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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation

Name: Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation grants, 2020–2024
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.

4,004
grants reported: $1.46B
total given: 2020–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2020–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

research development employee gift trustee recommended science quantum

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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

Marine and freshwater conservation: fisheries management, Amazon basin, Canadian coast
Fundamental science instrumentation: astronomy, quantum imaging, electron microscopy
Bay Area land acquisition, open space, and wildfire resilience science
Science museums and informal STEM learning, heavily Bay Area
Deforestation-free commodity supply chains and nature-related financial disclosure
Patient care improvement, notably diagnostic excellence in medicine

Typical grant

Median grant is $100,000, with the middle half running $5,000 to $400,000, so most of the file is small. The money concentrates at the top: multi-year initiative grants of $1M to $20M go to large intermediaries (New Venture Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, MakeWay), university instrument builds, and named research programs. Repeat giving is the norm rather than the exception; Smithsonian, UC Regents, Stanford, Exploratorium, Nature Conservancy and MakeWay each appear multiple times in a single year.

Their words

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

“IN SUPPORT OF”
“TO ADVANCE”
“durable marine conservation”
“science-based fisheries management”
“advancing our understanding of”
“to enable”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame instrument or method work as new capability for a field, not one lab's project.
Connect conservation work to Amazon freshwater, Bering Sea fisheries, or Bay Area land protection specifically.
Ask $1M to $3M for a multi-year build with a named platform, database, or facility.
Emphasize open data, community access, and resources shared with the broader scientific community.

Worth knowing: California dominates by a wide margin (1,366 of 4,004 grants), and Bay Area institutions like Exploratorium, UC campuses, Stanford and Cal Academy recur year after year, which reads as relationship-driven. Recent large checks flow increasingly through fiscal sponsors and intermediaries (New Venture Fund, Multiplier, Resources Legacy Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors) rather than direct to operating nonprofits.

