Funding search · EIN 941623852 · Arlington, VA

Institute for Humane Studies

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

167
grants reported
$4.0M
total given
2021–2024
filing years
$17,263
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20212024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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  • West Virginia University Foundation2 grants · $199,500
  • Duke University2 grants · $144,839
  • New York University2 grants · $129,661
  • University of Pennsylvania2 grants · $107,000
  • Cornell University1 grant · $94,000
  • University of Rochester1 grant · $93,000
  • Syracuse University3 grants · $78,253
  • Northwestern University3 grants · $72,755
  • Purdue University-Main Campus3 grants · $65,242
  • George Mason University1 grant · $61,500

Giving over time

$422,200
2021
$643,408
2022
$1.2M
2023
$1.8M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 167 grants.

  • $167,000

    West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $134,992

    Duke University · Durham, NC · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $111,661

    New York University · New York, NY · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $94,000

    Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $93,000

    University of Rochester · Rochester, NY · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $82,000

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $61,500

    George Mason University · Fairfax, VA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $60,000

    Cairn University-Langhorne · Langhorne, PA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $58,300

    University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $55,000

    Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $50,000

    Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $50,000

    University of Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $50,000

    Rochester Institute of Technology · Rochester, NY · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $49,500

    Grove City College · Grove City, PA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $48,500

    Hampden-Sydney College · Hampdensydney, VA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $45,550

    Washington College · Chestertown, MD · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $45,000

    Christopher Newport University · Newport News, VA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $44,655

    The Regents of the University of California - Berkley · Berkeley, CA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $43,340

    University of Minnesota System · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $43,160

    University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $42,000

    Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $40,500

    Mercer University · Macon, GA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $40,000

    Linfield University-McMinnville Campus · McMinnville, OR · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $38,000

    West Virginia University · Morgantown, WV · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $37,825

    Arizona State University · Tempe, AZ · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $37,755

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $36,560

    Northern Kentucky University · Highland Heights, KY · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $35,500

    Michigan State University · East Lansing, MI · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $35,000

    Louisiana State University Foundation · Baton Rouge, LA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $35,000

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Chapel Hill, NC · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $34,550

    University of Missouri-Columbia · Columbia, MS · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $33,342

    Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $33,000

    Lee University · Cleaveland, TN · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $32,500

    West Virginia University Foundation · Morgantown, WV · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $32,417

    The Research Foundation for the State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $32,160

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $31,570

    College of Charleston Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $31,160

    Yougov · Redwood City, CA · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $30,750

    University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $30,315

    Lake Forest College · Lake Forest, IL · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $30,000

    University of New Haven · West Haven, CT · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $29,850

    Azusa Pacific University · Azusa, CA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $29,800

    University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $29,120

    Indiana University-Bloomington · Bloomington, IN · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $29,000

    American University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $27,000

    New Orleans Institute of Philosophy Politics and Economics · New Orleans, LA · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $26,500

    Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $26,500

    Georgetown University · Washington, SC · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $25,000

    Concordia University-Chicago · River Forest, IL · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $25,000

    Georgetown University · Washington, DC · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $25,000

    Colorado State University-Fort Collins · Fort Collins, CO · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $25,000

    Georgia Tech Research Corporation · Atlanta, GA · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $25,000

    Indiana University · Bloomington, IN · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $25,000

    University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $24,500

    Assumption University · Worcester, MA · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $24,320

    Loyola University New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $24,000

    Texas a&M University-College Station · College Station, TX · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $24,000

    Yale University · New Haven, CT · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $23,900

    University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $23,750

    University of Iowa · Iowa City, IA · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $23,473

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants and stipends

  • $23,000

    Cedarville University · Cedarville, OH · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $22,000

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte · Charlotte, NC · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $22,000

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · Urbana, IL · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $21,800

    University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MA · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $21,100

    University of California-Davis · Davis, CA · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $20,653

    Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $20,250

    Florida State University Foundation · Tallahassee, FL · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $20,000

    Northwestern University · Evanston, IL · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $20,000

    The Research Foundation for the State University of New York · Albany, NY · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $20,000

    University of Louisville · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $20,000

    Forthright Access · Santa Monica, CA · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $20,000

    Ave Maria University · Ave Maria, FL · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $20,000

    New Orleans Institute of Philosophy Politics and Economics · New Orleans, LA · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $19,975

    Saint Anselm College · Manchester, NH · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $18,700

    University of Nevada-Reno · Reno, NV · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $18,145

    Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $18,000

    New York University · New York, NY · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $18,000

    Columbia University in the City of New York · New York, NY · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $17,500

    Ohio University Foundation · Athens, OH · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $17,500

    Chapman University · Orange, CA · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $17,500

    Ohio University Foundation · Athens, OH · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $17,300

    North Dakota State University-Main Campus · Fargo, ND · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $17,263

    University of Massachusetts-Amherst · Shrewsbury, MA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $17,100

    University of Central Florida · Orlando, FL · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $17,000

    North Carolina State University at Raleigh · Raleigh, NC · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $17,000

    University of Virginia-Main Campus · Charlottesville, VA · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $17,000

    University of Wisconsin-Madison · Madison, WI · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $16,800

    Harvard University · Cambridge, MA · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $16,710

    Southwest Baptist University · Bolivar, MO · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $16,200

    University of California-Riverside · Riverside, CA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $16,200

    University of Colorado Colorado Springs · Colorado Springs, CO · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $16,000

    Malone University · Canton, OH · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $16,000

    The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants and stipends

  • $15,600

    Syracuse University · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Student development/education grants

  • $15,500

    Indiana University · Bloomington, IA · 2023

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $15,363

    Texas Tech University · Lubbock, TX · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $15,200

    Biola University · La Mirada, CA · 2024

    Student development & education/research grants

  • $15,100

    Arizona State University Foundation · Tempe, AZ · 2021

    Student development/education grants

  • $15,000

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

    Student development & education/research grants

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