Funding search · Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation · grants
Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: all 4,004 grants
Largest first · $1.46B across 2020–2024 · back to the overview
- $1.0M
University of New South Wales · 2024
To support developing new tools, methods, and resources for aquatic symbiosis model systems.
- $1.0M
Bscs Science Learning · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
In support of expanded educational reach and technical enhancements for a citizen and community science community platform.
- $1.0M
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
To support the early career development of twenty scholars in diagnostic excellence.
- $1.0M
The Sense of Silence Foundation · 2022
To support the development, expansion, and adoption of a network of community management bioacoustic systems integrating floodplain fisheries and forests in the amazon river basin.
- $1.0M
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2020
To implement the agriculture collaboration for the Forests and Agricultural Markets Initiative.
- $1.0M
Regents of the University of California · Santa Cruz, CA · 2023
In support of the renovation and refurbishment of lick observatory to bolster and expand the capacity to serve the bay area public with astronomy-based programming while maintaining an active scientific research and tra… read allIn support of the renovation and refurbishment of lick observatory to bolster and expand the capacity to serve the bay area public with astronomy-based programming while maintaining an active scientific research and training program. less
- $1.0M
World Resources Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To support the increased uptake and financial sustainability of the Global Forest Watch Pro platform.
- $1.0M
Fundacao De Empreendimentos Cientificos E Tecnologicos - Finatec · 2024
To support the development of multidisciplinary studies of indigenous lands in brazil.
- $1.0M
Regents of the University of California · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
To develop and implement a wildfire resilience index for the north american west.
- $1.0M
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of the digitization and documentation of an extensive collection of historical botany specimens from california.
- $1.0M
Great Bear Initiative Society · 2020
To support British Columbia habitat protection.
- $1.0M
Public Library of Science · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To support strategic planning and design work by the public library of science.
- $1.0M
California Academy of Sciences · San Francisco, CA · 2024
In support of a collaboration to improve the quality and utility of publicly collected data for biodiversity science and conservation decision-making.
- $1.0M
Derecho Ambiente Y Recursos Naturales · 2024
To uphold and improve the legal frameworks for biological conservation, protected areas, and indigenous lands in the face of planned expansion of infrastructure and extractive industries in peru.
- $1.0M
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
To support civic science engagement through the finding your roots series.
- $1.0M
John Muir Land Trust · Martinez, CA · 2024
In support of acquisition and permanent protection of hoover ranch in contra costa county.
- $1.0M
Pri Association · 2024
To mainstream deforestation into the policies, practices, and portfolios of target investors and give land-use equal standing with the energy transition.
- $1.0M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
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.
- $1.0M
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023
To support a landscape analysis to identify gaps in capabilities and expertise needed to conduct ai software (ais) procurement, integration, and lifecycle management across health care delivery settings.
- $1.0M
Instituto Del Bien Comun · 2023
To secure monitoring, management, and conservation of amazon wetlands.
- $1.0M
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District · Los Altos, CA · 2023
For the acquisition and permanent protection of the skyline property in san mateo county.
- $1.0M
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
To support the career development and advance the research of ten scholars in diagnostic excellence.
- $1.0M
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2023
To support the development, deployment, and early use of a radio astronomy instrument designed specifically to measure the sky-averaged 21-cm signal from the age of cosmic dawn in the frequency range 50-250 mhz.
- $1.0M
Regents of the University of California · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To fund the bidirectional communication and collaboration between the us policymaking community and the ucsf coordinating center for diagnostic excellence (codex).
- $1.0M
Spelman College · Atlanta, GA · 2023
In support of advancing adoption of high-impact practices to attract and retain black women and other underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- $1.0M
The University of Warwick · 2023
To create a superposition of two nanodiamonds as a tool to test whether two such diamonds can be quantum-mechanically entangled through their mutual gravitational attraction.
- $1.0M
University of Hawaii · Honolulu, HI · 2023
In support of smart sensors integrated into a subsea telecommunications cable in the vanuatu-new caledonia region to advance ocean science, geophysics, and earthquake and tsunami warning.