140 grants matching “method” · $48.8M

$3.2M
Universitaet Wien · 2024
In support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material samples beyond the capabilities of cur… read allIn support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material samples beyond the capabilities of current methods. less
$1.0M
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Baltimore, MD · 2024
In support of methods development to advance cell atlases, single-cell resolution coral proteomics, and long-term coral cell culture systems.
$1.0M
University of New South Wales · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$800,000
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
To develop a method to form a trapped gas of ultracold francium-silver molecules, and a scheme to use these molecules to detect time-asymmetric forces in the atomic nucleus with sensitivity orders of magnitude beyond th… read allTo develop a method to form a trapped gas of ultracold francium-silver molecules, and a scheme to use these molecules to detect time-asymmetric forces in the atomic nucleus with sensitivity orders of magnitude beyond that of current experiments. less
$599,999
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$439,003
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Pasadena, CA · 2024
In support of method development and creation of cell atlases for model squid organisms and their symbionts.
$425,000
Regents of the University of California · La Jolla, CA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$412,500
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$403,123
University of Melbourne · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$396,440
Regents of the University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$393,748
Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$393,107
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
In support of investigations of electronic states at interfaces between different topological phases using optical methods.
$381,688
Universitaet Duisburg-Essen · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$375,000
Institut Pasteur · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$374,000
Macquarie University · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$350,000
University System of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$325,000
University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$303,750
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$300,161
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$300,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$299,995
Marine Biological Laboratory · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$299,967
Koninklijk Nioz · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$299,875
Global Viral · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$299,744
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$299,184
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$293,063
Sorbonne Universite · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$150,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2024
To support research and development of novel, cryogenic methods to abate and suppress wildfire.
$2.0M
J David Gladstone Institutes · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of advancing a novel combination of computational algorithms and experimental methods to predict virus-host interactions.
$1.5M
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2023
To fund a coordinating center to identify and build capacity in inst. Centers of excellence for impl. And evaluation of machine-learning-based diagnostic decision support (ml-dds) algorithms, while advancing research me… read allTo fund a coordinating center to identify and build capacity in inst. Centers of excellence for impl. And evaluation of machine-learning-based diagnostic decision support (ml-dds) algorithms, while advancing research methods. less
$1.4M
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
To develop a method to form a trapped gas of ultracold francium-silver molecules, and a scheme to use these molecules to detect time-asymmetric forces in the atomic nucleus with sensitivity orders of magnitude beyond th… read allTo develop a method to form a trapped gas of ultracold francium-silver molecules, and a scheme to use these molecules to detect time-asymmetric forces in the atomic nucleus with sensitivity orders of magnitude beyond that of current experiments. less
$1.2M
Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2023
In support of development of new methods to understand endosymbiosis and to create a database to support eukaryogenesis research.
$1.1M
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Baltimore, MD · 2023
In support of methods development to advance cell atlases, single-cell resolution coral proteomics, and long-term coral cell culture systems.
$905,672
Dalhousie University · 2023
In support of method developments to advance understanding of genome coevolution, the movement of genes between organisms, and how symbionts become organelles for partnerships with amoebae and other protists as host.
$700,000
Carnegie Institution of Washington · Pasadena, CA · 2023
In support of method development and creation of cell atlases for model squid organisms and their symbionts.
$552,377
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
To support the development of methods and applications that will support accurate detection of potential patient care gaps based on discrepancies between distinct instrument- or human-recorded sources of data.
$257,949
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2023
In support of improving existing automated acoustic sensing methods and expanding the application of these tools to fundamental movement ecology questions.
$251,985
Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System · Madison, WI · 2023
In support of research to develop novel biocompatible chelation methods for scandium isotopes.
$250,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2023
In support of developing an experimental and data analytic toolkit to study lignin disassembly using advanced lignin model compounds, machine learning methods, and nuclear magnetic resonance measurements.
$248,299
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2023
In support of investigations of electronic states at interfaces between different topological phases using optical methods.
$225,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
In support of experimental and computational methods to create and interpret multi-color spatial patterns in living cells.
$95,063
Zappylab · Berkeley, CA · 2023
In support of building an online aquatic symbiosis community to establish best practices in methods and approaches, increase knowledge sharing, and stimulate new collaborations and community connectivity.
$50,000
Regents of the University of California · La Jolla, CA · 2023
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$3.6M
National Quality Forum · Washington, DC · 2022
To support improved data infrastructure and methods for measuring diagnostic quality.
$1.7M
J David Gladstone Institutes · San Francisco, CA · 2022
In support of advancing a novel combination of computational algorithms and experimental methods to predict virus-host interactions.
$750,000
Washington University · St Louis, MO · 2022
In support of developing an experimental and data analytic toolkit to study lignin disassembly using advanced lignin model compounds, machine learning methods, and nuclear magnetic resonance measurements.
$387,034
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022
In support of investigations of electronic states at interfaces between different topological phases using optical methods.
$300,000
Universiteit Leiden · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$293,167
University of Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
In support of improving existing automated acoustic sensing methods and expanding the application of these tools to fundamental movement ecology questions.
$280,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
In support of scientific research by dr. Robert cava to explore the "molecules in metals" model for magnetic and electronic materials, new superconducting high entropy alloys, and the hydrothermal method for iridate gro… read allIn support of scientific research by dr. Robert cava to explore the "molecules in metals" model for magnetic and electronic materials, new superconducting high entropy alloys, and the hydrothermal method for iridate growth. less
$280,000
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2022
In support of scientific research by dr. Cui-zu chang, improving synthesis methods for high-temperature quantum anomalous hall (qah) insulators and qah/superconductor hybrid structures.
$225,000
Research Foundation for the State University of New York · Stony Brook, NY · 2022
