Well Told Grants

Foundations

Foundations that fund science and research

7,660 private foundations made grants for science and research in their latest year, totalling $7.1 billion. Pick a state to see who funds science and research there and whether they accept applications.

By state

Largest science and research funders in our data

FoundationBased inScience and research grants
Gates FoundationWashington$896 million
Sergey Brin Family FoundationCalifornia$378 million
The Bloomberg Family Foundation IncNew York$287 million
Knight FoundationOregon$183 million
The David and Lucile Packard FoundationCalifornia$144 million
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationCalifornia$130 million
Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationCalifornia$119 million
The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic InnovationCalifornia$115 million
NSN Foundation IncNew Jersey$100 million
Walton Family Foundation IncArkansas$76.8 million
Douglas M Noble Family FoundationNew Jersey$65.9 million
Wellcome Leap IncCalifornia$61.2 million
Stanley Family FoundationNew York$60.0 million
The Benificus FoundationCalifornia$52.8 million
The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationNew Jersey$52.5 million
The Eli and Edythe Broad FoundationCalifornia$50.0 million
The Simons Foundation IncNew York$47.6 million
The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York$43.1 million
Laura and John Arnold FoundationTexas$42.7 million
Clark Charitable Foundation Inc DBA A James & Alice B Clark FoundationMaryland$42.3 million
Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York$41.1 million
The Robert A Welch FoundationTexas$37.7 million
Good Ventures FoundationCalifornia$37.0 million
The Samuel Roberts Noble FoundationOklahoma$36.6 million
Gary and Mary West Charitable TrustCalifornia$36.0 million
Fairfax Educational Foundation Inc Fka Mar-Jac FoundationVirginia$35.3 million
Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research FoundationMassachusetts$31.7 million
Northwestern Mutual Life Foundation IncWisconsin$27.0 million
Gray FoundationNew York$25.3 million
People-People-People FoundationArizona$25.0 million

Totals add up each foundation's science and research grants in the states where it ranks among the top funders, so they can understate its total.