Wm Keck Foundation

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

• $7.5M

  University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To accelerate groundbreaking medical, clinical and translational research and education

• $4.0M

  Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2024

  To enhance claremont mckenna college's interdiciplinary science research and education

• $4.0M

  Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2024

  To enhance and elevate chapman universitys science and engineering

• $2.0M

  Museum Associates · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To improve access to art and art education

• $2.0M

  The Colburn School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To support the for the new colburn center and endow the youth ensemble

• $2.0M

  Linfield University · McMinnville, OR · 2024

  To enhance linfield university's interdiciplinary science research and education

• $1.6M

  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution · Woods Hole, MA · 2024

  To construct and field a self-deploying autonomous mooring system

• $1.6M

  Salk Institute for Biological Studies · La Jolla, CA · 2024

  To develop mapping methods with generative manifold networks

• $1.5M

  Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center · New York, NY · 2024

  To understand how a neuronal communication pathway also functions in the immune system

• $1.5M

  University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024

  To understand the genetic and epigenetic control of aging

• $1.5M

  University of Oregon Foundation · Eugene, OR · 2024

  To understand parameters that govern transcriptional adaptation to enable novel rna-based therapeutics

• $1.4M

  George Washington University · Ashburn, VA · 2024

  To investigate terrestrial locomotion in vertebrates

• $1.4M

  The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024

  To develop bioluminescent probes for visualizing gpcr ligands

• $1.3M

  Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

  To test for violation of quantum linearity due to gravity

• $1.3M

  University of Wisconsin Madison · Madison, WI · 2024

  To experimentally study nitrogen-fixing enzymes

• $1.3M

  University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  To decipher coral regenerative biology

• $1.3M

  La Jolla Institute for Immunology · La Jolla, CA · 2024

  To validate a novel function of histones as reservoirs of cellular energy

• $1.3M

  University of Central Florida Foundation · Orlando, FL · 2024

  To develop magnetic topological insulators for lossless electronics

• $1.3M

  Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2024

  To understand the neural circuits that link oral sensation to feeding behavior

• $1.3M

  University of California San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2024

  To understand t cell immune-education outside of the thymus

• $1.3M

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024

  To understand network switching to rescue damage in the central nervous system

• $1.2M

  William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2024

  To harness superradiance in molecular aggregates for super-resolution imaging

• $1.2M

  Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024

  To develop tools to measure neural signal propagation at the scale of a whole brain

• $1.2M

  Trustees of Tufts College · Medford, MA · 2024

  To understand and replicate living optical networks inspired by orchid leaves

• $1.2M

  Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  To study the causes of genome instability

• $1.2M

  Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2024

  To study how heterogeneity contributes to the spread of pathogens

• $1.2M

  Trustees of Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2024

  To realize a quantum spin liquid using strain

• $1.2M

  Regents of the University of California at Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2024

  To decipher social communication in stress-tolerant honeybees

• $1.0M

  Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To equip the discovery theater

• $1.0M

  Regents of the University of California at Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

  To develop molecular tools to probe and manipulate cytokine signaling in immune cells

• $1.0M

  Loyola Marymount University · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Engineering complex at lmu

• $1.0M

  Montana State University Bozeman · Bozeman, MT · 2024

  To define the role of inflammation in vertebrate bone fusion

• $1.0M

  Compton Community College District · Compton, CA · 2024

  To create education and clinical training pathways to pursue careers in the healthcare professions

• $1.0M

  Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024

  To understand molecular vulnerabilities in cells that produce large amounts of a single protein

• $1.0M

  Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024

  To test the role of extreme conditions in early animal adaptation

• $1.0M

  Trustees of Boston University · Boston, MA · 2024

  To study how trees thrive in the urban biome

• $500,000

  La Promise Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To construct a permanent campus and expand enrollment

• $500,000

  Able Arts Work · Long Beach, CA · 2024

  To renovate a facility for the agencys first permanent home

• $500,000

  Da Vinci Schools · El Segundo, CA · 2024

  To provide new opportunities for students to gain in-demand stem skills by creating a career and technical education studio

• $500,000

  Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Next-generation technologies for studying chromatin folding dynamics in cancer and development

• $500,000

  Friendship Educational Foundation · Redondo Beach, CA · 2024

  To construct the friendship campus

• $500,000

  Regents of the University of California at Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  Neuropeptide regulation of activity in the central nervous system

• $400,000

  Koreatown Youth and Community Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To expand free tax preparation services

• $400,000

  Regents Univ of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To strengthen families' financial well-being

• $300,000

  The Achievable Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2024

  To renovate a health care facility

• $300,000

  Woodcraft Rangers · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To expand a college and career pathways program

• $300,000

  Ready To Succeed · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

  To support a program that will guide more foster youth through college graduation and into strong entry-level jobs

• $300,000

  The Wende Museum of the Cold War · Culver City, CA · 2024

  To support educational programming at a new community center

• $300,000

  Art of Problem Solving Initiative · New York, NY · 2024

  To support students interested in majoring in stem by adding college success activities to an advanced mathematics enrichment program

• $275,000

  For the Child · Long Beach, CA · 2024

  To expand the agencys headquarters

• $265,000

  Foothill Family Service · Pasadena, CA · 2024

  To implement the new parents to professionals program

• $250,000

  Pasadena Conservatory of Music · Pasadena, CA · 2024

  To create more instructional and performance spaces on the conservatorys campus

• $250,000

  Urban Peace Institute · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  To renovate and equip the agency's headquarters

• $231,250

  University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $200,000

  Southern California Institute of Architecture · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $199,625

  The UCLA Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $175,500

  California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $165,000

  Claremont McKenna College · Claremont, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $150,000

  Kind · Washington, DC · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $110,000

  Harvard-Westlake School · Studio City, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $100,250

  Childrens Hospital Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $100,000

  The Sequoyah Educational Center · Pasadena, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $100,000

  Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $100,000

  Carlthorp School · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $95,000

  University of Nevada-Reno Foundation · Reno, NV · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $76,000

  Direct Relief · Goleta, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $75,000

  Dunn School · Los Olivos, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $75,000

  Nnaf · Beaverton, OR · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $75,000

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $75,000

  John Tracy Clinic · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $69,000

  Pacifica Christian High School · Santa Monica, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $65,000

  The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $65,000

  International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $57,500

  National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $55,000

  Eisenhower Medical Center · Rancho Mirage, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $55,000

  Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $55,000

  Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $55,000

  President & Fellows of Middlebury College · Middlebury, VT · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $50,000

  The Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress · Washington, DC · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $50,000

  Pacific Council On International Policy · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $50,000

  Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $50,000

  Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $50,000

  Viewpoint Educational Foundation · Calabasas, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $50,000

  Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation · Naples, FL · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $45,000

  Council On Foreign Relations · New York, NY · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $41,000

  Bear Creek Pto · Bend, OR · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $35,000

  Petersen Automotive Museum Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $35,000

  St Mary and All Angels Christian Church School · Aliso Viejo, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $35,000

  University of Edinburgh USA Development Trust · New York, NY · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $30,000

  Linfield University · McMinnville, OR · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $30,000

  Stars & Stripes Childrens Foundation · Laguna Beach, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $30,000

  Northwell Health Foundation · Westbury, NY · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $30,000

  Phase One · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $25,000

  The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $25,000

  The People Concern · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $25,000

  Los Angeles Urban League · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $25,000

  Childrens Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $25,000

  Homeboy Industries · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $25,000

  Motion Picture and Television Fund · Woodland Hills, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.

• $25,000

  Mbx Foundation · Manhattan Beach, CA · 2024

  For general support of charitable purposes.