In support of research to develop novel biocompatible chelation methods for scandium isotopes.
$225,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
In support of experimental and computational methods to create and interpret multi-color spatial patterns in living cells.
$200,000
Governing Council of the University of Toronto · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Biologicke Centrum Av Cr Vvi · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Berkeley Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Macquarie University · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Marine Biological Laboratory · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Regents of the University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Palo Alto, CA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
The University of Queensland · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
University of Massachusetts · Hadley, MA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$186,816
Dalhousie University · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
University System of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Edinburgh Napier University · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
University of Liverpool · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
University of New South Wales · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
President and Trustees of Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
University of Nottingham · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$99,999
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$99,995
Marine Biological Laboratory · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$99,981
Koninklijk Nioz · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$99,971
Global Viral · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$99,961
San Diego State University Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$99,750
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$99,216
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$98,750
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$93,063
Universitaet Konstanz · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$76,680
University of Melbourne · 2022
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$625,539
Universiteit Leiden · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$499,500
Regents of the University of California · La Jolla, CA · 2020
To support the development of an innovative method to detect diagnostic learning opportunities, then measure the proportion of those cases that undergo structured case review.
$450,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2020
In support of scientific research by Dr. Robert Cava to explore the 'molecules in metals' model for magnetic and electronic materials, new superconducting high entropy alloys, and the hydrothermal method for iridate gro… read allIn support of scientific research by Dr. Robert Cava to explore the 'molecules in metals' model for magnetic and electronic materials, new superconducting high entropy alloys, and the hydrothermal method for iridate growth. less
$400,000
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2020
In support of scientific research by Dr. Cui-Zu Chang, improving synthesis methods for high-temperature quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulators and QAH/superconductor hybrid structures.
$399,660
Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$332,400
Marine Biological Laboratory · Woods Hole, MA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$304,060
University of Melbourne · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$300,000
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ · Blacksburg, VA · 2020
In support of developing a new method that uses ultrasound technology to extract DNA from wood tissue.
$291,386
The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of Cambridge · 2020
In support of developing new protein analysis and quantum-sensing methods to explore interactions between a photosynthetic alga and its coral host.
$263,365
New York University · New York, NY · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$250,000
University of Florida Board of Trustees · Gainesville, FL · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$239,128
Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2020
In support of developing new methods to explore the evolution and interactions among two bacteria, where one bacterium lives nested inside the other bacterium, all inside specialized insect cells.
$228,587
Regents of the University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$225,000
Regents of the University of California · Irvine, CA · 2020
To support the research and development of a process for producing high-affinity antibodies more quickly and at a lower cost than currently available methods.
$225,000
Research Foundation for the State University of Ny · Stony Brook, NY · 2020
In support of research to develop novel biocompatible chelation methods for scandium isotopes.
$225,000
Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2020
In support of research and development of an aerosol-based method to transform raw nanomaterials into tunable structured coatings.
$224,999
Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$202,543
The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ · Palo Alto, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$201,390
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2020
In support of investigations of electronic states at interfaces between different topological phases using optical methods.
$200,250
Governing Council of the University of Toronto · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,096
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Berkeley Lab Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Biologicke Centrum Av Cr Vvi · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Dalhousie University · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Macquarie University · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
The University of Queensland · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$200,000
University of Massachusetts · Hadley, MA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$181,688
Edinburgh Napier University · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$180,000
Regents of the University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2020
In support of leading-edge research to develop novel soft x-ray sources and methods to study quantum materials with high spatial and temporal resolution and with chemical specificity.
$161,921
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2020
In support of developing a virus-bacterium-alga culture system and advancing methods to investigate how virus infection and stress impact gene flow and microbial evolution in cold, highly saline environments.
$150,000
University System of Georgia · Athens, GA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$140,905
J Craig Venter Institute · Rockville, MD · 2020
In support of developing new methods to observe viruses and their hosts and broadening understanding of different modes of viral infection in the ocean.
$125,000
University of New South Wales · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$125,000
University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$115,682
University of Liverpool · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$106,844
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2020
In support of innovative laboratory culture methods, biochemistry experiments, and analytical chemistry techniques to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying communication of aquatic microbes in antagonistic and sy… read allIn support of innovative laboratory culture methods, biochemistry experiments, and analytical chemistry techniques to identify the molecular mechanisms underlying communication of aquatic microbes in antagonistic and symbiotic relationships. less
$105,094
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$101,250
University of Nottingham · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,252
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Koninklijk Nioz · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of Univ of Oxford · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
The University of Queensland · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Northeastern University · Boston, MA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
President and Trustees of Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · Troy, NY · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Global Viral · San Francisco, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
San Diego State University Foundation · San Diego, CA · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
$100,000
Universitaet Konstanz · 2020
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.

