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The Kavli Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 77-0560142 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$17.4M
Grants reported
107
Typical grant
$65.6K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$9.3M

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Original filing text

Reported organization name: THE KAVLI FOUNDATION

Where The Kavli Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers

STANFORD, CA

$2MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

The via project: the milky way as a dark matter laboratory

Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd

LA JOLLA, CA

$1MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Kavli institute for brain and mind - phase iii

Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology

DELFT, DELFT

$853.8KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Kavli institute innovation award kind

Kavli Neural Systems Institute (Rockefeller University)

NEW YORK, NY

$833.3KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Kavli nsi phase iii

William Marsh Rice University

HOUSTON, TX

$632.5KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Kavli exploration award - carbon nanotubes 2023

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from The Kavli Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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