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APHORISM FOUNDATION

· SAN FRANCISCO, CA · private_foundation · program funder

47recipients FY2016–24
$139Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
NationalNational funder, 13 states and territories

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A national funder — 13 states. It is a candidate for organizations in the 16 cause areas it has funded, wherever they are: A, B, C, H, J, K, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z.

Funders that fund the same organizations

FunderLocationChannelShared recipients
FORD FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NYlarge program funder6
THE PATRICK J MCGOVERN FOUNDATION INCBOSTON, MAprogram funder5
WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATIONMENLO PARK, CAlarge program funder5
GATES FOUNDATIONSEATTLE, WAlarge program funder4
THE ERIC AND WENDY SCHMIDT FUND FOR STRATEGIC INNOVATIONPALO ALTO, CAprogram funder4
WALTON FAMILY FOUNDATION INCBENTONVILLE, ARlarge program funder4
ANCHOR POINT FOUNDATIONDENVER, COprogram funder3
DAFFY CHARITABLE FUNDLOS ALTOS, CAprogram funder3
JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATIONSAN FRANCISCO, CAlarge program funder3
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATIONPRINCETON, NJlarge program funder3
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NYlarge program funder3
W K KELLOGG FOUNDATIONBATTLE CREEK, MIlarge program funder3
WARBURG PINCUS FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NYprogram funder3
BACHMANN STRAUSS FAMILY FUND INCALBANY, NYprogram funder2
BLACKSTONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONNEW YORK, NYprogram funder2
BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INCNEW YORK, NYprogram funder2
BROOKLYN COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONBROOKLYN, NYprogram funder2
BUILDERS INITIATIVECHICAGO, ILprogram funder2
CLEVELAND H DODGE FOUNDATION INCNEW YORK, NYprogram funder2
COGNIZANT US FOUNDATIONprogram funder2
COLLEGE BOARDNEW YORK, NYprogram funder2
CROSS RIVER COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFORT LEE, NJprogram funder2
DATAKINDBROOKLYN, NYprogram funder2
DRAPER FOUNDATIONSAN MATEO, CAprogram funder2
DRAPER RICHARDS KAPLAN FOUNDATIONMENLO PARK, CAprogram funder2

Recent recipients

OrganizationStateYearsLatestTotal
PROBABILISTIC COMPUTING FOUNDATION INCMA22024$24,500,000
THE EARTH SPECIES PROJECTCA12024$10,005,300
NEW AMERICA FOUNDATIONDC42024$9,150,000
SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INCMA22024$9,000,000
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYMA22024$2,840,000
CORTICO CORPORATIONMA22024$2,000,000
MATHESAR FOUNDATION INCNY12024$1,498,500
LEADERS IN TECH INCCA12024$1,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATIONWI32024$750,000
HIM FOR HER INCCA22024$700,000
MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP FOR TOMORROWMD12024$500,000
DOLLAR FORWA12024$200,000
ENDEAVOR GLOBAL INCNY32024$150,000
FOOD FOR SOUL INCNY12024$140,000
LOCUS SCIENCE FICTION FOUNDATIONCA22024$113,000
LIMN PRESSNC12024$100,000
SAFECAST GLOBAL INCMA12024$50,000
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITYCA12023$10,000,000
CENTER ON RURAL INNOVATION INCVT32023$2,030,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF LIBI INCMA22023$2,000,000
FFWDCA12023$1,250,000
SECUREBIO INCMA12023$1,160,000
B LAB COMPANYPA12023$1,000,000
UBI CHARITABLE INCCA12023$1,000,000
AURELIA INSTITUTE INCMA12023$1,000,000
WOODWELL CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTERMA12023$857,940
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUTURES INCMA12023$500,000
COMPUTER HISTORY MUSEUMCA12023$500,000
CHOOSE LOVE INCNY12023$300,000
FROM THE HEART PRODUCTIONS INCCA12023$300,000
EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVEAL22023$246,000
DAFFY CHARITABLE FUNDCA12023$120,000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITYDC12023$110,000
CHAN ZUCKERBERG BIOHUB INCCA42022$8,000,000
PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGEMA12022$1,500,000
KNOWLEDGE FUTURESMA12022$1,000,000
MERCATUS CENTER INCVA12022$360,000
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCESMA12022$100,000
MADISON SQUARE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB FOUNDATION INCNY12022$75,000
PUTNEY SCHOOL INCVT12022$30,000
ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INCNY12021$165,000
OPPORTUNITY AT WORK INCDC12020$2,500,000
NEW VENTURE FUNDDC12020$1,000,000
U C SANTA CRUZ FOUNDATIONCA22020$69,006
THE BARACK OBAMA FOUNDATIONIL12019$8,334,000
KIVA MICROFUNDSCA12019$302,000
FRIENDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEXNY12019$254,066