Top recipients

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

Regents of the University of California149 grants · $123.3M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University79 grants · $41.2M
California Institute of Technology43 grants · $33.2M
Regents of the University of California53 grants · $32.7M
World Wildlife Fund31 grants · $30.1M
New Venture Fund24 grants · $26.9M
Oceans North Conservation Society12 grants · $21.7M
Broad Institute2 grants · $21.6M
Smithsonian Institution10 grants · $21.3M
President and Fellows of Harvard College38 grants · $20.2M

Giving over time

$271.5M

2020

$386.7M

2022

$401.8M

2023

$403.0M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,004 grants.

$20.0M
Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2024
In support of a unique technology platform and associated resources that supports immersive educational experiences that also benefits frontline pandemic response.
$16.3M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support the launch of a seed fund to support country packages for forests, nature, and climate.
$12.8M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
To support a finance hub that will support implementation of the Conservation and Financial Markets Initiative's goal of increasing awareness of natural resource risk among financial institutions.
$10.8M
Regents of the University of California · Oakland, CA · 2022
To provide support for the thirty meter telescope.
$10.0M
Makeway Foundation · 2024
In support of british columbia durability.
$10.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024
To support climate resilient fisheries management.
$10.0M
Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2023
This grant will support the creation of the diagnostic excellence center for engagement, learning, and action (dxcelerator) at ucsf.
$10.0M
Coast Conservation Endowment Fund Foundation · 2022
To support the great bear sea project finance for permanence.
$10.0M
Internationaler Naturerbe Fonds - Legacy Landscapes Fund · 2022
In support of the long-term effective management, financial sustainability, and impact monitoring of the yasuni biosphere reserve, ecuador.
$10.0M
Oceans North Conservation Society · 2022
To support the qikiqtani and omushkego project finance for permanence conservation projects.
$9.6M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
To provide support for the thirty meter telescope.
$8.9M
Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2022
To support the betty irene moore school of nursing at the university of california, davis in developing, implementing and executing a national fellowship program for nurse leaders and innovators.
$8.7M
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2023
In support of the infrastructure, construction and renovations required for the richard b. Gump south pacific research station to be a leading venue for 21st century ecosystem research.
$8.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
To strengthen implementation of the conservation and markets initiative.
$8.1M
Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2020
To support the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at the University of California, Davis in developing, implementing and executing a national fellowship program for nurse leaders and innovators.
$8.0M
Smithsonian Institution · Washington, DC · 2024
To support launch of the global geo-trees initiative for tropical forests, which will create a high-resolution carbon biomass verification system based on a worldwide network of forest research sites.
$8.0M
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources · 2022
In support of iucn's green list protected area management certification to achieve 30% global conservation.
$7.0M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2023
To launch a funding facility that will support countries to develop and implement ambitious policies for nature and climate.
$6.5M
Resources Legacy Fund · Sacramento, CA · 2024
To launch a funding facility that will support countries to develop and implement ambitious policies for nature and climate.
$6.2M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
To provide support for the thirty meter telescope.
$5.9M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
To achieve the financial sustainability of 16.7 million hectares of national-level Amazon protected areas in Peru.
$5.8M
Conservation International Foundation · Arlington, VA · 2020
To support the launch of the Blue Nature Alliance for ocean conservation.
$5.0M
Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2024
This grant will support the creation of the diagnostic excellence center for engagement, learning, and action (dxcelerator) at ucsf.
$5.0M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2024
To support mainstreaming the integration of natural capital approaches into development policy and finance.
$5.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To strengthen implementation of the conservation and markets initiative.
$5.0M
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
To support arctic marine habitat protection beyond national jurisdiction.
$5.0M
Oceans North Conservation Society · 2023
To support the qikiqtani and omushkego project finance for permanence conservation projects.
$5.0M
