Funding search · EIN 860098918 · Flagstaff, AZ

Lowell Observatory

Name: Lowell Observatory grants, 2022–2024
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.

17
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $38,164
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

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.

3 grants matching “planetary” · $131,221

$15,741
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$65,574
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$49,906
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research

Grant history

All 17 reported grants, largest first.

$328,074
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$222,547
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2023
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$94,935
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$72,817
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2022
Nsf grant - subaward collaboration research
$68,822
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2023
Nsf grant - subaward collaboration research
$65,574
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$49,906
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$46,723
University of Maryland - College Park · College Park, MD · 2024
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$38,164
Lowell Observatory Foundation · Flagstaff, AZ · 2022
To fund an endowment
$36,239
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$28,906
University of Maryland - College Park · College Park, MD · 2023
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$24,451
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$18,779
University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2022
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$17,752
Northern Arizona University · Flagstaff, AZ · 2024
Nsf grant - subaward collaboration research
$15,741
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$11,776
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research
$6,387
University of Maryland - College Park · College Park, MD · 2022
Nasa grant - subaward collaboration research

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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.