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The Brinson Foundation

Name: The Brinson Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

394
grants reported: $120.2M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $48,000
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.

What they fund

pdta brinson fellowship research chicago prize education science

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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.

6 grants matching “instrument” · $582,500

$120,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Carnegie-caltech brinson postdoctoral fellowship in observational 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
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Washington, DC · 2023
Brinson prize fellowship in instrumentation
$2,500
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Washington, IL · 2023
Science communication training fellow travel stipend
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2022
Bpf - carnegie observatories instrumentation program

Top recipients

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

California Institute of Technology11 grants · $100.7M
St John'S Health Foundation4 grants · $780,000
Rush University Medical Center13 grants · $660,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago10 grants · $586,600
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro5 grants · $467,500
Eisenhower Health4 grants · $400,000
Carnegie Institution for Science4 grants · $370,000
University of Chicago5 grants · $320,100
University of Chicago Medicine3 grants · $300,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation4 grants · $275,000

Giving over time

$6.1M

2022

$105.9M

2023

$8.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 394 grants.

$100.0M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Brinson exploration hub
$600,000
St John'S Health Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2024
Hitching post workforce housing redevelopment
$200,000
Chicago Community Foundation Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities · Chicago, IL · 2024
Scaling community violence intervention for a safer chicago
$200,000
Eisenhower Health · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024
Cardiovascular institute
$141,700
University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Edward H Lev · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson astrophysics fellowship program, brinson lecture, and pdta
$123,000
University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign - National Center for Supercomputi · Urbana, IL · 2022
Civic science fellowship hosted by the advanced visualization lab 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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$120,000
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
Nu-uchicago brinson postdoctoral fellowship in astrophysics
$120,000
Princeton University Department of Astrophysical Sciences · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$120,000
University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Edward H Lev · Chicago, IL · 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
$120,000
Princeton University Department of · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$120,000
University of Chicago Department of · Chicago, IL · 2023
Brinson prize fellowship in observational cosmology
$118,300
University of California Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - experimental physics, department of physics and astronomy and pdta
$116,500
University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics · Chicago, IL · 2023
Brinson fellowship program and brinson lecture expenses and pdta
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in instrumentation
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Carnegie-caltech brinson prize fellowship in observational astronomy
$115,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in interstellar matter research
$115,000
University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in black hole astrophysics
$115,000
Wesleyan University · Middle Town, CT · 2024
Brinson prize fellowship in radio astronomy
$115,000
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy National Solar Observ · Washington, DC · 2023
Brinson prize fellowship in solar physics
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro · Washington, DC · 2023
Brinson prize fellowship in instrumentation
$115,000
University of California Davis Department of Physics and Astronomy · Davis, CA · 2023
Brinson prize fellowship in dark matter research
$115,000
University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Brinson prize fellowship in black hole research
$115,000
Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy - National Solar Obse · Boulder, CO · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - multi- messenger solar astronomy research
$115,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - institute for quantum information and matter
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - carnegie-caltech fellowship in observational astronomy
$115,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2022
Bpf - carnegie observatories instrumentation program
$115,000
President and Fellows of Harvard College · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - harvard astronomy center for astrophysics | harvard & smithsonian - galileo project
$115,000
University of California Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - galactic center group - new investigations of black hole physics
$115,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - kavli institute for cosmological physics - star and galaxy formation in the early universe
$115,000
Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022
Brinson prize fellowship - radio astronomy research
$103,000
Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Brain metabolism and dna repair in primate evolution and pdta
$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
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Theoretical gravitational wave research and pdta
$102,700
Lsst · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Data science fellowship program and pdta
$102,600
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Department of astronomy and astrophysics - brinson fellowship program and brinson lecture expenses and pdta
$100,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson medical research fellowship
$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
University of Chicago Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson medical research fellowship
$100,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Brinson medical research fellowship
$100,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Theoretical gravitational wave research
$100,000
Eisenhower Health · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2023
Cardiovascular institute
$100,000
University of Chicago Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy · Chicago, IL · 2023
Genetic basis for the origin of limbs research
$100,000
University of Chicago Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2023
Brinson medical research fellowship
$100,000
University of Chicago Medicine · Chicago, IL · 2022
Brinson medical research fellowship
$90,000
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2024
Brinson stroke fellowship
$90,000
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2023
Brinson stroke fellowship
$90,000
Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Brinson medical research fellowship
$88,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Cosmology and astrophysics research and pdta
$87,100
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Cosmology and astrophysics research and pdta
$85,000
Science Philanthropy Alliance Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
Associate membership and administrative support
$85,000
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Science Philanthropy Alliance · Chicago, IL · 2022
Associate membership and bunker hill farms planning
$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
$83,000
Field Museum of Natural History · Chicago, IL · 2023
Learning center programs and pdta
$83,000
Field Museum of Natural History · Chicago, IL · 2022
Learning center programs and pdta
$83,000
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab · Chicago, IL · 2022
Brinson stroke fellowship and pdta
$82,750
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta
$82,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support and pdta
$80,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
Shedd Aquarium Society John G Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$80,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
Museum of Science and Industry · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$80,000
St John'S Health Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2023
Nurse education and nurse mannequins
$80,000
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Cosmology and astrophysics research
$80,000
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$80,000
La Rabida Children'S Hospital · Chicago, IL · 2022
General operating support
$80,000
Shedd Aquarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
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
$75,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2023
Brinson medical research fellowship
$75,000
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Astrophysics research conducted by early career scientists
$75,000
Rush University Medical Center · Chicago, IL · 2022
Brinson medical research fellowship
$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
$70,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2023
Experimental and observational geophysics
$70,000
Lake Forest Academy · Lake Forest, IL · 2023
Class of '93 scholarship fund for high school students
$70,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Nurse education at northwestern memorial hospital
$70,000
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Columbia University · Palisaded, NY · 2023
Anticipating earthquakes initiative - lamont-doherty earth observatory
$70,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2023
Local broadcast of nova and general operating support
$70,000
Carnegie Institution for Science · Washington, DC · 2022
Seismology monitoring research
$70,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Brinson medical research fellowship
$70,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2022
Nurse education and nicu lactation program for northwestern memorial hospital
$70,000
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Columbia Univer · Palisades, NY · 2022
Anticipating earthquakes initiative - lamont-doherty earth observatory
$70,000
Window To the World Communications · Chicago, IL · 2022
Local broadcast of nova and general operating 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
$65,000
Northwestern Memorial Foundation · Chicago, IL · 2023
Brinson medical research fellowship at northwestern memorial hospital
$65,000
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Yellowstone seismology and tectonophysics research
$63,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Brinson postdoctoral fellowship in quantum science
$63,000
Chicago Historical Society Chicago History Museum · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support and pdta

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