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Grants paid by The Vilcek Foundation Inc, tax year 2020
EIN 51-0404790 · New York, NY · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE H51
In tax year 2020, The Vilcek Foundation Inc (EIN 51-0404790) reported 28 grants paid totaling $1,299,457. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2020
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Edwidge Danticat Miami, FL | U | $100,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2020 VILCEK PRIZE IN LITERATURE FOR DAZZLING PROSE AND PROFOUND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR SHARED HUMAN CONDITION EMBODIED THROUGH HER GENRE-SPANNING WORK THAT EXPLORES THE HAITIAN DIASPORA AND OTHER PERSONAL NARRATIVES | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Immigrant Justice Corps New York, NY | C | $100,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS AT THE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS. THE MISSION, VISION AND PROGRAMMATIC VALUES OF THE IMMIGRANT JUSTICE CORPS ARE CLOSELY ALIGNED WITH THE VILCEK FOUNDATION'S SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT RECOGNIZE AND SUPPORT IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Andrew Yang New York, NY | U | $100,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2021 VILCEK PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC SERVICE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP IN ADVANCING IDEAS ADDRESSING ISSUES RANGING FROM WEALTH INEQUALITY, TO UNDERSTANDING HOW CORPORATIONS USE INDIVIDUALS PERSONAL DATA, TO AUTISM AND AMERICAN FAMILIES | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Ruth Lehmann Sharon, CT | U | $100,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2021 VILCEK PRIZE FOR IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR UNRAVELING THE MOLECULAR BASIS BY WHICH GERM CELLS, WHICH GIVE RISE TO SPERM AND EGG CELLS, ARE FORMED | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Rodrigo Prieto Pacific Palisades, CA | U | $100,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2021 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN FILMMAKING FOR HIS VIRTUOSITY AND VERSATILITYTHE SHEER EXCELLENCE AND INVENTIVENESS OF HIS WORK ACROSS STYLES AND GENRESAND HIS CENTRAL ROLE IN CREATING SOME OF CONTEMPORARY CINEMAS MOST INDELIBLE WORKS | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Boston, MA | U | $100,000 | paid | ZHUANG BABCOCK FUND | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Yaa Gyasi Brooklyn, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2020 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN LITERATURE FOR DEEPLY ENGAGING WRITING THAT UNITES THE TWIN ARCS OF WEST AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, AND FOR HER RELENTLESS EXAMINATION OF INJUSTICES OF THE PAST AND PRESENT IN "HOMEGOING" (2016) | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Valeria Luiselli Lopez Astrain New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2020 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN LITERATURE FOR INTELLIGENT, DISTINCTIVE FICTION AND NONFICTION THAT INTERROGATES THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, AND BEARS WITNESS TO THOSE LEFT VOICELESS BY MASS DEPORTATION | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Hawaii International Film Festival Honolulu, HI | C | $50,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES PROGRAM AT THE 2020 HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. THE PROGRAM CENTERS THE WORK OF IMMIGRANT AND FOREIGN-BORN FILMMAKERS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE ARTS, SUPPORTS IMMIGRANT FILMMAKERS AND ARTISTS, AND SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS IN HAWAI'I. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Viviana Gradinaru La Canada Flintridge, CA | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE2020 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR DEVELOPING NEXT-GENERATION TOOLS IN OPTOGENETICS, TISSUE CLEARING, AND GENE DELIVERY, WITH POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS IN HUMAN DISEASES | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Martin Jonikas Princeton, NJ | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2020 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR MOLECULAR STUDIES ON CHLAMYDOMONAS, A MODEL PHOTOSYNTHETIC ORGANISM, WITH LONG-TERM IMPLICATIONS FOR IMPROVING FOOD-CROP YIELD AND COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Nanfu Wang Montclair, NJ | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2021 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN FILMMAKING FOR THE IMPACT AND COURAGE OF HER RIVETING DOCUMENTARIES, WHICH ARE LUCID AND UNFLINCHING IN CONFRONTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION AND CORRUPTION IN CHINA. