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Grants for physical and earth sciences research centers
91 physical and earth sciences research centers received at least $208,994 in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 100 grants made from 90 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,500. Of these 90 foundations, 91% made just a single grant to earth science orgs, and 0% made grants to four or more earth science orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.
$208,994
Total grant dollars given to physical and earth sciences research centers
100
Number of grants made annually to physical and earth sciences research centers
90
Number of grantmakers funding physical and earth sciences research centers
$1,500
Median grant size to physical and earth sciences research centers
Foundations that support physical and earth sciences research centers
Foundation size
| Foundation size | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| Small | |
| Medium | |
| Large | |
Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.
Grants made
| Grants made to earth science orgs | Number of grantmakers |
|---|
| 1 | |
| 2-3 | |
| 4-10 | |
| 11+ | |
Top 10 foundations supporting physical and earth sciences research centers
Physical and earth sciences research centers grantees
Physical and earth sciences research centers with more than $5 million in total revenues received 30% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 25% of all earth science orgs.
Grant amounts
| Size of grant | Number of grants |
|---|
| <$10k | |
| $10k-$25k | |
| $25k-$100k | |
| $100k+ | |
Grant amount by grantee size
| Grantee annual revenue | Median grant size |
|---|
| <$100k | |
| $100k-$500k | |
| $500k-$1M | |
| $1M-$5M | |
| >$5M | |
Top 25 grants made to physical and earth sciences research centers
| Grantee | Grant size | Purpose | Grantmaker |
|---|
| University City Science Center | $5,000 | General Operating | Lindback CR and MF Foundation TW Main |
| The Planetary Society | $5,000 | Unrestricted | Weissman Family Foundation |
| Friends of Saturday Academy | $5,000 | Program Activities | Mackworth-Mendoza Foundation |
| Carnegie Science (CIS) | $5,000 | Operating Support | The Rose Hills Foundation |
| Carnegie Science (CIS) | $5,000 | Operating Support | The Rose Hills Foundation |
| The Planetary Society | $5,000 | General Fund | 455 Foundation |
| Friends of Saturday Academy | $5,000 | Engages Young People in Hands-On, In-Depth Learning and Problem Solving By Connecting Them With Community Experts As Instructors and Mentors. | Morse Frank and Linda Family Foundation |
| Friends of Saturday Academy | $5,000 | Charitable Purpose of the | Wheeler Foundation |
| Fully Informed Jury Association | $5,000 | Education Programming | The Sheppard Foundation |
| Friends of Saturday Academy | $5,000 | To Support Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education Through Interaction With Community Experts in Professional Environments. | Mentor Graphics Foundation |
| All Star Code | $5,000 | General Operating Purpose | The Dimenna Foundation |
| Carnegie Science (CIS) | $5,000 | Grant Distribution for the Carnegie Institute for Science | Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines |
| Carnegie Science (CIS) | $5,000 | General | Crystal Family Foundation |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Foundation | $5,000 | Adult Literacy | Dollar General Literacy Foundation |
| Raam Raj Foundation | $5,000 | Support Development and Dissemination of Courses in Maharishi Vedic Science | Eric Schwartz Family Foundation |
| Woods Hole Research Center | $5,000 | General Operating Support | J M Kaplan Fund |
| Carnegie Science (CIS) | $5,000 | National Academy of Sciences Deep Carbon Conference | Gemological Institute of America Incorporated |
| 100 Black Men of Atlanta | $5,000 | Support, Unspecified | Hampton Roads Community Foundation |
| Sierra Nevada Journeys | $5,000 | Watershed Education | Trout Unlimited - 607 Sagebrush |
| Woods Hole Research Center | $5,000 | General Operating Support | Arkansas Community Foundation |
| Kentucky Science and Technology Corporation (KSTC) | $5,000 | Program Support | St Elizabeth Healthcare |
| Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | $5,000 | General Charitable | Sieg Dunlap Foundation |
| Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | $5,000 | Unrestricted | Frankel Family Foundation |
| Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | $4,080 | In Support of General Operations. | John D & Catherine T Macarthur Foundation |
| The National Space Club and Foundation | $4,000 | Unrestricted Donation | Stellar Solutions Foundation |
Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Physical and earth sciences research centers" category for this page is determined by the "U30: Physical Sciences, Earth Sciences Research, Services" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.