- $1.0M
World Economic Forum · 2023
To support tropical forest alliance in their efforts to advance deforestation and conversion-free (dcf) commodities through private sector leadership and policy reform.
- $1.0M
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated · New York, NY · 2022
For a study of the engineering requirements, expected cost, schedule, and performance for a fully operational low earth orbit (leo) satellite constellation system optimized for wildfire.
- $1.0M
Fishchoice · Fort Collins, CO · 2022
To advance the reach and impact of fishchoice's online tools and to credibly track improvements in sustainable seafood production and sourcing.
- $1.0M
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2022
To help launch the national academies' climate crossroads initiative.
- $1.0M
Wgbh Educational Foundation · Boston, MA · 2022
In support of the production of a two-part documentary series on the history of big ideas in physics and cosmology over the last five decades.
- $1.0M
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
To support banks and investors to adopt sustainable seafood finance policies that address habitat conversion, overfishing, and illegality risks.
- $1.0M
Broad Institute · Cambridge, MA · 2020
To support the development and pilot testing of a game-based simulation of a disease outbreak designed for science learning outcomes.
- $1.0M
Computer History Museum · Mountain View, CA · 2020
In support of the development of an enhanced collections management and access platform that will enable open access to the museum's collections.
- $1.0M
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2020
To enhance the effectiveness and durability of groundfish sector management in New England through community support, policy engagement, and permit banks; and advancing improved monitoring and financing for transition c… read allTo enhance the effectiveness and durability of groundfish sector management in New England through community support, policy engagement, and permit banks; and advancing improved monitoring and financing for transition costs. less
- $1.0M
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
To consolidate approximately 20 million hectares of protected areas and indigenous lands in high biodiversity mosaics in the Andes Amazon region.
- $1.0M
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2020
In support of mainstreaming the Accountability Framework globally.
- $999,190
Regents of the University of California · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
To develop and implement a wildfire resilience index for the north american west.
- $994,546
Ceres · Boston, MA · 2020
To implement the finance collaboration for the Conservation and Financial Markets Initiative.
- $993,200
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · Stanford, CA · 2022
To develop a novel gravitational wave detector based on atomic sensors.
- $975,100
Regents of the University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2020
In support of research developing precision experiments that search for new fundamental particles of nature.
- $970,170
Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024
To support efforts to develop an open-access state-of-the-art binary-star modeling tool that leads to a deeper understanding of stellar evolution and astronomical observations.
- $966,148
National Conference of State Legislatures · Denver, CO · 2022
In support of increasing awareness of and options for immersive, phd-level science and technology policy fellowships in state legislatures.
- $957,349
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
To support lasting implementation of deforestation and conversion-free production and trade in key producer and consumer countries.
- $955,945
World Forest Id Association · Boulder, CO · 2023
To test the use case of stable isotope ratio analysis and trace element analysis for animal protein product origins.
- $950,000
Fundacion Gaia Amazonas · 2024
To support the effective management of indigenous lands in the colombian and venezuelan amazon.
- $950,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To complete the global dialogue for seafood traceability's transition to a fully independent entity and to continue promotion of the gdst framework as the standard for interoperable product traceability guidelines in th… read allTo complete the global dialogue for seafood traceability's transition to a fully independent entity and to continue promotion of the gdst framework as the standard for interoperable product traceability guidelines in the seafood industry. less
- $950,000
Regents of the University of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To support investigations of galactic evolution and black hole physics by high-precision tracking of stars in the center of our galaxy.
- $950,000
Trustees of Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
To support efforts to operate the all-sky monitoring system hatpi, develop a data pipeline to release all photometric data to the public, and search for giant exoplanets and variable stars.
- $950,000
Research America · Arlington, VA · 2022
To support efforts to enlarge and elevate u.s. Scientific research.
- $950,000
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2022
To support the development of optical cavities that allow creation of new hybrid states of matter through strong light-matter coupling in the terahertz spectral region.
- $947,685
Rainforest Alliance · New York, NY · 2024
To support the accountability framework to strengthen action on deforestation-and conversion-free commodity sourcing and financing.
- $947,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
In support of graph theory for wildfire behavior modeling in the built environment of the wildland-urban interface.
