Funding search · EIN 900403980 · Princeton, NJ
Fernholz Foundation
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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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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