Funding search · EIN 541603842 · Fairfax, VA

George Mason University Foundation

Name: George Mason University Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

46
grants reported: $399.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $1.9M
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

benefits fellowship graduate post salary eminent scholars scholarships

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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.

5 grants matching “mercatus” · $133.4M

$26.4M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$24.6M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$24.6M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$28.8M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program support
$28.9M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2021
Program support

Top recipients

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

George Mason University23 grants · $265.7M
Mercatus Center5 grants · $133.4M
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia5 grants · $313,272
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute4 grants · $273,852
Oil & Gas Action Network2 grants · $80,000
Northern Virginia Community College2 grants · $54,992
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital1 grant · $37,042
Odu Educational Foundation1 grant · $17,071
Gmu Hillel2 grants · $15,939
University of Virginia1 grant · $13,440

Giving over time

$57.2M

2021

$56.8M

2022

$224.3M

2023

$61.6M

2024

Grant history

All 46 reported grants, largest first.

$73.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operations support
$73.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Operations support
$28.9M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2021
Program support
$28.8M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2022
Program support
$26.4M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2024
Program support
$24.6M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$24.6M
Mercatus Center · Arlington, VA · 2023
Program support
$17.8M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Operations support
$11.4M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Operations support
$10.9M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Salary support
$10.7M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Operations support
$10.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Salary support
$10.3M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Salary support
$8.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Salary support
$8.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Salary support
$3.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Scholarship support
$3.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Scholarships
$3.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Scholarships
$3.5M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Scholarships
$3.1M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Scholarship support
$2.4M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Benefits support
$2.4M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Benefits support
$2.0M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Benefits support
$1.8M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Benefits support
$1.8M
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Benefits support
$936,752
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Eminent scholars
$805,663
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Eminent scholars
$617,727
George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2021
Eminent scholars
$93,127
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Program support
$78,423
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Program support
$78,423
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute · Fairfax, VA · 2023
Program support
$63,217
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2024
Post-graduate fellowship
$63,217
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2023
Post-graduate fellowship
$63,217
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2023
Post-graduate fellowship
$63,217
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2022
Post-graduate fellowship support
$60,404
Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia · Washington, DC · 2021
Post-graduate fellowship support
$40,000
Oil & Gas Action Network · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Program support
$40,000
Oil & Gas Action Network · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Program support
$37,825
Northern Virginia Community College · Anandale, VA · 2024
Program support
$37,042
The Brigham and Women'S Hospital · Boston, MA · 2021
Research support
$23,879
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Program support
$17,167
Northern Virginia Community College · Anandale, VA · 2022
Program support
$17,071
Odu Educational Foundation · Norfolk, VA · 2021
Program support
$13,440
University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2022
Program support
$8,036
Gmu Hillel · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Program support
$7,903
Gmu Hillel · Fairfax, VA · 2022
Program support

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.