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Ibrahim Cisse Boston, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2021 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR USING SUPER-RESOLUTION BIOLOGICAL IMAGING TO DIRECTLY VISUALIZE THE DYNAMIC NATURE OF GENE EXPRESSION IN LIVING CELLS | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Kivanc Birsoy New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2020 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR DEVELOPING CUTTING-EDGE TOOLS TO UNRAVEL THE ALTERED METABOLISM OF CANCER CELLS AND UNCOVERING MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR TREATMENT | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Mohamed Abou Donia Princeton, NJ | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2021 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR DEMONSTRATING THE POTENTIAL OF THE HUMAN MICROBIOME AS A SOURCE OF NOVEL DRUGS AND UNCOVERING THE BASIS OF MICROBIOME-DRIVEN DRUG METABOLISM | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Jenny Xie New York, NY | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2020 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN LITERATURE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A UNIQUE POETIC VOICE THATIN ITS PLAY AND INVENTIONEXAMINES THE ESSENCE OF PERSPECTIVE AND SELFHOOD THROUGH AN EVOCATIVE LENS IN "EYE LEVEL" (2018) | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Silvia Rouskin Brookline, MA | U | $50,000 | paid | AWARDED THE 2021 VILCEK PRIZE FOR CREATIVE PROMISE IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE FOR DEVELOPING METHODS TO UNRAVEL THE SHAPES OF RNA MOLECULES INSIDE CELLS AND AIDING THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RNA-BASED THERAPEUTICS | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | School for Advanced Research On the Human Experience Santa Fe, NM | D | $49,157 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF A 3-YEAR ARTS EDUCATION PROGRAM REGARDING NATIVE AMERICAN POTTERY FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAVELING EXHIBITION OF PUEBLO POTTERY | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | New York Youth Symphony Inc New York, NY | B | $20,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF NYYS OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMMING | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | New York University New York, NY | C | $15,000 | paid | A DONATION TO NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE INSTITUTE'S PROGRAMS IN SUPPORTING THE ARTS, AND HONORING NYU'S COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING DIVERSITY IN THE ARTS IN NEW YORK CITY, AT NYU, AND MORE BROADLY | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | The Hispanic Society of America New York, NY | B | $15,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF AN ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM WITH THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA, BRINGING IMMIGRANT ARTISTS IN TO WORK WITH CURATORS AT THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Liljestrand Foundation Honolulu, HI | B | $11,800 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF AN EDUCATIONAL ARTS PROGRAM WITH THE LILJESTRAND FOUNDATION HIGHLIGHTING IMMIGRANTS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO ART, CULTURE, AND DESIGN IN HAWAI'I. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Pen American Center Inc New York, NY | C | $10,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF PEN AMERICA'S DREAMING OUT LOUD AND WORKER WRITER SCHOOL PROGRAMS | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Upwardly Global San Francisco, CA | U | $10,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF UPWARDLY GLOBAL'S 'SUPPORTING IMMIGRANTS, STRONGER TOGETHER' PROJECT AND CAMPAIGN, SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC INFORMATION INITIATIVES ABOUT IMMIGRANTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY, AND IN SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION'S GENERAL PROGRAMS, WHICH HELP UNEMPLOYED OR UNDEREMPLOYED IMMIGRANTS FIND JOBS THAT MAKE FULL USE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Soho Repertory Theatre Inc New York, NY | B | $10,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF SOHO REPERTORY THEATRE'S OPERATIONS, AND IN PARTICULAR SOHO REPERTORY THEATRE'S STUDIO PROGRAM. THE STUDIO PROGRAM CENTERS THE WORK OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF ARTISTS, AND PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL AND MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO THEATRE-MAKERS. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | The Brooklyn Rail Brooklyn, NY | B | $5,000 | paid | GRANT IN SUPPORT OF AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT, "WE THE IMMIGRANTS" ISSUE OF THE BROOKLYN RAIL NEWSPAPER, AND A PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN AND WEBSITE ABOUT IMMIGRANTS' CULTURAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Theatre Communications Group New York, NY | B | $2,500 | paid | CONTRIBUTION IN SUPPORT OF THEATRE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP ANNUAL GALA AND PROGRAM | 202131979349100503 |
| 2020 | Center for Architecture New York, NY | B | $1,000 | paid | CONTRIBUTION IN SUPPORT OF A PROGRAM CO-SUPPORTED BY ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH OFFICE WITH THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE, "GUESS A SKETCH" | 202131979349100503 |
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Derived from IRS Form 990-PF e-file XML. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03. All years for this funder.
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