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12 funders with a record of paying for “ethical”
Where the money went
Largest: $110,102 to ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO — ethics in the interim: learning from the covid-19 pandemic to develop ethical guidance for data and safety monitoring committees overseeing clinical trials
Largest: $25,000 to THE NATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION — core support for the "ethics, opportunity & challenges: how journalists can use ai effectively and ethically in the newsroom" panel conversation
Largest: $518,684 to MARKETING & BUSINESS ADMIN RESEARCH & CURRICULUM CENTER — ethics initiative high school program 2.0
Largest: $20,000 to BOUCHTA EZZIANI — ezziani, bouchta (sidi mohamed ben abdi allah, u. of) "issues of research ethics in anthropological researches in the arab region: a sensitive fields and taboo topics"
Largest: $181,000 to Columbia University — as a final grant to the special commission on research ethics in the middle east and north africa
Largest: $1.0M to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — to support the columbia university graduate school of journalisms craig newmark center for journalism ethics and security with their key initiatives advancing journalism ethics edu…
Mozilla FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $175,000 to WOMEN'S MARCH NETWORK — project support to integrate responsible computing and ethics.
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
12 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to BAYLOR UNIVERSITY — illuminating theological inquiry and christian ethics through training in psychological science
Largest: $500,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY — kavli center for ethics, science, and the public at uc berkeley
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $409,000 to ETHICAL CULTURE FIELDSTON SCHOOL — scholarships & financial aid
Largest: $300,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - VAGELOS MEDICAL COLLEGE — education: ethics/medicine - medical ethics fellowship
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to PEOPLE FOR THE ETHICAL TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INC — environment & animal protection
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →