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Fernholz Foundation

Name: Fernholz Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

23
grants reported: $4.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $200,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

13 grants matching “mathematical” · $3.1M

$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Department of mathematics
$250,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2025
School of mathematics
$200,000
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2025
School of mathematics
$75,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
Department of mathematics
$325,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2024
School of mathematics
$250,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Department of mathematics
$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Department of mathematics
$200,000
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
School of mathematics
$325,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2023
School of mathematics
$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Department of mathematics
$325,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2022
School of mathematics
$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Department of mathematics
$200,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Department of mathematics

Grant history

All 23 reported grants, largest first.

$325,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2024
School of mathematics
$325,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2023
School of mathematics
$325,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2022
School of mathematics
$250,000
Change Maker Trust · Boston, MA · 2025
Documentary film about applied science
$250,000
Institute for Advanced Study · Princeton, NJ · 2025
School of mathematics
$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2025
Department of mathematics
$250,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2024
Department of mathematics
$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Department of mathematics
$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Department of mathematics
$250,000
Princeton University Math Department · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Department of mathematics
$200,000
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2025
School of mathematics
$200,000
Simons Laufer Mathematical Sciences Institute · Berkeley, CA · 2024
School of mathematics
$200,000
Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2024
Research in neuroscience
$200,000
Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2023
Research in neuroscience
$200,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2022
Department of mathematics
$200,000
Weill Cornell Medicine · New York, NY · 2022
Research in neuroscience
$75,000
Columbia University · New York, NY · 2025
Department of mathematics
$20,000
Princeton Community Housing · Princeton, NJ · 2025
General support - affordable housing
$20,000
Princeton Community Housing · Princeton, NJ · 2024
General support - affordable housing
$20,000
Princeton Community Housing · Princeton, NJ · 2023
General support - affordable housing
$20,000
Princeton Community Housing · Princeton, NJ · 2022
General support - affordable housing
$10,000
Princeton Medical Center · Palinsboro, NJ · 2025
General support - mecial center
$10,000
Princeton Medical Center · Palinsboro, NJ · 2024
General support - mecial center

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.