Funding search · EIN 770361278 · Goleta, CA

Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn

Name: Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

42
grants reported: $961,895
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $12,480
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.

What they fund

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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.

University of California Santa Barbara2 grants · $210,000
University of Washington1 grant · $78,412
Inaf Instituto Nazionale Di1 grant · $65,040
The Dill Faulkes Educational Trust Ltd1 grant · $65,000
Dill Faulkes Educational Trust Ltd1 grant · $65,000
Villanova University1 grant · $60,000
University of Canterbury1 grant · $44,000
University of Michigan2 grants · $40,466
University of Illinois1 grant · $39,403
Associacao Laboratoria1 grant · $39,333

Giving over time

$682,160

2021

$202,735

2023

$77,000

2024

Grant history

All 42 reported grants, largest first.

$135,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Lco science fund
$78,412
University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021
Gift
$75,000
University of California Santa Barbara · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Lco science fund
$65,040
Inaf Instituto Nazionale Di · 2021
Gift
$65,000
Dill Faulkes Educational Trust Ltd · 2023
Gift
$65,000
The Dill Faulkes Educational Trust Ltd · 2021
Gift
$60,000
Villanova University · Villanova, PA · 2021
Gift
$44,000
University of Canterbury · 2021
Gift
$39,403
University of Illinois · Urbana, IL · 2021
Gift
$39,333
Associacao Laboratoria · 2021
Gift
$33,902
University of Copenhagen · 2021
Gift
$30,000
Saint Martin'S University · Lacey, WA · 2021
Gift
$27,250
Usd Priradno - Matematicki Fakultet Krag · 2021
Gift
$23,330
Universidad Catolica De Santisima Concepcion · 2021
Gift
$20,466
University of Michigan · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Gift
$20,000
Queen'S University Belfast · 2021
Gift
$20,000
University of Michigan · Tower Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
Gift
$19,191
Uc San Diego · La Jolla, CA · 2021
Gift
$17,250
University of Maryland · College Park, MD · 2021
Gift
$15,000
Uc Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Gift
$14,959
University of Arizona · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Gift
$10,000
Lincoln University · Lincoln University, PA · 2021
Gift
$9,961
Instituto De Astrofisica De Canarias San Cristobal · 2021
Gift
$7,250
University of Delaware · Newark, DE · 2021
Gift
$6,330
Avi Patel · Los Gatos, CA · 2021
Gift
$4,945
Peregrine McGehee · Santa Clarita, CA · 2021
Gift
$4,000
Aura · Washington, DC · 2021
Gift
$2,318
Starlight Childrens Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2021
Gift
$2,000
University of Hawaii · Makawao, HI · 2024
Histarr sponsorship 2024
$1,620
Sveuciliste U Rijeci - Odjel Zafiziku University of Rijeka · 2021
Gift
$1,500
University of Hawaii · Makawao, HI · 2023
Histarr sponsorship 2023
$1,035
Aloha United Way · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Maui fire relief fund donation
$500
Institute for Astronomy · 2021
Gift
$500
John Bryce Kalmbach · Seattle, WA · 2021
Gift
$500
Keith Bechtol · Madison, WI · 2021
Gift
$500
Knut Olsen · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Gift
$500
Meredith Rawls · Seattle, WA · 2021
Gift
$500
Ranpal Gill · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Gift
$100
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition · Santa Barbara, CA · 2023
Employee matching gifts
$100
Teamotherapy · Owings Mills, MD · 2023
Employee matching gifts
$100
Girls Who Code · New York, NY · 2021
Employer match of employee gift
$100
Wise Observatory · 2021
Gift

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