Grants awarded
Who does Smithsonian Institution fund?
Smithsonian Institution has awarded $80 million across 96 grants to 56 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $20,975, with most between $10,000 and $55,107. Repeat grantees receive a median $31,850 versus $15,148 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$80.4M
Typical grant
$21K
Grantees
56
Grants
96
Years
2019–2024
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 | Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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$358K | 5 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| U University of Maryland at College Park | $233K | 9 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Tuskegee University
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$231K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| F Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Term | $191K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | FL | |
| T Texas Southern University | $191K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Clark Atlanta University INC
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$191K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | GA | |
| J Jackson State University | $191K | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MS | |
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$100K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | NY | |
| F Florida State University | $100K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| E Elizabeth Grace Veatch LLC | $60K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
|
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$56K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| U University of Kansas | $55K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| A Auburn University | $55K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| O Old Dominion University | $55K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Rutgers the State University | $46K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| R Regents of the University of Minnesota | $42K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| M Montana State University | $38K | 2 | 2022–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$35K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | NY | |
| U University of Wisconsin - Madison | $28K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| O Ohio State University Research Foundation | $28K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | OH | |
| U University of California Santa Barbara | $28K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Chicago Historical Society
|
$22K | 3 | 2019–2024 | 2024 | IL | |
West African Research Association C/O Jenny Parker Director
|
$21K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | MA | |
| C Caldwell County Schools | $21K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Pennsylvania State University | $21K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
The Whitney Institute
|
$20K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | LA | |
Yale University
|
$20K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | CT | |
American University
|
$18K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | DC | |
| B Bernstein Artists INC | $16K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Marlboro County School Distric | $16K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Connecticut | $15K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| B Burke County Public Schools | $14K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Historical Association of Southern Florida INC
|
$13K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | FL | |
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$13K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | NC | |
Baylor University
|
$12K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | |
| C Champaign County Forest Preserve | $11K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U University of Florida | $11K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
| M Millersville University of Pennsylvania | $10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | PA | |
| T The Amistad Research Center | $10K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | LA | |
Robert W Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center INC
|
$10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | GA | |
The Apollo Theater Foundation INC
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$10K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
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$10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | PA | |
| M Maryland African American Museum Corporation | $10K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MD | |
| I Indiana University | $10K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IN | |
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$10K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | FL | |
Northwestern University
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$9K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IL | |
| I Inform Evaluation & Research | $9K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| P Polk County Board of Education | $9K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C County of Alexander | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| U University of Utah | $8K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | UT | |
| O Orangeburg County School Distr | $8K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | AZ | |
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$7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | IA | |
| T The Law Office of Goss & Assoc | $7K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| D Damascus Gate LLC | $6K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N Novogene Corporation INC | $6K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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