every Cure · La Jolla, CA · 2024
To provide support for scientific focused research
$857,440
University of Exeter · 2024
Support for scientific research on carbon loss in plants, soils and oceans
$853,780
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support for bringing computation to the climate challenge - improving climate model projections and tools
$846,266
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2024
Support for the subtropical underwater biogeochemistry and subsurface export alliance (subsea)
$818,378
University of Hawaii Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Support for subtropical underwater biogeochemistry and subsurface export alliance (subsea)
$800,000
Carnegie Learning · Pittsburgh, PA · 2024
To provide support for the learning engineering virtual institute year 2: carnegie learning mathstream
$773,128
Regents of the University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2024
Support for scientific research on biocomb: data-driven biomanufacturing using optical frequency combs
$714,512
Technische Universiteit Delft · 2024
Support for scientific research on biocomb: data-driven biomanufacturing using optical frequency combs
$711,952
University of New Mexico · Albuquerque, NM · 2024
To provide support for education related to health and humanitarian emergency response
$684,500
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
To provide support for the study of the emergence of exceptional performance in the creative arts and science
$608,800
Governing Council of the University · 2024
Support for research of 2023 ai2050 senior fellow
$600,000
Organ Alliance · White Plains, NY · 2024
To provide support for organs initiative project
$599,519
University of Washington Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support for fetch4: fate, emissions, and transport of ch4 in past and modern atmospheres
$597,740
University of Rhode Island · Kingston, RI · 2024
Support for ocean margins initiative
$587,973
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$587,500
Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support for schmidt software engineering center (ssec) at the johns hopkins university
$584,019
University of East Anglia · 2024
Support for scientific research on carbon loss in plants, soils and oceans
$580,974
Cambridge in America · New York, NY · 2024
Support for cambridge iccs expansion
$555,093
University of Ghana · 2024
Support for ocean margins initiative
$548,851
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2024
Support for eric and wendy schmidt ai in science faculty fellows (global expansion)
$543,500
The Board of Trustees of the Leland · Redwood City, CA · 2024
Support for research of 2023 schmidt sciences polymath awardee
$542,656
Nanyang Technological University · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$542,656
National University of Singapore · 2024
Support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
$515,260
Regents of the University of California at San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Support for integration of models and observations across scales (inmos)
$500,000
Okinawa Institute of Science and Te · 2024
Support for research of 2023 schmidt sciences polymath awardee
$500,000
Global Talent Network Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
To provide support for increasing global scientific output by international math olympiad winners from lower-income countries
$500,000
President and Fellows of Harvard Co · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support for research of 2024 schmidt sciences polymath awardee
$500,000
Regents of the University of Michig · Ann Arbor, MI · 2024
Support for research of 2024 schmidt sciences polymath awardee
$500,000
Technion - Israel Institute of Tech · 2024
Support for research of 2022 schmidt sciences polymath awardee
$500,000
Regents of the University of Colora · Boulder, CO · 2024
Support for research of 2024 schmidt sciences polymath awardee
$500,000
Imperial College of Science Technol · 2024
Support for research of 2022 schmidt sciences polymath awardee

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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.