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