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The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc Grants

Private foundation · EIN 22-3021586 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024

Total grants paid
$132.6M
Grants reported
346
Typical grant
$317.7K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$66.7K

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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.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2024165$66.2M
2023181$66.5M

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.

Conservation International Foundation

ARLINGTON, VA

$1.5MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

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

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)

PARIS

$1.5MTax year 2024

Grant purpose

To advance ethical ai governance through civil society networks, policy frameworks, and knowledge resources.

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco)

PARIS

$1.5MTax year 2023

Grant purpose

To promote ethical governance of ai

World Resources Institute

WASHINGTON, DC

$1.5MTax year 2023

Grant purpose

To support the scaling of wri's data lab and strengthen internal and external innovation partnerships.

The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University

REDWOOD CITY, CA

$1.5MTax year 2023

Grant purpose

To support the advancement of policy and education work through the institute for human-centered artificial intelligence

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (346 reported in all).

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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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