Grants for physical and earth sciences research centers

Name: Top 25 grants made to physical and earth sciences research centers
Creator: Cause IQ
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91 physical and earth sciences research centers received at least $208,994 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 100 grants made from 90 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 90 foundations, 91% made just a single grant to earth science orgs, and 0% made grants to four or more earth science orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$208,994

Total grant dollars given to physical and earth sciences research centers

100

Number of grants made annually to physical and earth sciences research centers

Number of grantmakers funding physical and earth sciences research centers

$1,500

Median grant size to physical and earth sciences research centers

Foundations that support physical and earth sciences research centers

Out of all grants made to physical and earth sciences research centers, 65% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 27% of the dollar-value of grants to earth science orgs. Foundations funding earth science orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, food banks, christian organizations, educational service providers, and colleges.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	59
Medium	9
Large	22

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	5
Private	63
Corporate	10
Other	12

Grants made

Grants made to earth science orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	82
2-3	8
4-10	0
11+	0

Top 10 foundations supporting physical and earth sciences research centers

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to earth science orgs	Number of grants made to earth science orgs	Median grant size
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	3	$250
Baxter	IL	National	0.0%	3	$50
The Rose Hills Foundation	CA	Metro	0.0%	2	$5,000
John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	2	$3,640
Hampton Roads Community Foundation	VA	Metro	0.0%	2	$3,000
Mentor Graphics Foundation	OR	National	1.1%	2	$2,550
Jeffrey P McKee Foundation	DE	National	8.6%	2	$1,000
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	2	$50
Lindback CR and MF Foundation TW Main	NV	Metro	0.4%	1	$5,000
Weissman Family Foundation	NY	State	0.3%	1	$5,000

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Physical and earth sciences research centers grantees

Physical and earth sciences research centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 30% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 25% of all earth science orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	100
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	0

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,000
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$2,500
$1M-$5M	$1,250
>$5M	$2,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
California	14
Oregon	12
Massachusetts	10
District of Columbia	10
Other	54

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Los Angeles	13
Portland, OR	12
Washington DC	10
New York City	8
Other	45

Top 25 grants made to physical and earth sciences research centers

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
University City Science Center	$5,000	General Operating	Lindback CR and MF Foundation TW Main
The Planetary Society	$5,000	Unrestricted	Weissman Family Foundation
Friends of Saturday Academy	$5,000	Program Activities	Mackworth-Mendoza Foundation
Carnegie Science (CIS)	$5,000	Operating Support	The Rose Hills Foundation
Carnegie Science (CIS)	$5,000	Operating Support	The Rose Hills Foundation
The Planetary Society	$5,000	General Fund	455 Foundation
Friends of Saturday Academy	$5,000	Engages Young People in Hands-On, In-Depth Learning and Problem Solving By Connecting Them With Community Experts As Instructors and Mentors.	Morse Frank and Linda Family Foundation
Friends of Saturday Academy	$5,000	Charitable Purpose of the	Wheeler Foundation
Fully Informed Jury Association	$5,000	Education Programming	The Sheppard Foundation
Friends of Saturday Academy	$5,000	To Support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Through Interaction With Community Experts in Professional Environments.	Mentor Graphics Foundation
All Star Code	$5,000	General Operating Purpose	The Dimenna Foundation
Carnegie Science (CIS)	$5,000	Grant Distribution for the Carnegie Institute for Science	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Carnegie Science (CIS)	$5,000	General	Crystal Family Foundation
Bluegrass Community and Technical College Foundation	$5,000	Adult Literacy	Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Raam Raj Foundation	$5,000	Support Development and Dissemination of Courses in Maharishi Vedic Science	Eric Schwartz Family Foundation
Woods Hole Research Center	$5,000	General Operating Support	J M Kaplan Fund
Carnegie Science (CIS)	$5,000	National Academy of Sciences Deep Carbon Conference	Gemological Institute of America Incorporated
100 Black Men of Atlanta	$5,000	Support, Unspecified	Hampton Roads Community Foundation
Sierra Nevada Journeys	$5,000	Watershed Education	Trout Unlimited - 607 Sagebrush
Woods Hole Research Center	$5,000	General Operating Support	Arkansas Community Foundation
Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC)	$5,000	Program Support	St Elizabeth Healthcare
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	$5,000	General Charitable	Sieg Dunlap Foundation
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	$5,000	Unrestricted	Frankel Family Foundation
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists	$4,080	In Support of General Operations.	John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation
The National Space Club and Foundation	$4,000	Unrestricted Donation	Stellar Solutions Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Physical and earth sciences research centers" category for this page is determined by the "U30: Physical Sciences, Earth Sciences Research, Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.