Grants awarded
Who does Rita Allen Foundation fund?
Rita Allen Foundation has awarded $32 million across 658 grants to 275 grantees between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $35,000, with most between $10,000 and $100,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $20,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$32.0M
Typical grant
$35K
Grantees
275
Grants
658
Years
2020–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S Stanford University | $1.4M | 14 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Rockefeller University
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$1.3M | 14 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| Y Yale University | $1.1M | 12 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Researchamerica | $945K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | VA | — |
California Institute of Technology
|
$830K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
|
Brandeis University
|
$740K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| U University of Michigan House Officers Association | $660K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MI | |
| U University of California San Diego | $620K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N National Academy of Sciences | $560K | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Harvard Medical School | $520K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Association for the Advancement of Science | $508K | 8 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $506K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Hopewell Fund
|
$505K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| M Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center | $505K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
|
$450K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| H Harvard University | $440K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Rutgers the State University of New Jersey | $430K | 5 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Media Impact Funders INC
|
$415K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | PA | |
President and Fellows of Harvard College
|
$405K | 11 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| S Science Philanthropy Alliance (rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Fiscal Spo | $404K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$400K | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | WA | |
| S Science Philanthropy Alliance (new Venture Fund Fiscal Sponsor) | $379K | 5 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$369K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
New Venture Fund
|
$332K | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| T The Johns Hopkins University | $330K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$326K | 6 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | PR | |
The Aspen Institute INC
|
$310K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DC | |
| F Future Proof Institute INC | $310K | 7 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | FL | |
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$300K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | WA | |
| C Columbia University | $300K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
St Jude Children's Research Hospital INC
|
$300K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TN | |
| B Boston University College of Communication | $295K | 12 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U United Jewish Appeal | $280K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Wisconsin | $272K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Multiplier
|
$270K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Science Communication Lab INC
|
$256K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
Research4impact INC
|
$255K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MD | |
| I Institute for Advanced Study | $255K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$238K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NC | |
Wgbh Educational Foundation
|
$225K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| S Stony Brook Foundation | $217K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Association of Science-Technology Centers (astc) | $213K | 4 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Brown University of Providence
|
$200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | RI | |
Vanderbilt University
|
$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| T The Rockefeller University (primary) | $200K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| W Washington University in St Louis | $200K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H H Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr & Research Inst | $200K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
|
$200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| D Duke University School of Medicine | $200K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Climate Central INC
|
$190K | 4 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| B Brandeis University (wm) | $190K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Ciencia Puerto Rico (center for a New Economy INC Fiscal Sponsor) | $187K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Regents of the University of California Berkeley | $180K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$175K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Montclair State University Foundation INC
|
$168K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
| T Tufts University | $160K | 3 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$160K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
Cornell University
|
$160K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
|
$150K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Science Friday Initiative INC
|
$150K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| U Univ of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | $150K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
The Center for Effective Philanthropy INC
|
$150K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| M Michigan State University | $150K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$150K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
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$135K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | NY | |
| R Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy | $135K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A American Assoc for Advancement of Science | $130K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| T The Regents of the University of California on Behalf of Its Los Angeles Ca | $120K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Research Foundation CUNY | $120K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
The Franklin Institute
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$120K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
The University of Rhode Island Foundation & Alumni Engagement
|
$115K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | RI | |
| T The Kavli Center for Ethics Science and the Public | $115K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of California San Francisco | $115K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$112K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MD | |
| T The John Hopkins University | $110K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$110K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| R Rockedu Science Outreach at the Rockefeller University | $105K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| A Association of Science-Technology Centers | $105K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| W Weill Cornell Medical College | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Stem Next Opportunity Fund
|
$100K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| U University of Washington | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | WA | |
| A Agora Institute at John Hopkins University | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| U Umass Memorial Foundation INC (university of Massachusetts Medical School) | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| B Boston University | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U University of Massachusetts | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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National Geographic Society
|
$100K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| B Brown University (primary) | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| O Open Research Funders Group (new Venture Fund Fiscal Sponsor) | $100K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
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$100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement
|
$100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| D Dartmouth College | $100K | 2 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| H H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute INC | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| U University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center | $100K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The University of Texas Foundation INC
|
$100K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| M Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (primary) | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| U Umass Memorial Foundation INC | $100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$100K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | CT | |
| I Individual recipient | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Foundation INC | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NC | |
| W Weill Medical College of Cornell Univ | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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