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12 funders with a record of paying for “geometry”
Where the money went
Largest: $8,400 to GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — non-archimedean and tropical geometry, algebraic aspects of matroid theory, and the geometry of ordered blueprints
Largest: $10,000 to WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT — the light awards project project based geometry and the trades
Center for the Advancement ofMerritt Island, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,405 · through 2022Largest: $75,405 to UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME — studies the fundamental relationship between the geometry and process of bubble formation during evaporation in nanoparticles, a process that may enable future drug development, wa…
Largest: $254,692 to YOUTH FRONTIERS — mission support, character academy and geometry of a leader programs
International Science FoundationSomerville, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $150,000 · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKLEY — the assistance is an endowment which will support an annual lecture in the fields of geometry and analysis in honor of three mathematicians, shiing-shen chern, shoshichi kobayashi,…
Largest: $20,000 to WADSWORTH ATHENEUM — help with the cost of its exhibition, "divine geometry: islamic art in the wadsworth," to be presented from november 27, 2024 to april 13, 2025, and its accompanying educational pr…
Largest: $15,000 to TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to support a workshop on the novel theoretical concept of quantum geometry and its relevance to predicting emergent states of matter in solid materials.
New America FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $11,616 · through 2023Largest: $11,616 to TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE — support the metric geometry and gerrymandering group's work to model outputs for particular election systems
Largest: $3,036 to MCDONELL AREA CATHOLIC SCHOOLS — geometry textbooks, magna tiles, dry erasers, stools
Largest: $2,000 to APOLLO CAREER CENTER — g/e 2023 sherli holbrook - geometry mini golf
Largest: $1,088 to UNION MIDDLE SCHOOL — love of learning grants - d ducker - geometry of a birdhouse
Grand Haven Area CommunityGrand Haven, MICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $8,290 · through 2023Largest: $8,290 to MUSKEGON PUBLIC SCHOOLS — geometry in construction/amped on algebra programming for 9-12th graders (2023)
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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 →