- $946,667
National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2022
In support of the implementation of deforestation and conversion-free commitments by meatpackers in south america.
- $945,360
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2020
In support of investigations of emergent phenomena arising from electron correlations and topological order in heterostructures of two-dimensional materials assembled with a controlled twist angle between layers.
- $936,949
World Business Council for Sustainable Development · 2023
To support action by food and agribusiness companies in regenerative landscapes in order to protect the environment and food security.
- $936,142
Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf · 2020
In support of elucidating how symbiotic interactions facilitated the origin of the eukaryotic life form.
- $934,896
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Covington, KY · 2023
To support a donor advised fund, requested by an employee or board member as part of matching gift or service recognition program.
- $926,140
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg · 2023
In support of research to develop a new imaging approach that relies on shaped electrons to extract entirely new information from a sample, namely coherence properties.
- $921,000
Instituto De Energia E Meio Ambiente · 2024
To support the integration of analyses on economic viability and socio-environmental risks, as well as participation of communities and civil society organizations, into transportation infrastructure decision-making in … read allTo support the integration of analyses on economic viability and socio-environmental risks, as well as participation of communities and civil society organizations, into transportation infrastructure decision-making in the brazilian amazon. less
- $918,048
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022
To support scientific research by dr. Judy cha, including development of in situ probes for monitoring materials growth by chemical vapor deposition and of scalable fabrication processes for nanostructure-based quantum … read allTo support scientific research by dr. Judy cha, including development of in situ probes for monitoring materials growth by chemical vapor deposition and of scalable fabrication processes for nanostructure-based quantum materials. less
- $910,444
World Wildlife Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
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.
- $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.
- $901,379
Aleut Community of St Paul Island · St Paul, AK · 2022
In support of ecosystem-based fisheries management and habitat protection in the u.s. Bering sea.
- $900,000
Great Bear Initiative Society · 2024
In support of the coastal stewardship network.
- $900,000
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev · 2023
To conduct experiments at the interface between quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two pillars of modern physics; understanding how the two theories work together has the potential to establish a more compreh… read allTo conduct experiments at the interface between quantum mechanics and general relativity, the two pillars of modern physics; understanding how the two theories work together has the potential to establish a more comprehensive theory of nature. less
- $900,000
National Academy of Sciences · Washington, DC · 2023
In support of efforts to examine and promote issues of integrity, excellence, and trust in the science ecosystem.
- $900,000
California Institute of Technology · Pasadena, CA · 2020
To support the development of a precision calibration system for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO).
- $900,000
Fundacion Para La Conservacion Y El Desarrollo Sos · 2020
To support the implementation of innovative infrastructure guidelines in the Colombian Amazon.
- $899,969
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022
In support of the construction of the hydrogen epoch of reionization array (hera) radio observatory, to enable studies of the early universe by observations of highly redshifted 21-centimeter emission from hydrogen atom… read allIn support of the construction of the hydrogen epoch of reionization array (hera) radio observatory, to enable studies of the early universe by observations of highly redshifted 21-centimeter emission from hydrogen atoms. less
- $893,000
Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
In support of graph theory for wildfire behavior modeling in the built environment of the wildland-urban interface.
- $884,603
Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support traceability and monitoring tools for full transparency of soy supply chains.
- $883,924
The University of Exeter · 2024
In support of testing a novel hypothesis about the evolution of selective microbial membrane permeability to explain why life's building blocks are of only one stereochemical form.
- $880,702
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute · Moss Landing, CA · 2024
In support of creating an environmental laboratory within monterey bay where new technologies and observing capabilities can be rapidly and efficiently tested.
- $879,545
Duke University · Durham, NC · 2020
To facilitate the sharing and integration of water data for sustainability through an interconnected network of water data hubs.
- $878,000
Instituto Del Bien Comun · 2024
To secure monitoring, management, and conservation of amazon wetlands.
- $875,000
Regents of the University of California · Berkeley, CA · 2020
In support of developing a community-vetted decadal plan for the Python programming language for the future of data science.
- $873,650
World Business Council for Sustainable Development · 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.
- $871,300
Oceans North Conservation Society · 2022
To advance the protection of marine ecosystems and sustainable uses by coastal communities in the eastern canadian arctic.
- $871,143
Emory University · Atlanta, GA · 2023
In support of using high-throughput experimentation techniques, analytical chemistry, and an open-source data library to help scientists more quickly design and discover sustainable chemical transformations.
- $865,017
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research · Cambridge, MA · 2023
In support of experiments to understand and compare the essential features of a largely parasitic microbial eukaryote group that enables its members to take advantage of their hosts.
- $850,000
Future Earth · Fort Collins, CO · 2024
To support transdisciplinary research projects, selected through international solicitations, that advance knowledge about tipping points in the earth system and improve the assessment of risk of crossing them.
- $850,000
Future Earth · Fort Collins, CO · 2023
To support transdisciplinary research projects, selected through international solicitations, that advance knowledge about tipping points in the earth system and improve the assessment of risk of crossing them.
- $850,000
Institut De Ciencies Fotoniques · 2023
To support creation of novel hybrid states of matter by coupling of materials with electromagnetic quantum fluctuations in optical cavities.
- $850,000
Multiplier · San Francisco, CA · 2023
In support of the national science policy network and training the next generation of scientists and engineers in the service of science.
- $850,000
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · Champaign, IL · 2022
In support of developing a double angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy instrument capable of detecting entangled pairs of electrons and revealing the nature of electron correlations in a variety of quantum material… read allIn support of developing a double angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy instrument capable of detecting entangled pairs of electrons and revealing the nature of electron correlations in a variety of quantum materials. less
- $850,000
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society · 2020
To advance habitat protection.
- $843,860
University of Oregon · Eugene, OR · 2024
To support new concepts and technologies to advance knowledge about aquatic symbioses.
- $839,500
Napa County Land Trust · Napa, CA · 2022
To enable the permanent protection of 915 acres through the acquisition of three abutting properties in napa county.
- $837,042
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagueez · Mayagueez, PR · 2024
To understand the resistive switching mechanisms in a range of novel materials exhibiting electrical field-induced metal-insulator transitions. This knowledge will help to address the need for energy-efficient brain-ins… read allTo understand the resistive switching mechanisms in a range of novel materials exhibiting electrical field-induced metal-insulator transitions. This knowledge will help to address the need for energy-efficient brain-inspired computing. less
- $836,190
William Marsh Rice University · Houston, TX · 2020
In support of experimental research aimed at developing a suite of perturbative tuning devices coupled with ARPES spectroscopy to characterize the phenomenology in quantum materials.
- $833,334
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2024
In support of research to design and build a protocell capable of reproduction and darwinian evolution. The protocell system will be a minimal living system constructed from non-living chemicals.
- $833,333
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023
In support of research to design and build a protocell capable of reproduction and darwinian evolution. The protocell system will be a minimal living system constructed from non-living chemicals.
- $833,333
University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2022
In support of research to design and build a protocell capable of reproduction and darwinian evolution. The protocell system will be a minimal living system constructed from non-living chemicals.
- $830,469
Ocean Conservancy · Washington, DC · 2020
To protect the ecological gems of the U.S. Bering and Chukchi Seas and secure an ecosystem-based management regime from the Aleutian Islands to the Central Arctic Ocean that prevents unsustainable impacts of increased s… read allTo protect the ecological gems of the U.S. Bering and Chukchi Seas and secure an ecosystem-based management regime from the Aleutian Islands to the Central Arctic Ocean that prevents unsustainable impacts of increased shipping and fishing. less
- $830,300
Makeway Foundation · 2022
To support inuit-led habitat protection and stewardship of the eastern canadian arctic ocean.
- $827,113
Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2023
In support of research to provide theoretical and experimental proof that bacteria and viruses exhibit quantum entanglement.
- $827,113
Chancellor Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford · 2022
In support of research to provide theoretical and experimental proof that bacteria and viruses exhibit quantum entanglement.
- $827,000
Stiftelsen the Stockholm Environment Institute · 2024
In support of making transparent supply chains the new norm globally.

