Funding search · EIN 136162659 · New York, NY

American Museum of Natural History

Name: American Museum of Natural History grants, 2021–2024
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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.

86
grants reported: $8.2M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $48,834
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo4 grants · $2.0M
New York University4 grants · $1.2M
University of Utah4 grants · $983,329
New York Hall of Science4 grants · $573,572
Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 grants · $514,516
Staten Island Zoo4 grants · $334,310
Temple University4 grants · $243,666
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp4 grants · $206,677
New York Botanical Garden4 grants · $180,586
Cornell University4 grants · $167,113

Giving over time

$1.6M

2021

$2.0M

2022

$2.2M

2023

$2.4M

2024

Grant history

All 86 reported grants, largest first.

$582,026
Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo · Bronx, NY · 2022
Urban Advantage
$566,042
Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo · Bronx, NY · 2021
Urban Advantage
$440,673
Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo · Bronx, NY · 2024
Urban Advantage
$433,906
Wildlife Conservation Society-Bronx Zoo · Bronx, NY · 2023
Urban Advantage
$431,298
New York University · New York, NY · 2024
Collab research
$370,704
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2023
Collab Research
$343,064
New York University · New York, NY · 2023
Collab research
$254,182
New York University · New York, NY · 2022
Collab research
$231,172
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021
Collab Research
$196,950
New York Hall of Science · Corona, NY · 2022
Urban advantage
$191,544
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022
Collab Research
$189,977
New York University · New York, NY · 2021
Collab research
$189,909
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2024
Collab Research
$170,925
New York Hall of Science · Corona, NY · 2024
Urban advantage
$154,676
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Collab Research
$143,893
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2024
Collab Research
$142,626
New York Hall of Science · Corona, NY · 2023
Urban advantage
$136,062
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2021
Collab Research
$129,464
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Collab Research
$119,991
University of Oklahoma · Norman, OK · 2023
Collab Research
$117,084
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
Collab Research
$106,694
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2023
Collab Research
$99,965
Friends of Roosevelt Park · New York, NY · 2024
$90,747
California Academy of Sciences · San Fran, CA · 2024
Collab research
$85,756
Staten Island Zoo · Staten Island, NY · 2021
Urban advantage
$84,255
Staten Island Zoo · Staten Island, NY · 2023
Urban advantage
$82,655
Staten Island Zoo · Staten Island, NY · 2024
Urban advantage
$81,644
Staten Island Zoo · Staten Island, NY · 2022
Urban advantage
$75,352
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2024
Collab Research
$73,000
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2024
Collab Research
$64,774
Suffolk University · Boston, MA · 2024
$63,370
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
Collab Research
$63,160
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Collab Research
$63,071
New York Hall of Science · Corona, NY · 2021
Urban advantage
$62,582
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Urban advantage
$62,112
Research Foundation of Suny · Albany, NY · 2023
Collab research
$59,018
Friends of the North Carolina Museum · Whiteville, NC · 2024
Collab Research
$57,535
California Academy of Sciences · San Fran, CA · 2022
Collab research
$57,294
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2022
Urban advantage
$56,021
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Urban advantage
$54,819
Friends of the North Carolina Museum · Whiteville, NC · 2021
Collab Research
$53,530
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2024
Urban advantage
$49,613
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Urban advantage
$48,055
Research Foundation of Suny · Albany, NY · 2024
Collab research
$47,802
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Collab Research
$46,982
Research Foundation of Cuny · New York, NY · 2022
Collab Research
$44,872
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2022
Collab Research
$44,485
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
Collab Research
$44,067
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2022
Collab Research
$39,711
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2023
Urban advantage
$39,231
Temple University · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Collab Research
$38,461
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Corp · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
Urban advantage
$36,984
University of Connecticut · Storrs, CT · 2021
Collab Research
$36,936
University of Oklahoma · Norman, OK · 2024
Collab Research
$35,413
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2024
Collab Research
$35,042
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2023
Collab Research
$31,060
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2023
Collab Research
$30,475
Queens Botanical Gardens · Flushing, NY · 2024
Urban advantage
$30,051
New York Botanical Garden · Bronx, NY · 2021
Urban advantage
$28,820
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2023
Collab Research
$28,096
Denver Museum of Nature and Science · Denver, CO · 2024
Collab Research
$26,962
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2023
Collab Research
$24,360
Queens Botanical Gardens · Flushing, NY · 2021
Urban advantage
$22,884
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2022
Collab Research
$21,815
Friends of the North Carolina Museum · Whiteville, NC · 2023
Collab Research
$21,521
Denver Museum of Nature and Science · Denver, CO · 2023
Collab Research
$21,249
Adler Planetarium · Chicago, IL · 2021
Collab Research
$20,726
Friends of the North Carolina Museum · Whiteville, NC · 2022
Collab Research
$18,974
Queens Botanical Gardens · Flushing, NY · 2023
Urban advantage
$18,246
Aura · Washington, DC · 2021
Collab Research
$18,159
Denver Museum of Nature and Science · Denver, CO · 2022
Collab Research
$17,669
Queens Botanical Gardens · Flushing, NY · 2022
Urban advantage
$17,487
Research Foundation of Cuny · New York, NY · 2021
Collab Research
$17,083
Biodiversity Outreach Network · Mesa, AZ · 2023
Collab Research
$15,533
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2021
Collab Research
$15,129
Aura · Washington, DC · 2022
Collab research
$14,389
Houston Museum of Natural Science · Houston, TX · 2021
Collab Research
$13,730
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2021
Collab Research
$12,270
Trustees of Dartmouth College · Hanover, NH · 2022
Collab Research
$12,180
Aura · Washington, DC · 2023
Collab research
$11,811
Temple University · Phil, PA · 2024
Collab Research
$11,456
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2021
Collab Research
$11,139
Denver Museum of Nature and Science · Denver, CO · 2021
Collab Research
$10,875
Sri International · Menlo Park, CA · 2021
Collab Research
$10,797
California Academy of Sciences · San Fran, CA · 2023
Collab research
$9,139
Research Foundation of Suny · Albany, NY · 2022
Collab Research

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