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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2024 return.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $16,618 | $486,706 | $475,093 | $1,297,234 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 58% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology programs through a donor advised fund. | $5,037,361 | 2019 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| $1,192,629 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $3,229,874 | $1,540,510 | $1,534,718 | $2,227,504 | $1,940,964 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $1,638,649 | $1,745,038 | $1,721,013 | $534,634 | $251,600 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $4,881,011 | $4,948,487 | $4,922,505 | $1,021,152 | $357,989 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $5,834,756 | $5,859,935 | $5,187,361 | $1,334,234 | $425,465 |
| FY2018 | 990-PF | $11,716,224 | $3,160,892 | $2,411,506 | $11,663,444 | $11,618,280 |
| FY2017 | 990-PF | $252,394 | $904,588 | $304,562 | $1,670,318 | $1,374,155 |
| FY2016 | 990-PF | $2,590,240 | $3,883,066 | $3,151,781 | $2,337,489 | $2,026,349 |
| SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA |
| GRANTS FOR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY PROGRAMS THROUGH A DONOR ADVISED FUND |
| $4,322,678 |
| 2020 |
| Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology programs through a donor advised fund. | $2,451,301 | 2016 |
| Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology programs through a donor advised fund. | $2,146,587 | 2018 |
| SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | GRANTS FOR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY PROGRAMS THROUGH A DONOR ADVISED FUND | $1,291,462 | 2021 |
| SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONMOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | GRANTS FOR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY PROGRAMS THROUGH A DONOR ADVISED FUND | $1,004,885 | 2022 |
| University of California Santa CruzSanta Cruz, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology research and programming. | $312,682 | 2016 |
| Silicon Valley Community FoundationMountain View, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology programs through a donor advised fund. | $257,185 | 2017 |
| Regents of the University of CalifoOakland, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology | $210,835 | 2018 |
| Massachusetts Institute of TechnoloMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.Cambridge, MA | Grants for physics and cosmology research and programming. | $200,000 | 2016 |
| The Kuhn FoundationSanta Monica, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology research and programming. | $187,798 | 2016 |
| Prof Tegmark Lab FundBoston, MA | Agency-Intelligence-Consciousness in the Physical World | $150,000 | 2019 |
| FRIENDS OF LANCASTER U IN AMERICA INCNEW YORK, NY | GRANTS FOR PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY PROGRAMS THROUGH A DONOR ADVISED FUND | $135,910 | 2022 |
| FRIENDS OF LANCASTER UNIVERSITY IN AMERICA INCWILMINGTON, DE | TO SUPPORT RESEARCH IN THE UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS | $65,000 | 2020 |
| Theiss ResearchLa Jolla, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology. | $54,084 | 2018 |
| Theiss ResearchLa Jolla, CA | Grants for physics and cosmology programs through a donor advised fund. | $47,377 | 2017 |
| EDUARDO GUENDELMAN | FQXI MINI-GRANTFQXI MINI-GRANT | $2,300 | 2022 |
| MAIRI SAKELLARIDOU | FQXI MINI-GRANT | $1,200 | 2022 |
| TEJINDER PAL SINGH | FQXI MINI-GRANT | $1,000 | 2022 |
Only shared inboxes and organization phone lines that appear in public filings are shown here. Contact details for named individuals are never published, even though the filing itself is public.
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Dec 31, 2023IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202531229349101423
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Dec 31, 2022
Filing id 202303199349109285
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Dec 31, 2021
Filing id 202203189349106640
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Dec 31, 2020
Filing id 202103029349100620
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Dec 31, 2019
Filing id 202033149349101548
Form 990-PF · FY2018 · period ending Dec 31, 2018
Filing id 201943199349100519
Form 990-PF · FY2017 · period ending Dec 31, 2017
Filing id 201823199349103542
Form 990-PF · FY2016 · period ending Dec 31, 2016
Filing id 201701389349100300
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.