Grants awarded
Who does Aphorism Foundation fund?
Aphorism Foundation has awarded $82 million across 64 grants to 48 organizations between 2020 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $928,970, with most between $300,000 and $1,500,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $1,000,000 versus $750,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$82.1M
Typical grant
$929K
Grantees
48
Grants
64
Years
2020–2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P Probabilistic Computing Foundation INC | $14.5M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| T The Leland Stanford Junior University | $10.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
New America Foundation
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$6.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub INC
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$6.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | CA | |
Science for America INC
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$6.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| C Center of Complex Interventions | $4.2M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MA | — |
| O Opportunitywork INC | $2.5M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Cz Biohub Network | $2.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Brigham and Women's Hospital | $2.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
American Friends of Libi INC
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$2.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| H Hypothesis Fund Pbllc | $2.0M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| S Second Harvest Food Bank | $1.9M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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$1.8M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
| P President and Fellors of Harvard College | $1.5M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Center on Rural Innovation INC
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$1.5M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VT | |
| U University of Toronto | $1.3M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Ffwd
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$1.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Securebio INC
|
$1.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
B Lab Company
|
$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | PA | |
Cortico Corporation
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$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| U Ubi Charitable INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
New Venture Fund
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$1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | DC | |
| A Aurealia Institute INC | $1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Players Philanthropy Fund
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$1.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MD | |
Woodwell Climate Research Center
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$858K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Pahara Institute INC
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$750K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
| D Dartmouth College | $700K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$538K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
Science and Technology Futures INC
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MA | |
University of Wisconsin Foundation
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$500K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | WI | |
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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Mercatus Center INC
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$360K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | VA | |
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$350K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| A Aspen Insitutute UK | $307K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Choose Love INC | $300K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
From the Heart Productions INC
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$300K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Brown University of Providence
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$250K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | RI | |
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$246K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | AL | |
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors INC
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$165K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | NY | |
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$120K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Georgetown University
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$110K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Endeavor Global INC
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$100K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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$100K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MA | |
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$75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NY | |
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$50K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
U C Santa Cruz Foundation
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$35K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | CA | |
Putney School INC
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$30K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | VT |
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