Funding search · EIN 852133087 · Austin, TX

Musk Foundation

Name: Musk Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

129
grants reported: $871.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $500,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

school education research disaster relief university humanitarian

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Operating a foundation-run school in Austin (most of the money)
K-12 school operations, especially Rio Grande Valley districts
Coding, computer science, and STEM education for youth
Disaster relief, meals, and volunteer response deployment
Carbon removal technology prizes and health initiatives
Donor-advised transfers through Fidelity Charitable

Typical grant

Median grant is $500,000, with the middle half between $100,000 and $1.81 million. Almost all of the $871 million goes to a handful of enormous checks: the foundation's own school in Austin ($500m+ across three years), X Prize carbon removal ($54m in 2023, $5.45m in 2024), and $60m routed to Fidelity Charitable. Outside those, most grantees receive one gift; a few (Hack Foundation, Code.org, GiveDirectly, Team Rubicon, St Bernard Project, Windward School, Friends of Westminster, The Definity Project) show up two years running with sizes that swing widely.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“SUPPORT SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS”
“SUPPORT CODING EDUCATION”
“SUPPORT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT FOR CARBON REMOVAL”
“SUPPORT DISASTER RELIEF”
“SUPPORT HUMANITARIAN AND CONVENTIONAL AID RESPONSES”
“SUPPORT STEM EDUCATION AND DIGITAL LITERACY FOR YOUTH”

Positioning adjacent work

Tie research to coding, computer science, or hands-on STEM for K-12 students, not to general education policy.
Ask $100,000 to $2 million; anything above that has gone to the school, X Prize, or Fidelity.
Anchor work geographically in Austin or the Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley corridor where SpaceX operates.
For climate work, mirror the X Prize framing: measurable carbon removal technology, not advocacy or modeling.

Worth knowing: Half the recipients are in Texas and the largest single line item every year is the foundation's own school, so the effective outside pool is far smaller than $871 million. Giving reads as relationship- and interest-driven rather than programmatic, with clusters around Austin, Brownsville, and Los Angeles reflecting where the donor's companies and family are.

Top recipients

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

The Foundation - See Attachment a5 grants · $562.2M
X Prize Foundation3 grants · $63.5M
Fidelity Charitable2 grants · $50.0M
Fidelity Charitable - See Attachment a2 grants · $46.1M
The Foundation2 grants · $44.8M
Khan Academy2 grants · $7.5M
Baylor Scott & White Healthcare1 grant · $7.2M
Hack Foundation3 grants · $7.0M
Windward School3 grants · $5.1M
The Seton Fund1 grant · $5.0M

Giving over time

$160.5M

2022

$236.6M

2023

$474.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 129 grants.

