Funding search · EIN 464978561 · Scottsdale, AZ

The Michelson 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.

51
grants reported
$3.6M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$25,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

cardiovascularleukemialymphocyticresearchtreatment

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Funding pattern

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1 grant matching “lymphocytic · $900,000

  • $900,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Treatment of Lymphocytic Leukemia

Top recipients

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

  • Mayo Clinic2 grants · $1.1M
  • Better Angels Society - the American Revolution3 grants · $499,999
  • Vanderbilt University Blair Community Scholars Pr1 grant · $453,140
  • The Better Angels Society1 grant · $333,333
  • Memphis Brooks Museum of Art1 grant · $250,000
  • The Metropolitan Opera3 grants · $150,000
  • Book Book Go3 grants · $125,000
  • American Enterprise Institute3 grants · $105,000
  • Eagles Autism Foundation3 grants · $90,000
  • Teach for America (Annual Benefit)2 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$1.5M
2022
$725,266
2023
$371,667
2024
$961,473
2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

  • $900,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Treatment of Lymphocytic Leukemia

  • $453,140

    Vanderbilt University Blair Community Scholars Pr · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $333,333

    The Better Angels Society · Washington, DC · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $250,000

    Memphis Brooks Museum of Art · Memphis, TN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $166,667

    Better Angels Society - the American Revolution · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $166,666

    Better Angels Society - the American Revolution · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $166,666

    Better Angels Society - the American Revolution · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $150,000

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Cardiovascular Research

  • $50,000

    Book Book Go · Warson Woods, MO · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Child Mind Institute · San Francisco, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Ertz Family Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Book Book Go · St Louis, MO · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    Bryn Mawr College · Bryn Mawr, PA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $50,000

    The Metropolitan Opera · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    American Enterprise Institute · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $35,000

    Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Eagles Autism Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Eagles Autism Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $30,000

    Eagles Autism Foundation · Philadelphia, PA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Teach for America · New York City, NY · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Teach for America (Annual Benefit) · New York City, NY · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    City Year · Boston, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Teach for America (Annual Benefit) · New York City, NY · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    The Be Kind People Project · Scottsdale, AZ · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Book Book Go · St Louis, MO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    City Year · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $25,000

    Michael J Fox Foundation · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Kukio Ho'Omana Fund · Kailua Kona, HI · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Libertas College Preparatory · Los Angeles, CA · 2025

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Kukio Ho'Omana Fund · Kailua Kona, HI · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Grants Central Station (Maui Rapid Response) · Kihei, HI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    International Churchill Society · Washington, DC · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Descanso Gardens Foundation · La Canada Flintridge, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Hawaii Community Foundation · Honolulu, HI · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $7,500

    International Churchill Society · Washington, DC · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Jones-Gordon Foundation · Paradise Valley, AZ · 2024

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Navy Seal Foundation · Virginia Beach, VA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Team Impact · Quincy, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Good Tidings Foundation · Burlingame, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $5,000

    Hypopara Research Foundation · San Mateo, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $2,400

    Semper Fi & America'S Fund (in Memory of Dan McQu · Oceanside, CA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Truman Library Institution · Kansas City, MO · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $1,000

    Truman Library Institution · Kansas City, MO · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $200

    Harvard Magazine · Cambridge, MA · 2023

    Unrestricted

  • $200

    Harvard Magazine · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted

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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.