Funding search · EIN 201804817 · Penn Valley, PA
Koerner Family 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.
- 40
- grants reported
- $1.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $38,500
- 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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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.
- Drexel University4 grants · $384,000
- Virginia Commonwealth University4 grants · $165,000
- Wsu Foundation3 grants · $117,000
- Colorado School of Mines3 grants · $117,000
- Uc Riverside Regents3 grants · $117,000
- University of Delaware3 grants · $117,000
- University of Massachusetts3 grants · $117,000
- Coll Eng Comp Univ South Carolina1 grant · $72,000
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute2 grants · $64,000
- University of Santa Cruz Foundation1 grant · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 40 reported grants, largest first.
- $96,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2025
Fellowships
- $96,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
Fellowships
- $96,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
Fellowships
- $96,000
Drexel University · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Fellowships
- $72,000
Coll Eng Comp Univ South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2022
Fellowship
- $60,000
University of Santa Cruz Foundation · Santa Cruz, CA · 2022
Fellowship
- $48,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2025
Fellowship
- $48,000
Uc Riverside Regents · Riverside, CA · 2025
Fellowship
- $48,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2025
Fellowship
- $48,000
University of Massachusetts · Lowell, MA · 2025
Fellowship
- $48,000
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2025
Fellowship
- $48,000
Wsu Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2025
Fellowship
- $48,000
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2022
Fellowship
- $48,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2022
Fellowship
- $45,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2024
Fellowship
- $45,000
Uc Riverside Regents · Riverside, CA · 2024
Fellowship
- $45,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2024
Fellowship
- $45,000
University of Massachusetts · Lowell, MA · 2024
Fellowship
- $45,000
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2024
Fellowship
- $45,000
Wsu Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2024
Fellowship
- $32,000
Lehigh University · Norfolk, VA · 2025
Fellowship
- $24,000
Colorado School of Mines · Golden, CO · 2023
Fellowship
- $24,000
Uc Riverside Regents · Riverside, CA · 2023
Fellowship
- $24,000
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2023
Fellowship
- $24,000
University of Massachusetts · Lowell, MA · 2023
Fellowship
- $24,000
Virginia Commonwealth University · Richmond, VA · 2023
Fellowship
- $24,000
Wsu Foundation · Pullman, WA · 2023
Fellowship
- $24,000
Old Dominion University Educational · Norfolk, VA · 2022
Fellowship
- $16,000
Rowan University Foundation · Glassboro, NJ · 2025
Fellowship
- $16,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute · Worcester, MA · 2025
Fellowship
- $15,000
Lehigh University · Norfolk, VA · 2024
Fellowship
- $15,000
Rowan University Foundation · Glassboro, NJ · 2024
Fellowship
- $12,000
Coleman Moss · Garland, TX · 2023
Fellowship
- $12,000
Ku School of Engineering · Lawrence, KS · 2023
Fellowship
- $12,000
Lehigh University · Bethlehem, PA · 2023
Fellowship
- $12,000
Old Dominion University Educational · Norfolk, VA · 2023
Fellowship
- $12,000
Rensselaer Plytechnic Institute · Boston, MA · 2023
Fellowship
- $12,000
Steven Institute of Tech · Springfield, NJ · 2023
Fellowship
- $12,000
University of Tennessee Knoxvile · Powell, TN · 2023
Fellowship
- $12,000
University of Vermont · Underhill, VT · 2023
Fellowship
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Similar purposes
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- The Heising-Simons Foundation2,038 grants · $442.6M
- George Mason University Foundation46 grants · $399.9M
Similar grant size
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