Funding search · EIN 953248387 · Pasadena, CA

The Agouron Institute

Name: The Agouron Institute grants, 2021–2024
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.

95
grants reported: $11.5M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. 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 scientific education eduction

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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.

Top recipients

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

California Institute of Technology4 grants · $6.6M
Pennsylvania State University3 grants · $1.3M
Stanford University3 grants · $500,965
University of Ca Santa Cruz2 grants · $455,907
Life Sciences Research Foundation3 grants · $210,000
John Hopkins University2 grants · $205,069
University of Chicago2 grants · $200,276
Dartmouth College4 grants · $178,805
President & Fellows of Harvard Univ3 grants · $177,594
Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitute2 grants · $174,322

Giving over time

$1.4M

2021

$1.5M

2022

$6.8M

2023

$1.8M

2024

Grant history

All 95 reported grants, largest first.

$5.3M
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$613,500
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$451,126
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$441,222
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$434,853
Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$430,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$370,590
Stanford University · Menio Park, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$359,050
University of Ca Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$260,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$125,375
Stanford University · Menio Park, CA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$116,911
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2022
Scientific research & education
$114,530
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
Scientific research & education
$109,255
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
Scientific research & education
$106,725
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Scientific research & education
$102,747
Virginia Poltechnic Fellowship · Blacksburg, VA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$100,000
Universidad De Concepcion · 2024
Scientific research & education
$98,344
John Hopkins University · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Scientific research & education
$96,857
University of Ca Santa Cruz · Santa Cruz, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$94,661
Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitute · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$91,021
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
Scientific research & education
$86,107
The Pennsylvania State University · University Park, PA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$84,797
President & Fellows of Harvard Univ · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$83,233
University of Cambridge · 2021
Scientific research & education
$82,848
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2022
Scientific research & education
$82,816
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2022
Scientific research & education
$82,797
President & Fellows of Harvard Univ · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$81,648
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$80,404
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2021
Scientific research & education
$80,400
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2021
Scientific research & education
$79,661
Woods Hole Oceanographic Insitute · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$76,395
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
Scientific research & education
$70,000
Life Sciences Research Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Scientific research & education
$70,000
Life Sciences Research Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2022
Scientific research & education
$70,000
Life Sciences Research Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2021
Scientific research & education
$53,356
University of California San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$38,000
Gordon Research Conferences · West Kensington, RI · 2023
Scientific research & education
$35,000
Gordon Research Conferences · West Kensington, RI · 2024
Scientific research & education
$35,000
Sscor · 2021
Scientific research & education
$34,050
Gordon Research Conferences · West Kensington, RI · 2021
Scientific research & education
$30,000
Regents of the University of Ca San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$30,000
University of Ca San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$30,000
University of Ca San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$28,000
Gordon Research Conferences · West Kensington, RI · 2022
Scientific research & education
$17,500
McGill University · 2024
Scientific research & education
$15,600
Selkirk Conservation Alliance · Priest River, ID · 2023
Scientific research & education
$15,000
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · 2024
Scientific research & education
$15,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$10,000
Biophysical Society · Rockville, MD · 2024
Scientific research & education
$10,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$10,000
Regents of the University of Ca Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$10,000
The Geobiology Society · St Louis, MO · 2024
Scientific research & education
$10,000
International Society for Microbial Ecology (Isme) · 2023
Scientific research & education
$10,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$10,000
President & Fellows of Harvard Univ · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$10,000
University of Ca Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$10,000
Marine Biological Lab · Woods Hole, MA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$10,000
University Tuebingen Gesellschaft · 2022
Scientific research & education
$8,000
Iowa State University · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$8,000
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology · Socorro, NM · 2024
Scientific research & education
$8,000
North Carolina State University · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Scientific research & education
$8,000
Uc Regents Davis · Davis, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$8,000
University of Southern California · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$8,000
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$8,000
New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology · Socorro, NM · 2023
Scientific research & education
$8,000
University of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Scientific research & education
$8,000
Northwestern University · Evansto, IL · 2022
Scientific research & education
$8,000
University of Colorado Boulder · Boulder, CO · 2022
Scientific research & education
$8,000
University of South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2022
Scientific research & education
$8,000
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$8,000
Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2021
Scientific research & education
$8,000
Massachussetts Institute of Technol · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$7,760
Uc Regents Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2021
Scientific research & education
$7,500
Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023
Scientific research & education
$6,483
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,696
University Tuebingen · 2024
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Asn Conferences · Irvine, CA · 2024
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Corporacion Instituto Milenio De Oceanografia · 2024
Scientific research & education
$5,000
University of North Carolina · Chapel Hill, NC · 2024
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2023
Scientific research & eduction
$5,000
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · 2023
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Biophysical Society · Rockville, MD · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Blast (Bacterial Locomotion & Signal Transduction) · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,000
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,000
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Scripps Research Institute of Oceanography · La Jolla, CA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Stanford University · Menio Park, CA · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Universidad Nacional De Quilmes · 2022
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Biophysical Society · Rockville, MD · 2021
Scientific research & education
$5,000
Max Planck Gessellschaft Institute for Marine Microbiologie · 2021
Scientific research & education
$2,250
Purdue University · West Lafayette, IN · 2023
Scientific research & education
$2,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2024
Scientific research & eduction
$-4,396
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021
Scientific research & education
$-6,842
Georgia Institute of Technology · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Scientific research & education
$-7,724
Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2024
Scientific research & education
$-43,359
Uc Berkeley · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Scientific research & education

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