The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc Grants
Private foundation · Boston, MA · EIN 22-3021586 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 · Invitation only: no unsolicited applications
The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc is a private foundation based in Boston, MA (EIN 22-3021586). Its IRS Form 990-PF filings through tax year 2024 report $132.6M paid in 346 grants, with a median grant of $317.7K. The most recent filing reports total assets of $1.5B. It reports that it gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
Foundation website (as filed with the IRS) · mcgovern.org
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- Total grants paid
- $132.6M
- Grants reported
- 346
- Typical grant
- $317.7K
- Future commitments
- $66.7K
- Total assets
- $1.5B
Future commitments are grants the foundation has reported but not yet paid.
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This foundation reports on its 990-PF that it only makes contributions to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited applications.
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Original filing text
Reported organization name: THE PATRICK J MCGOVERN FOUNDATION INC
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
Where The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc 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.
Compiled by GrantCue from IRS Form 990-PF filings. Source: grantcue.com/foundations/the-patrick-j-mcgovern-foundation-inc-223021586
| Location | Purpose | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | To refine an ai tool for evaluating natural climate solutions projects, build ai literacy within the conservation community, and explore new use cases for ai in conservation | Tax year 20242024 | $1.5M |
| United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) | PARIS | To advance ethical ai governance through civil society networks, policy frameworks, and knowledge resources. | Tax year 20242024 | $1.5M |
| United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) | PARIS | To promote ethical governance of ai | Tax year 20232023 | $1.5M |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | To support the scaling of wri's data lab and strengthen internal and external innovation partnerships. | Tax year 20232023 | $1.5M |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | To support the advancement of policy and education work through the institute for human-centered artificial intelligence | Tax year 20232023 | $1.5M |
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (346 reported in all).
About this data
Figures are aggregated from The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings 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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