Funding search · EIN 521842938 · La Jolla, CA
J Craig Venter Institute
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 40
- grants reported
- $6.8M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $101,710
- 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.
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- University of California San Diego2 grants · $1.3M
- Case Western Reserve University3 grants · $1.0M
- Rhode Island Hospital3 grants · $638,264
- Vanderbilt University2 grants · $591,764
- Colorado State University2 grants · $499,529
- Duke University3 grants · $432,345
- Emory University1 grant · $354,924
- Global Algae Innovations2 grants · $297,858
- University of Maryland3 grants · $296,896
- The Geneva Foundation1 grant · $264,577
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $687,776
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Research subgrant
- $628,139
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Research subgrant
- $409,716
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2023
Research subgrant
- $354,924
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Research subgrant
- $352,416
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
Research subgrant
- $350,485
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Research subgrant
- $303,650
Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, RI · 2022
Research subgrant
- $302,028
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Research subgrant
- $289,736
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2022
Research subgrant
- $275,801
Global Algae Innovations · El Cajon, CA · 2022
Research subgrant
- $264,577
The Geneva Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
Research subgrant
- $256,018
Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, RI · 2023
Research subgrant
- $243,232
Case Western Reserve University · Cleveland, OH · 2022
Research subgrant
- $201,837
Duke University · Charlotte, NC · 2023
Research subgrant
- $200,549
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Research subgrant
- $197,818
Regents U of Ca San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Research subgrant
- $156,201
Regents University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Research subgrant
- $147,113
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
Research subgrant
- $132,496
Duke University · Charlotte, NC · 2022
Research subgrant
- $105,000
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory · Livermore, CA · 2022
Research subgrant
- $98,419
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Research subgrant
- $98,012
Duke University · Charlotte, NC · 2024
Research subgrant
- $87,777
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Research subgrant
- $79,880
Leland Stanford Jr University · Palo Alto, CA · 2023
Research subgrant
- $78,596
Rhode Island Hospital · Providence, RI · 2024
Research subgrant
- $76,964
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Research subgrant
- $75,371
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Research subgrant
- $70,249
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2024
Research subgrant
- $49,636
Nova Southeastern University · Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2022
Research subgrant
- $46,654
University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2023
Research subgrant
- $34,829
University of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL · 2022
Research subgrant
- $32,770
Lawrence Livermore National Security Llc · Livermore, CA · 2024
Research subgrant
- $30,463
Leland Stanford Jr University · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
Research subgrant
- $30,395
Santa Fe Institute · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Research subgrant
- $26,098
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Research subgrant
- $22,057
Global Algae Innovations · El Cajon, CA · 2023
Research subgrant
- $15,675
Art Center College of Design · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Research subgrant
- $10,089
Cleveland Va Medical Research and Education Foundation · Cleveland, OH · 2024
Research subgrant
- $6,945
Cal Poly Corporation · San Luis Obispo, CA · 2022
Research subgrant
- $5,642
Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2022
Research subgrant
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