$205.8M
The Foundation - See Attachment a · Austin, TX · 2024
Support school operations and programs
$149.2M
The Foundation - See Attachment a · Austin, TX · 2024
Support school operations and programs
$102.3M
The Foundation - See Attachment a · Austin, TX · 2023
To support school operations and programs
$89.9M
The Foundation - See Attachment a · Houston, TX · 2022
To support school operations and programs
$54.0M
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2023
Support technological development for carbon removal
$36.1M
Fidelity Charitable - See Attachment a · Cincinnati, OH · 2022
For support of public charities
$34.8M
The Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
To support school operations and programs
$25.0M
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support of public charities
$25.0M
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH · 2023
For support of public charities
$15.0M
The Foundation - See Attachment a · Austin, TX · 2024
Support school operations and programs
$10.0M
Fidelity Charitable - See Attachment a · Cincinnati, OH · 2024
Support of public charities
$10.0M
The Foundation · Houston, TX · 2022
To support school operations and programs
$7.2M
Baylor Scott & White Healthcare · Dallas, TX · 2024
Support health initiatives
$7.0M
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2022
Support computer science work and unfinished learning programs
$5.5M
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2024
Support technological development for carbon removal
$5.0M
Austin Habitat for Humanity · Austin, TX · 2024
Support affordable housing and community development
$5.0M
The Seton Fund · St Louis, MO · 2024
Support health intiatives
$5.0M
Windward School · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support school operations and programs
$4.0M
Hack Foundation · West Hollywood, CA · 2023
Support coding education
$4.0M
X Prize Foundation · Culver City, CA · 2022
Support technological development for carbon removal
$3.3M
Digital Harbor Foundation · Baltimore, MD · 2024
Support stem education and digital literacy for youth
$3.3M
The University of Texas at Austin · Austin, TX · 2024
Support university operations and programs
$2.5M
Creative Visions Foundation · Malibu, CA · 2022
Support raising awareness about population issues
$2.4M
The St Bernard Project · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Support disaster relief
$2.2M
Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District · Los Fresnos, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$2.2M
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2023
Support financial aid for families living in poverty
$2.1M
Codeorg · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support access to and participation in computer science in schools
$2.1M
Scroll Prize · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Support coding education
$2.1M
Sea Turtle · South Padre Island, TX · 2022
Support education, conservation, and rehabilitation programs for sea turtles
$2.0M
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support humanitarian and conventional aid responses
$2.0M
Codeorg · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support access to and participation in computer science in schools
$2.0M
Operation Bbq Relief · Peculiar, MO · 2024
Support disaster relief through meals
$1.8M
Hack Foundation · West Hollywood, CA · 2024
Support coding education
$1.8M
Brownsville Independent School District · Brownsville, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$1.5M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA · 2024
Support research programs
$1.4M
Sbp - Long-Term Home Rebuilding · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Support disaster relief
$1.4M
Givedirectly · New York, NY · 2024
Support financial aid for families living in poverty
$1.3M
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2022
Support the refugee crisis in and around ukraine
$1.3M
Mercy Chefs · Portsmouth, VA · 2024
Support disaster relief through meals
$1.3M
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
Support hunger relief and food distribution
$1.2M
Hack Foundation · West Hollywood, CA · 2022
Support coding education
$1.1M
Drk-Landesverband Westfalen-Lippe Ev · 2022
Support humanitarian efforts in connection with disaster relief
$1.1M
The Trail Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Support protection of the butler trail
$1.1M
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Support educational scholarships and student financial assistance
$1.0M
America Institute for Roman Culture · Austin, TX · 2024
Support historical research and cultural preservation
$1.0M
European Jewish Association · Monsey, NY · 2024
Support advocacy, education, and cultural initiatives for jewish communities
$1.0M
Healthcare Ready · Washington, DC · 2024
Support emergency preparedness and health crisis response
$1.0M
Penn Harris Madison School Corporation · Mishawaka, IN · 2024
Support educational programs and student learning initiatives
$1.0M
Prostate Cancer Foundation · Santa Monica, CA · 2024
Support research, awareness, and treatment for prostate cancer
$1.0M
Samaritans Purse · Boone, NC · 2024
Support international disaster relief and humanitarian aid programs
$1.0M
Medecins Sans Frontieres · New York, NY · 2023
Support humanitarian and conventional aid responses
$997,088
Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District · Harlingen, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$930,000
Baby2baby · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support providing essential items to low-income families
$848,902
Idea Public Schools · Weslaco, TX · 2023
Support education of students from underserved communities
$810,000
Morgan'S Inclusion Initiative · San Antonio, TX · 2024
Support programs promoting accessibility, inclusion, and opportunities
$795,000
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation · Santa Barbara, CA · 2024
Support higher education, research, and student programs
$730,472
Holocaust Museum La Operation · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Support holocaust education and remembrance programs
$700,000
Seattle Children'S Hospital Aaron Matthew Sids Research Guild · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support sids research
$690,000
Partners in Health · Boston, MA · 2024
Support global health accessibility
$550,000
Seattle Children'S Hospital Aaron Matthew Sids Research Guild · Seattle, WA · 2024
Support sids research
$506,000
Information Technology Disaster Resource Center · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Support volunteer coordination for disaster response
$503,102
Good Neighbor Settlement House · Brownsville, TX · 2022
Support social services for people in need
$500,000
Make-a-Wish Foundation of America · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Support granting wishes for children with critical illnesses
$500,000
The Definity Project · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Support education initiatives
$500,000
Basis Texas Charter Schools · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$500,000
Feeding Texas · Austin, TX · 2023
Support efforts for a hunger-free texas
$500,000
International First Committee Association · Manchester, NH · 2023
Support olympics-style robotics competition
$500,000
Khan Academy · Mountain View, CA · 2023
Support computer science work and unfinished learning programs
$500,000
The St Bernard Project · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Support disaster relief
$500,000
World Central Kitchen · Washington, DC · 2023
Support the refugee crisis in and around ukraine
$500,000
International First Committee Association · Manchester, NH · 2022
Support olympics-style robotics competition
$500,000
Texas Southmost College Foundation · Brownsville, TX · 2022
To support university operations and programs
$499,000
Minuteman Disaster Response Foundation · McKinney, TX · 2024
Support volunteer deployment for disaster relief and recovery
$496,735
Missions On Wheels · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Support medical care access in underserved or remote communities
$443,950
Mercury One · Irving, TX · 2024
Support humanitarian aid and educational initiatives
$425,556
Jubilee Academic Center · San Antonio, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$425,175
City of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2022
Support community improvement and payment of city expenses
$388,438
San Benito Consolidated Independent School District · San Benito, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$300,000
Friends of the National Wildlife Refuge System · McAllen, TX · 2022
Support raising awareness about wildlife conservation
$295,500
Cameron County Education Initiative · Brownsville, TX · 2024
Support the patient care technician certification program
$295,000
Sae International · Warrendale, PA · 2024
Support engineering education and professional development programs
$255,000
The Definity Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023
Support education initiatives
$210,000
Cameron County Education Initiative · Brownsville, TX · 2022
Support the patient care technician certification program
$200,000
Diplomatic Security Foundation Incorporated · Dunn Loring, VA · 2024
Support safety, security, and educational programs for diplomatic personnel
$200,000
Texas a and M Foundation · College Station, TX · 2024
Support scholarships, research, and educational initiatives
$200,000
Friends of Science East · Shoreham, NY · 2023
Support science education
$166,500
South Texas Independent School District · Mercedes, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$156,400
Sentinel Foundation · Davidson, NC · 2024
Support community and public safety initiatives
$150,000
Children'S Museum of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2024
Support creative learning opportunities for children
$150,000
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support humanitarian and conventional aid responses
$125,000
Brownsville Wellness Coalition · Brownsville, TX · 2023
Support cultivation of healthy food and lifestyles
$125,000
Rio Hondo Independent School District · Rio Hondo, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$120,000
City of Brownsville · Brownsville, TX · 2024
Support community improvement and city programs
$100,000
Friends of Westminster · Venice, CA · 2024
Support westminster elementary school operations and programs
$100,000
The Fritsch Foundation · Concord, MA · 2024
Support accelerating cancer immunotherapy research
$100,000
World Spine Care · Tustin, CA · 2024
Support spine health care, research, and treatment initiatives in underserved areas
$100,000
Libertas Institute · Lehi, UT · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$100,000
Point Isabel Independent School District · Port Isabel, TX · 2023
Support school operations and programs
$100,000
Team Rubicon · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Support humanitarian and conventional aid responses
$100,000
1907 Foundation · Naples, FL · 2022
Support research, education and outreach in the field of neuroscience and mental health

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.