Intl Naturerbe Fonds - Legacy Landscapes · 2020
In support of the Legacy Landscapes Fund.
$5.0M
Regents of the University of California · Oakland, CA · 2020
To provide support for the Thirty Meter Telescope.
$5.0M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2020
In support of the long-term biodiversity conservation and the improvement of livelihoods in the Greater Madidi Legacy Landscape, Bolivia.
$4.3M
Peninsula Open Space Trust · Palo Alto, CA · 2024
To support the long-term stewardship of wildlife passage, endangered species conservation and protected watershed in the south bay.
$4.0M
Napa County Land Trust · Napa, CA · 2023
To support the permanent protection of walt ranch in napa county.
$4.0M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the expansion of herencia colombia to include marine protected areas.
$4.0M
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Oakland, CA · 2023
To fund 5 health-system-based prospective evaluations of the implementation of machine-learning-based diagnostic decision support (ml-dds) algorithms that will be coordinated through the kaiser permanente augmented inte… read allTo fund 5 health-system-based prospective evaluations of the implementation of machine-learning-based diagnostic decision support (ml-dds) algorithms that will be coordinated through the kaiser permanente augmented intelligence initiative. less
$4.0M
International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support the acceleration and standardization of nature-related disclosures at a global scale.
$3.9M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To improve the protection, management, governance, and economic activities of brazilian amazon protected areas.
$3.9M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the development of enabling conditions to meet the 30x30 biodiversity conservation goal in peru with a focus on andean and coastal-marine ecosystems.
$3.9M
Wildlife Conservation Society · Bronx, NY · 2022
To support the conservation and effective management of wetlands in beni, bolivia, and the amazon estuary in brazil through scientific research, knowledge, improved livelihoods, communications and applied policy.
$3.8M
Inaturalist · San Rafael, CA · 2023
To enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in machine learning and ai to inform scientific and … read allTo enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in machine learning and ai to inform scientific and conservation insights. less
$3.7M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the development of codex planetarius and pathways for its adoption in international trade.
$3.7M
Instituto De Pesquisas Ecologicas · 2022
To secure effective management of 20 million hectares of protected areas and indigenous peoples and local communities lands in the amazon biome of brazil.
$3.7M
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
To support a global xprize competition to drive innovation and hardware able to rapidly detect and extinguish wildfires.
$3.6M
National Quality Forum · Washington, DC · 2022
To support improved data infrastructure and methods for measuring diagnostic quality.
$3.6M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2022
To support the development and adoption of science-based targets for nature.
$3.5M
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation · Arlington, VA · 2024
In support of the acquisition and permanent protection of richmond ranch in santa clara county.
$3.5M
Conservation X Labs · Washington, DC · 2022
To scale breakthrough conservation technology tools and models.
$3.4M
Smithsonian Institution · Cambridge, MA · 2024
To support the construction of a prototype radio-telescope dish for the next-generation event horizon telescope at the teide observatory in the canary islands, enabling improved imaging of supermassive black holes and t… read allTo support the construction of a prototype radio-telescope dish for the next-generation event horizon telescope at the teide observatory in the canary islands, enabling improved imaging of supermassive black holes and their environments. less
$3.4M
World Economic Forum · 2023
To support nature-positive transitions that will contribute to the implementation of the global biodiversity framework.
$3.3M
Chabot Space & Science Center Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022
In support of efforts to strengthen organizational impact through key facility renovation, exhibit development, and programming.
$3.3M
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the career development and advance the research of thirty scholars in diagnostic excellence.
$3.3M
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies · Millbrook, NY · 2024
In support of a western u.s. Fire ecology and forest resilience science collaborative to advance new knowledge and improved understanding of future wildfire resilience and stewardship implications rapidly and synthetica… read allIn support of a western u.s. Fire ecology and forest resilience science collaborative to advance new knowledge and improved understanding of future wildfire resilience and stewardship implications rapidly and synthetically. less
$3.3M
Climateworks Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
To support the conservation of the amazon biome in colombia and peru.
$3.3M
Science Communication Lab · Berkeley, CA · 2022
