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The Brinson Foundation

$120.2M
in grants paid: 394
grants: 173
recipients: 2022–2024
filing years

Recent grants

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

$600,000
St John'S Health Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2024
Hitching post workforce housing redevelopment
$200,000
Eisenhower Health · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Cardiovascular institute
$200,000
Chicago Community Foundation Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Scaling community violence intervention for a safer chicago
$141,700
University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Edward H Lev · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson astrophysics fellowship program, brinson lecture, and pdta
$120,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Carnegie-caltech brinson postdoctoral fellowship in observational astronomy
$120,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Nu-uchicago brinson postdoctoral fellowship in astrophysics
$120,000
University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Edward H Lev · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$120,000
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$120,000
Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$120,000
University of Chicago Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$115,000
University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in black hole astrophysics
$115,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in interstellar matter research
$115,000
Wesleyan University · Middle Town, CT · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in radio astronomy
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Carnegie-caltech brinson prize fellowship in observational astronomy
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in instrumentation
$103,000
University of Chicago Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy · Chicago, IL · 2024
Genetic basis for the origin of limbs research and pdta
$103,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Brain metabolism and dna repair in primate evolution and pdta
$102,700
Lsst · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Data science fellowship program and pdta
$100,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Exploring the warped space- time around black holes
$100,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson medical research fellowship
$100,000
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Solar astrophysics and astroai research
$100,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson medical research fellowship
$100,000
University of Chicago Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson medical research fellowship
$90,000
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson stroke fellowship
$88,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Cosmology and astrophysics research and pdta
$83,000
Field Museum of Natural History · Chicago, IL · 2024
Learning center programs and pdta
$83,000
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support and pdta
$82,750
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$80,000
Shedd Aquarium Society John G Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$78,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Earth and Planets Laboratory · Washington, DC · 2024
Experimental and observational geophysics and pdta
$77,200
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Columbia University · Palisaded, NY · 2024
Lamont-doherty earth observatory - anticipating earthquakes initiative and pdta
$75,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Quantum communication channels and quantum sensing for fundamental physics research
$75,000
Science Philanthropy Alliance Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
Associate membership
$71,500
Lake Forest Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2024
Class of '93 scholarship fund for high school students and pdta
$70,000
The Partnership for College Completion · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$70,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2024
Local broadcast of nova and general support
$66,000
Research Corporation for Science Advancement · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Scialog: early science with the lsst
$65,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Nurse education and leadership training
$63,000
Chicago Historical Society Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$63,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Brinson postdoctoral fellowship in quantum science
$62,800
Lincoln Park Zoological Society · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$60,900
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$60,000
Lyric Opera of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$60,000
Friends of Gros Ventre Fire Station · Jackson, WY · 2024
General operating support
$58,000
Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$55,000
Posse Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support - chicago
$53,000
Special Olympics Illinois · Normal, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$53,000
Chicago Horticultural Society Chicago Botanic Garden · Glencoe, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$53,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Brinson summer graduate student fellowships for explorator research in astronomy and pdta
$53,000
High Jump · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$53,000
The Morton Arboretum · Lisle, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$53,000
Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago Architecture Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$53,000
Erie Family Health Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Teen health center and pdta
$53,000
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Chicago Academy of Sciences · Chicago, IL · 2024
General support and pdta
$53,000
Math Circles of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$53,000
Project Syncere · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$53,000
Metrosquash · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$52,950
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing · Seattle, WA · 2024
Graduate school science writing fellowships and general operating support and pdta
$52,900
National Louis University · Chicago, IL · 2024
Accelerate u health care career pathways and pdta
$50,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Adolescent family center & school based health centers
$50,000
Digital Education Project Digital Inquiry Group · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
Civic online reasoning
$50,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Center for childhood resilience
$50,000
Cato Institute · Washington, DC · 2024
Sphere education initiative
$50,000
Chicago Community Foundation Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Youth interventions
$50,000
Chicago Parks Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Perennial garden maintenance
$50,000
Chicago Public Education Fund · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Chicago Public Library Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Communities in Schools of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
Eisenhower Health · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Nurse education and general operating support
$50,000
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Illinois college scholarship program
$50,000
Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2024
Chicago citywide youth councils
$50,000
Montana State University · Bozeman, MT · 2024
Reconciling modern geophysical images with petrological reconstruction of yellowstone's magmas
$50,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Nurse education
$50,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2024
Breast cancer research
$50,000
St John'S Health Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2024
Nurse education
$50,000
Strategic Education Research Partnership · Washington, DC · 2024
Word generation weekly
$50,000
Teton County Integrated Solid Waste and Recycling · Jackson, WY · 2024
Recycling, composting, and waste diversion
$50,000
University of Arizona Foundation Lunar and Planetary Laboratory · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Near earth asteroids research
$50,000
University of Chicago Consortium On School Research · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$50,000
University of Utah Department of Geology and Geophysics · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
A multiscale study of the yellowstone volcanic, tectonic, and hydrothermal system
$48,000
Healthy Schools Campaign · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support - chicago and pdta
$45,000
Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation Ic Stars · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$43,000
Stony Brook Foundation Inc Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science · Stony Brook, NY · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$43,000
Bottom Line · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support - chicago and pdta
$43,000
Literacy Works · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$43,000
The Joffrey Ballet · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$41,400
Ayn Rand Institute · Santa Ana, CA · 2024
Free books to teachers program - chicago area and pdta
$40,000
Northwestern University Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration · Evanston, IL · 2024
Research experiences in astronomy at ciera for high school students (reach)
$40,000
Institute for Humane Studies · Arlington, VA · 2024
Student programming
$40,000
One Million Degrees · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support - chicago
$38,000
Cara Collective · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support - chicago and pdta
$38,000
Teton Science Schools · Jackson, WY · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$38,000
Jackson Hole Land Trust · Jackson, WY · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$38,000
Accion · Cambridge, MA · 2024
General operating support and ptda
$38,000
Advance Illinois · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$38,000
Carole Robertson Center for Learning · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$35,000
Modern Classrooms Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Math innovation fellowship - chicago
$35,000
Revolution Workshop · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$35,000
University of Chicago Education Lab · Chicago, IL · 2024
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