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Foundations that fund languages and translation research

15 private foundations with a record of paying for languages and translation, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.

• BLAKEMORE FOUNDATION

  51 grants · $1.2M · through 2023

  Largest: $1,000 to POLLY WOODBURY — language study with tutors for khmer language study in phnom penh, cambodia

  IRS filings for EIN 911505735

• JOHN S AND JAMES L KNIGHT FOUNDATION

  15 grants · $1.5M · through 2023

  Largest: $100,000 to GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — to support a nonpartisan policy translation fellowship at the institute for data, democracy and politics at the george washington university.

  IRS filings for EIN 650464177

• THE JPB FOUNDATION

  3 grants · $3.0M · through 2023

  Largest: $1.0M to ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY — translational studies of obesity and diabetes

  IRS filings for EIN 900747216

• PULTE FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  2 grants · $7,750 · through 2023

  Largest: $4,750 to FREELYGIVEN INC — to support living and language study expenses for a christian outreach ministry

  IRS filings for EIN 382923581

• THE DENNIS & ANNE BEAVER FOUNDATION

  2 grants · $124,650 · through 2023

  Largest: $63,630 to TOTAL EXPENSES FOR EDUCATION — in 2022 the foundation paid for:1. ten students and one teacher/escort from california state universitybakersfield, school of arts and humanities to paris, france forfrench language and culture study program.2. one student from los angeles valley college, los angeles, cafor intensive french language program.3. one student from los angeles pierce college, los angeles, cafor intensive french language programthe purpose of these grants is to provide students the opportunity to improve their foreign language skills, and understanding of peoples of other nations.

  IRS filings for EIN 770557208

• THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

  3 grants · $61,828 · through 2023

  Largest: $46,150 to Language Conservancy — 75883 studying the impact of indigenous language p

  IRS filings for EIN 226029397

• LINCOLN & THERESE FILENE FOUNDATION INC

  2 grants · $50,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $25,000 to FOUND IN TRANSLATION — language access fellowship

  IRS filings for EIN 237423946

• THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION

  2 grants · $1.1M · through 2023

  Largest: $391,217 to FIVE COLLEGES INCORPORATED — to support the study of less commonly taught languages: $1,000,000 as permanent endowment, to be matched two-to-one within five years; and $775,000 in spendable funds within six years

  IRS filings for EIN 131879954

• TD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

  3 grants · $40,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $15,000 to FOUND IN TRANSLATION — language access fellowship program, fy23

  IRS filings for EIN 141864317

• THE CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND

  1 grant · $22,500 · through 2022

  Largest: $22,500 to RAHUL KUMAR — translational studies of haph/hape.

  IRS filings for EIN 050579911

• The Spencer Foundation

  2 grants · $98,140 · through 2022

  Largest: $49,328 to Queen's University Belfast — foghlaim thumoideachais idirghluine: a study of family language development in northern ireland

  IRS filings for EIN 366078558

• TORREY COAST FOUNDATION

  1 grant · $1.3M · through 2022

  Largest: $1.3M to UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — institute for network medicine for a study entitled "rapid translation of novel immune cell-targeted therapeutics in esophageal and gastroesophageal cancers", institute for network medicine for research of the area of gastric cancer, and moores cancer center immunotherapy innovation fund.

  IRS filings for EIN 854224393

• INTUITIVE FOUNDATION

  1 grant · $100,000 · through 2022

  Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY (AATS) — partial salary support for a 1-year translational research fellowship for two fellows., not robotic surgery

  IRS filings for EIN 832210302

• LORI LANE FOUNDATION

  1 grant · $60,000 · through 2023

  Largest: $60,000 to The Translational Genomics Research — lori lane/andrew spyrow fellowship - gbm treatment trials and therapy impact studies

  IRS filings for EIN 921036860

• TR UW HELEN F KIMBALL-THE MOSES KIMBALL

  2 grants · $12,500 · through 2023

  Largest: $5,000 to FOUND IN TRANSLATION — language access fellowship program

  IRS filings for EIN 046061028

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 2019–2023. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.