In support of a research-practice collaboration that spans the development of a compelling science documentary and the research on audience impact to provide new insights for effective, evidence-based science communicat… read allIn support of a research-practice collaboration that spans the development of a compelling science documentary and the research on audience impact to provide new insights for effective, evidence-based science communication. less
$3.2M
Universitaet Wien · 2024
In support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material samples beyond the capabilities of cur… read allIn support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material samples beyond the capabilities of current methods. less
$3.2M
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2020
To support a global XPRIZE competition to drive innovation and hardware able to rapidly detect and extinguish wildfires.
$3.2M
Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · Palisades, NY · 2024
To support the development of a three-dimensional model of the earth's internal dynamics by integrating quantum geophysics, geodynamics, and seismology, advancing our understanding of the deep earth.
$3.1M
Regents of the University of California · Davis, CA · 2023
To support the participation and graduation of 32 students in the doctoral program at the betty irene moore school of nursing at the university of california, davis.
$3.1M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support implementation of business practices that reduce habitat conversion, overfishing, and illegal practices in the management, sourcing, and trade of agriculture and seafood commodities.
$3.0M
Earth Fire Alliance · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of initial operational capability preparation of the firesat program.
$3.0M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Covington, KY · 2024
In support of seed funding for early stage, innovative opportunities in basic research, as identified by hypothesis fund's scientist scouts.
$3.0M
STEM Next Opportunity Fund · San Diego, CA · 2024
In support of organizational capacity to pivot to a new structure for broadened impact and field leadership.
$3.0M
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023
In support of the conservation of biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction by activating the international high seas treaty.
$3.0M
Space Science Institute · Boulder, CO · 2022
In support of the development and distribution of solar education kits that include safe eclipse viewing glasses and educational materials and guidance for public libraries across the country.
$3.0M
Royal Inst for the Adv of Learning - McGill Univ · 2020
To support the construction of CHIME outrigger telescopes to localize Fast Radio Bursts, identify their origins, and use them as probes of the distribution of matter in the universe.
$3.0M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Redwood City, CA · 2022
To accelerate integration of natural capital approaches into development policy and finance.
$3.0M
Rare · Arlington, VA · 2022
In support of scaling up adoption of behavioral science in environmental conservation through the center for behavior & the environment.
$2.9M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support increased understanding of biodiversity adaptation to climate change and other stresses using conservation technologies.
$2.9M
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2022
In support of the development, field testing, manufacturing and dissemination of sensor-based kits and platforms for education, conservation, and scientific purposes.
$2.8M
Regents of the University of California · La Jolla, CA · 2023
To support construction of a cryogenic chamber that enables the development and alignment of next-generation, large-format optical instruments for the w. M. Keck observatory.
$2.8M
Forever Costa Rica Association · 2023
To support the effective management and sustainable use of key, expanded marine protected areas.
$2.7M
Great Bear Initiative Society · 2024
In support of durable marine stewardship.
$2.7M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
In support of research into developing a novel quantum acoustic instrument to elucidate nonequilibrium dynamical processes in individual biological macromolecules with single-quantum resolution.
$2.6M
Fundo Brasileiro Para a Biodiversidade · 2022
To support the designation of quilombola territories and sustainable use reserves as well as territorial planning, good governance, and the development of sustainable production value chains.
$2.6M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the creation of a field-based facility and science presence spanning the interface between the andes and the amazon lowland rainforest in peru.
$2.6M
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
In support of the development, piloting, and evaluation of resources and materials that aim to teach scientifically grounded reasoning for youth and non-expert scientists.
$2.6M
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2023
To protect ecological hotspots and secure science-based fisheries management in the u.s. Bering and chukchi seas.
$2.6M
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
