American Museum of Natural History to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 American Museum of Natural History to identify nearby accelerating stars and create a target list for follow-up discovery and characterization of as-yet unseen companions Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to develop technology and techniques that will advance the state-of-the-art in direct exoplanet imaging Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $335,297 Year Granted 2020 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the upgrade and refurbishment of the 90Prime optical imager on the Bok 90-inch telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $849,941 Year Granted 2020 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to support the second development phase of MagAOX Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,476,018 Year Granted 2021 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to test theories of binary star formation and tidal evolution Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $36,666 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
American Museum of Natural History to identify nearby accelerating stars and create a target list for follow-up discovery and characterization of as-yet unseen companions Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to develop technology and techniques that will advance the state-of-the-art in direct exoplanet imaging Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $335,297 Year Granted 2020 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the upgrade and refurbishment of the 90Prime optical imager on the Bok 90-inch telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $849,941 Year Granted 2020 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to support the second development phase of MagAOX Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,476,018 Year Granted 2021 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to test theories of binary star formation and tidal evolution Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $36,666 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to develop technology and techniques that will advance the state-of-the-art in direct exoplanet imaging Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $335,297 Year Granted 2020 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the upgrade and refurbishment of the 90Prime optical imager on the Bok 90-inch telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $849,941 Year Granted 2020 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to support the second development phase of MagAOX Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,476,018 Year Granted 2021 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to test theories of binary star formation and tidal evolution Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $36,666 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the upgrade and refurbishment of the 90Prime optical imager on the Bok 90-inch telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $849,941 Year Granted 2020 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to support the second development phase of MagAOX Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,476,018 Year Granted 2021 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to test theories of binary star formation and tidal evolution Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $36,666 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to support the second development phase of MagAOX Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,476,018 Year Granted 2021 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to test theories of binary star formation and tidal evolution Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $36,666 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to test theories of binary star formation and tidal evolution Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $36,666 Year Granted 2018 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $353,337 Year Granted 2022 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of Skipper technology Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,347,900 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona to investigate how volcanic rocks contribute to chemical evolution in a prebiotic environment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2023 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the research and related work of Antranik Sefilian in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $394,083 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the Nautilus Space Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $600,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona Board of Regents, University of Arizona for the development of the science case for the Nautilus Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for examining whether M-Earths can sustain surface liquid water via alternative reservoirs Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $54,988 Year Granted 2022 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Luis Welbanks in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $410,874 Year Granted 2024 Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Arizona State University Foundation for a New American University for the research and related work of Megan Weiner Mansfield in connection with the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship program Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $139,482 Year Granted 2024 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to determine brown dwarf ages from white dwarf ages using wide binary systems Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $55,000 Year Granted 2019 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc to accelerate the development and scale-up of the ANTARES community broker to effectively operate on the ZTF public alert stream Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $567,571 Year Granted 2018 Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Association of Universities for Research Astronomy Inc for purchase of an emergency backup generator and related equipment Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $73,415 Year Granted 2022 Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Astrophysical Research Consortium to support the design and build of the Local Volume Mapper instrument for SDSS-V Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,981,451 Year Granted 2019 Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Bard College for the simulation and detection of potential biosignatures Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $124,936 Year Granted 2023 Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Berkeley Lab Foundation for a program-related investment (PRI) for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2015 Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Berkeley Lab Foundation for the design of a segmented 6-meter primary mirror Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2024 Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
Brown University of Providence for research into the mechanisms that maintain planetary hydrologic cycles Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $125,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy for the development and fabrication of a laser frequency comb for the W. M. Keck Observatory Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,175,973 Year Granted 2020 California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy for Program Related Investment Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2021 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the construction and installation of the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) blue channel instrument on the Keck II telescope on Mauna Kea Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $500,000 Year Granted 2014 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the upgrade of W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrometer (NIRSPEC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $215,000 Year Granted 2015 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the preliminary design of the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and the purchase of long lead time items critical to the timely completion of this instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2016 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy to support the continued development and engineering of the Keck Planet Finder Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $705,517 Year Granted 2018 California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy for a Program Related Investment for the Keck Planet Finder Instrument project Program Science Grant Type PRI Grant Amount $2,500,000 Year Granted 2019 California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy for the Keck Planet Finder Solar Calibrator Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $150,000 Year Granted 2022 California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy to support development of the SCALES instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,200,000 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy to investigate spectroscopic signatures of planet formation Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $98,742 Year Granted 2023 California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Association for Research in Astronomy for upgrades and engineering interventions for the Keck Planet Finder (KPF) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $599,671 Year Granted 2023 California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology for integrating a helium filter onto the wide field infrared camera (WIRC) on the Hale Telescope Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $23,611 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology to research surface processes on icy ocean worlds Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $156,080 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology for the development of orbitize!, a comprehensive orbit-fitting software package for the high-contrast imaging community Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $45,857 Year Granted 2019 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $367,650 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology for the development and fabrication of the Next Generation Palomar Spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,000,000 Year Granted 2020 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next The list above contains awards approved by the Foundation. These are primarily grants, but also include direct charitable activities (DCAs) and program-related investments (PRIs). DCAs are distributions a foundation makes to conduct its own charitable activities, rather than by or through other organizations. PRIs are investments with a charitable purpose for which the Foundation’s primary purpose is not to produce income. Under IRS regulations, the expenses associated with DCAs and PRIs count toward a foundation’s qualifying distributions and are reported on its IRS Form 990-PF.
California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $162,048 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next
California Institute of Technology the development and fabrication of the SEDMv2 instrument Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $1,250,000 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next
California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $365,640 Year Granted 2021 California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next
California Institute of Technology to support theory development at the interface of cosmology and quantum mechanics to identify observational signatures that can distinguish competing models of how the universe was formed and evolved Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $657,425 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next
California Institute of Technology to design and build the fiber injection module for W.M. Keck Observatory’s near-infrared spectrograph Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $697,964 Year Granted 2015 California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next
California Institute of Technology for the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $363,586 Year Granted 2016 California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next
California Institute of Technology for the design and construction of the Gattini-IR wide-field infrared imager Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017 1 2 3 … 7 Next
California Institute of Technology to support a graduate student to run models, analyze data, and bridge the theory and observational research of white dwarf stars and type 1ax supernovae Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $50,000 Year Granted 2017 California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017
California Institute of Technology for the design and development of a high-performance, high-contrast coronagraph module for the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer System (KPIC) Program Science Grant Type Grant Grant Amount $735,287 Year Granted 2017