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Who does The Kavli Foundation fund?

The Kavli Foundation has awarded $137 million across 568 grants to 208 organizations between 2020 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $75,000, with most between $30,000 and $175,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $80,000 versus $55,000 for first-time grantees.

Total awarded
$137.4M
Typical grant
$75K
Grantees
208
Grants
568
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.

100 of 208 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
J Johns Hopkins University $11.2M102020–20242024— —
N National Academy of Sciences $7.8M152020–20242024— —
U University of California San Francisco Foundation $7.6M32020–20222022— —
T The Chancellors Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford $6.2M120222022— —
T The Board of Trustess of the University of Chicago $5.0M120222022— —
K Kavli Institute for Nanoscale Discovery at Oxford (kavli Insd) $4.6M42020–20242024— —
Cornell University $4.3M220222022NY
U C San Diego Foundation $4.3M102020–20222022CA
K Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience at Ucsf $4.1M32021–20232023— —
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies $4.0M142020–20242024CA
K Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science $3.5M42020–20232023— —
K Kavli Neural Systems Institute (rockefeller University) $3.5M42020–20242024— —
K Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute at Jhu $3.5M32020–20212021— —
K Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology $2.5M32023–20242024— —
T The University of Tokyo $2.5M82020–20232023— —
The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge $2.5M142020–20242024NY
K Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd $2.3M72020–20242024— —
K Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers $2.3M42020–20242024— —
California Institute of Technology $2.2M32020–20232023CA
K Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT $1.9M42023–20242024— —
William Marsh Rice University $1.8M62020–20242024TX
K Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge $1.8M62020–20242024— —
Rockefeller University $1.7M22021–20222022NY
K Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University $1.7M72020–20242024— —
Y Yale University $1.6M32020–20212021— —
University of Chicago $1.6M32020–20212021IL
K Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University $1.4M32020–20242024— —
U University of California Berkeley Foundation $1.4M72020–20242024— —
R Regents of the University of California at Berkeley $1.3M72020–20242024CA
Marine Biological Laboratory $1.2M52022–20242024MA
Uc Santa Barbara Foundation $1.2M32020–20222022CA
K Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Sci $1.1M62020–20232023— —
T Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York $1.0M102020–20232023NY
A Andrew C Fabian $1.0M22020–20212021— —
C Columbia University $1.0M220222022— —
K Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the Univ $953K72023–20242024— —
R Romsdal Museum $894K62021–20242024— —
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $854K52020–20242024MA
S Stichting Nanoscience Tu Delft $848K52021–20232023— —
Berkeley Lab Foundation $625K52020–20232023CA
President and Fellows of Harvard College $620K82020–20242024MA
Peking University Education Foundation USA $619K42020–20232023CA
U University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Education $600K32023–20242024— —
Brandeis University $550K120242024MA
K Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Uc Berkeley $550K320202020— —
U University College London $523K42022–20232023— —
S Stichting Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Trust Foundation $517K72020–20232023— —
T The Trondheim Foundation for Scientific Research $500K120212021— —
A Ardem Patapoutian $500K22020–20212021— —
D David Julius $500K22020–20212021— —
K Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University $500K120242024— —
P Peking University $479K120222022— —
I Illinois State University $460K120232023— —
University of Washington Foundation $450K120242024WA
New Venture Fund $425K62020–20222022DC
R Researchamerica $400K62020–20242024VA —
K Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago $400K32020–20242024— —
Society for Science and the Public $399K52020–20222022DC
U University of Chinese Academy of Sciences $350K22021–20222022— —
U University of Copenhagen $347K120242024— —
U University of Cambridge $338K42021–20222022— —
S Stanford University $300K32021–20232023— —
American Physical Society $300K72020–20242024MD
N Norwegian University of Science and Technology $300K32022–20232023— —
N National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) $291K82023–20242024— —
R Roger Ulrich $283K22022–20232023— —
K Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (ku Leuven) $283K32023–20242024— —
I International Astronomical Union $282K72020–20242024— —
The American Society for Cell Biology $280K32020–20212021MD
A Association of Science - Technology Centers Incorporated $275K32021–20222022— —
O Ondrej Krivanek $250K32020–20212021— —
J Jacob Sagiv $250K22022–20232023— —
C Christopher Walsh $250K22022–20232023— —
G George Whitesides $250K22022–20232023— —
R Ralph Nuzzo $250K22022–20232023— —
H Huda Zoghbi $250K22022–20232023— —
F Federation Mondiale Des Journalistes Scientifiques $250K120202020— —
D David Allara $250K22022–20232023— —
M Maximilian Haider $250K22020–20212021— —
H Harry Orr $250K22022–20232023— —
D David Charbonneau $250K120242024— —
Hopewell Fund $250K120202020DC
R Robert S Langer $250K120242024— —
S Sara Seager $250K120242024— —
J Jean-Louis Mandel $250K22022–20232023— —
H Harald Rose $250K22020–20212021— —
K Knut Urban $250K22020–20212021— —
The Conversation US INC $250K120222022MA
E Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale De Lausanne $246K120232023— —
U University of California San Francisco $242K120222022— —
I Institute for Learning Innovation (ili) $235K52020–20212021— —
C Conny Aerts $233K22022–20232023— —
R Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (rpa) $220K22023–20242024— —
Open Notebook INC $219K42020–20232023WI
The UCLA Foundation $216K42021–20242024CA
I Institut Du Cerveau Et De La Moelle Epiniere $214K120242024— —
E Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne $213K32020–20242024— —
S Stony Brook Foundation INC $210K62021–20242024— —
University of Wisconsin Foundation $200K22020–20222022WI
A American Association for the Advancement of Science $193K32020–20242024— —

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