To support continued development of a revolutionary accelerator design to expand the exploration of particle physics, enable new table-top physics, open up attosecond science and enable damage-free time-resolved study o… read allTo support continued development of a revolutionary accelerator design to expand the exploration of particle physics, enable new table-top physics, open up attosecond science and enable damage-free time-resolved study of molecular dynamics. less
$2.6M
Asociacion Para La Conservacion De La Cuenca Amazonica · 2024
In support of the infrastructure, construction and renovations required for los amigos biological station to be a leading venue for tropical forest ecosystem research in the western amazon.
$2.6M
Society To Improve Diagnosis in Medicine · Evanston, IL · 2020
To support a small grants program administered by the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine to catalyze innovation in diagnostic excellence.
$2.6M
Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To establish scalable demonstrations of diagnostic performance feedback for frontline clinicians developed in partnership with select medical specialty societies.
$2.5M
Inaturalist · San Rafael, CA · 2024
To enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in ai to inform critical insights and to connect peo… read allTo enable inaturalist to realize its potential as a global scientific and conservation sensor by 2030, harnessing data from its user community and optimizing advances in ai to inform critical insights and to connect people to nature. less
$2.5M
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2024
In support of the implementation of deforestation and conversion-free commitments by meatpackers in south america.
$2.5M
Florida International University · Miami, FL · 2022
To support the conservation of transboundary freshwater habitat in the western amazon through scientific research and co-production of knowledge.
$2.5M
The Tech Interactive · San Jose, CA · 2024
In support of an earthquake exhibition area with a shake table simulator, themed design challenges, and interactive data visualization activities.
$2.4M
Makeway Foundation · 2024
In support of durable marine conservation.
$2.4M
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2023
In support of creating new genetic data resources that will expand capabilities for understanding the marine biodiversity of moorea.
$2.4M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
In support of accelerating solutions for the monitoring of remote, intact landscapes.
$2.4M
Napa County Land Trust · Napa, CA · 2020
To establish three high-functioning, priority wildlife corridors in Napa County through acquisition, permanent protection, and initial stewardship of strategic properties.
$2.4M
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
In support of research to develop an innovative instrument that will enable researchers unprecedented access to the chemical composition and distribution of small molecules within cells at nanometer resolution.
$2.4M
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2024
To support strategic efforts to enhance visitor experience at the public science center.
$2.4M
Regents of the University of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
To support the development and commissioning of the high-resolution infrared spectrograph for exoplanet characterization (hispec) for the w. M. Keck observatory, which will create new knowledge about exoplanets through … read allTo support the development and commissioning of the high-resolution infrared spectrograph for exoplanet characterization (hispec) for the w. M. Keck observatory, which will create new knowledge about exoplanets through high-resolution spectroscopy. less
$2.3M
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2023
In support of strategic plan implementation for integrated content development and organizational capacity building.
$2.3M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
In support of capacity to sustain wild salmon ecosystem conservation in Alaska.
$2.3M
The Tech Interactive · San Jose, CA · 2022
In support of improved visitor experience, including updated website, on-the-floor refresh, and new exhibit development.
$2.3M
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
In support of building grantee capacity to engage effectively around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
$2.3M
Centre De Regulacio Genomica Fundacio Privada · 2023
In support of creating standardized approaches for aquatic symbiosis cell atlases and a cell atlas database for the scientific community.
$2.3M
California Council On Science and Technology · Sacramento, CA · 2022
In support of efforts to ensure the long-term financial stability and impact of the california council on science and technology's science and technology policy fellowship program.
$2.2M
The Exploratorium · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of increased fundraising and growth in organization donor base.
$2.2M
Activate Global · Berkeley, CA · 2023
In support of fellowships for scientist-entrepreneurs to transform their discoveries into applications that will benefit society.
$2.2M
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of the complete digitization and documentation of an extensive global collection of historical botany specimens.

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