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Find who already funds work like yours. Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
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6 funders with a record of paying for “lsst”
Where the money went John Templeton Foundation → Lsst Inc: $4.5M across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Carnegie Mellon University: $2.6M across 2 grants, latest 2024 The Heising-Simons Foundation → Lsst Inc: $337K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → University of Arizona: $255K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → Lsst Inc: $103K across 1 grant, latest 2024 Greater Houston Community Foundation → Lsst Inc: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → University of Washington Foundation: $2.5M across 2 grants, latest 2024 Lsst Inc → Washington State University: $171K across 2 grants, latest 2023 The Brinson Foundation → Research Corporation for Science Advancement: $66K across 1 grant, latest 2024 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for → Lsst Inc: $777K across 5 grants, latest 2024 Lsst Inc → Rutgers University: $160K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Princeton University: $129K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → University of Pittsburgh: $127K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → University of Washington: $126K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Northwestern University: $100K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → University of Delaware: $56K across 3 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Research Foundation of the City University of New York: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Las Cumbres Observatory: $48K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Johns Hopkins University: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → University of Illinois: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → President and Fellows of Harvard College: $23K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → Cornell University: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → Benedictine University: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → University of North Carolina: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → University of California: $22K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Lsst Inc → Michigan State University: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Drexel University: $18K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Lsst Inc → Rubin Observatory Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (A: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for: $5.9M on this topic. Open the funder. The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fu… $5.9M John Templeton Foundation: $4.5M on this topic. Open the funder. John Templeton Foundation $4.5M Lsst Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Lsst Inc $1.4M The Heising-Simons Foundation: $337K on this topic. Open the funder. The Heising-Simons Foundation $337K The Brinson Foundation: $169K on this topic. Open the funder. The Brinson Foundation $169K Greater Houston Community Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder. Greater Houston Community Fou… $100K Lsst Inc: received $5.8M on this topic Lsst Inc $5.8M Carnegie Mellon University: received $2.6M on this topic Carnegie Mellon University $2.6M University of Washington Foundation: received $2.5M on this topic University of Washington Founda… $2.5M University of Arizona: received $255K on this topic University of Arizona $255K Washington State University: received $171K on this topic Washington State University $171K Rutgers University: received $160K on this topic Rutgers University $160K Princeton University: received $129K on this topic Princeton University $129K University of Pittsburgh: received $127K on this topic University of Pittsburgh $127K University of Washington: received $126K on this topic University of Washington $126K Northwestern University: received $100K on this topic Northwestern University $100K Research Corporation for Science Advancement: received $66K on this topic Research Corporation for Scienc… $66K University of Delaware: received $56K on this topic University of Delaware $56K Research Foundation of the City University of New York: received $50K on this topic Research Foundation of the City… $50K Las Cumbres Observatory: received $48K on this topic Las Cumbres Observatory $48K Johns Hopkins University: received $26K on this topic Johns Hopkins University $26K University of Illinois: received $23K on this topic University of Illinois $23K President and Fellows of Harvard College: received $23K on this topic President and Fellows of Harvar… $23K Cornell University: received $22K on this topic Cornell University $22K Benedictine University: received $22K on this topic Benedictine University $22K University of North Carolina: received $22K on this topic University of North Carolina $22K University of California: received $22K on this topic University of California $22K Michigan State University: received $20K on this topic Michigan State University $20K Drexel University: received $18K on this topic Drexel University $18K Rubin Observatory Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (A: received $10K on this topic Rubin Observatory Association o… $10K 6 funders, 24 recipients, grants matching “lsst” only. 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