Funding search · EIN 860138043 · Washington, DC

Association of Universities for Research

Name: Association of Universities for Research grants, 2021–2023
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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.

444
grants reported: $145.7M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $105,382
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

research scientific telescope data hubble space development agreement

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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.

Where the money goes

Scientific research on Hubble Space Telescope data at universities
Astronomy department awards at large public research universities
Telescope facility development: SOAR, WIYN 3.5, US ELT program
Non-university astrophysics institutes: Carnegie, SETI, Planetary Science Institute
Small awards to liberal arts colleges and regional campuses

Typical grant

Median award is about $105,000, with the middle half between $35,000 and $359,000. The multimillion-dollar checks go to the biggest astronomy departments (Arizona, Caltech, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, UT Austin all above $2M) and to telescope consortia like GMTO and SOAR; the sub-$150,000 awards go to single investigators at regional universities and small colleges. With 444 grants to 175 recipients over three years, most institutions appear repeatedly, so giving renews year over year at the same major departments.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON DATA FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE”
“SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT”
“US EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE PROGRAM”
“TELESCOPE FACILITY”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the proposal to analysis of archival or new Hubble data, the phrase behind nearly every award.
Single-investigator work fits the $35,000 to $360,000 band; do not ask consortium-scale amounts.
If your work is instrumentation, tie it to SOAR, WIYN 3.5, or the US ELT program.
Route through a university research office; nearly every recipient is a university or established astrophysics institute.

Worth knowing: This is a science management organization redistributing federal telescope observation funds, not a discretionary philanthropy, so awards track observing-time and archival-research selections rather than a foundation's program interests. Money concentrates in California, Massachusetts, Texas, New York, and Arizona, and the top twenty astronomy departments absorb the large majority of dollars.

3 grants matching “planetary” · $495,183

$193,968
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$215,467
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$85,748
Planetary Science Institute · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope

Top recipients

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

Gmto Corporation3 grants · $9.0M
University of Arizona3 grants · $8.1M
University of California - Berkeley3 grants · $6.9M
California Institute of Technology3 grants · $6.0M
University of Texas at Austin3 grants · $5.5M
Wiyn Consortium3 grants · $5.4M
University of Colorado at Boulder3 grants · $4.4M
The Johns Hopkins University3 grants · $4.3M
University of California - Santa Cruz3 grants · $3.7M
University of Chicago3 grants · $3.2M

Giving over time

$40.6M

2021

$48.9M

2022

$56.2M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 444 grants.

$5.1M
Gmto Corporation · Pasadena, CA · 2021
Scientific research and development for the us extremely large telescope program
$3.2M
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.7M
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.7M
University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.5M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.5M
Gmto Corporation · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Scientific research and development for the us extremely large telescope program
$2.3M
Wiyn Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Scientific research and development for the wiyn 3.5 extremely large telescope program
$2.2M
Wiyn Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Scientific research and development for the wiyn 3.5 meter telescope facility
$2.2M
University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.2M
The Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.1M
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.1M
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$2.1M
University of California - Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.9M
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.8M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.7M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.6M
University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.5M
Gmto Corporation · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Scientific research and development for the us extremely large telescope program
$1.4M
University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.4M
University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.4M
University of Colorado at Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.4M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.4M
University of California - Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.4M
University of California - Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.3M
University of California - Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.3M
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
The Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
University of Massachusetts - Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
Arizona State University · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Washington, DC · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.1M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.0M
Soar Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research and development for the soar telescope facility
$1.0M
University of California - Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.0M
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$1.0M
Soar Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2022
Scientific research and development for the soar telescope facility
$987,715
University of California - Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$986,829
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$971,852
Soar Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Scientific research and development for the soar telescope facility
$953,605
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$953,320
The Johns Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$949,992
University of Massachusetts - Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$936,729
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$928,377
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$915,182
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$913,138
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$907,714
Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$893,241
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$893,239
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$876,560
Eureka Scientific · Oakland, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$868,720
Arizona State University · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$866,360
University of California - Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$856,496
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$838,723
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$827,882
Arizona State University · Phoenix, AZ · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$815,155
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$803,095
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$784,912
Wiyn Consortium · Tucson, AZ · 2023
Scientific research and development for the wiyn 3.5 telescope program
$767,374
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$757,446
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$757,144
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Washington, DC · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$745,859
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$738,319
Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$721,390
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$680,564
The University of Virginia · Charlottesville, VA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$673,817
University of California - Davis · Davis, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$666,854
University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$666,113
Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$665,493
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$644,549
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$623,808
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$622,491
University of California - Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$618,878
University of California - San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$614,281
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey · Piscataway, NJ · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$610,796
Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$600,774
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey · Piscataway, NJ · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$597,170
Eureka Scientific · Oakland, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$594,940
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$561,206
University of California - Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$541,894
University of Notre Dame · Notre Dame, IN · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$524,088
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$511,133
Seti Institute · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$508,390
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$503,426
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$496,199
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$493,180
University of California - Davis · Davis, CA · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$491,480
University of Massachusetts - Amherst · Amherst, MA · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$473,495
University of Wisconsin - Madison · Madison, WI · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$466,690
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$463,929
The Ohio State University · Columbus, OH · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$457,470
University of Toledo · Toledo, OH · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$452,202
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Washington, DC · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$447,569
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$444,714
Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$435,892
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2021
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$428,982
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$422,059
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope
$415,703
Texas a & M University · College Station, TX · 2023
Scientific research on data from hubble space telescope

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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.