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Grants paid by The Brinson Foundation, tax year 2020

EIN 68-0656415 · Chicago, IL · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T20

In tax year 2020, The Brinson Foundation (EIN 68-0656415) reported 110 grants paid totaling $4,767,100. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2020

Grants reported by The Brinson Foundation for tax year 2020
Tax year	Recipient	Match	Amount	Type	Purpose	Source filing
2020	University of Chicago - Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics Chicago, IL	U	$230,000	approved, future	BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP	202103199349105140
2020	California Institute of Technology - Institute for Quantum Information and Pasadena, CA	U	$230,000	approved, future	BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP	202103199349105140
2020	University of California Davis - Department of Physics and Astronomy Davis, CA	U	$230,000	approved, future	BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP	202103199349105140
2020	Columbia University Chicago, IL	D	$140,000	approved, future	LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY	202103199349105140
2020	Regents of the University of California Davis Davis, CA	U	$115,000	paid	BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIPDEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY	202103199349105140
2020	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	B	$115,000	paid	BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIPINSTITUTE FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION AND MATTER	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$115,000	paid	BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIPKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR COSMOLOGICAL PHYSICS	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, IL	U	$100,000	paid	MEDICAL RESEARCH - JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD	202103199349105140
2020	Lsst Corporation Tucson, AZ	U	$100,000	paid	DATA SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM	202103199349105140
2020	Lsst Corporation Tucson, AZ	U	$100,000	approved, future	DATA SCIENCE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM	202103199349105140
2020	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	B	$85,000	paid	THEORETICAL GRAVITATIONAL WAVE RESEARCH	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$85,000	paid	DEPARTMENT OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS - BRINSON FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM	202103199349105140
2020	Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL	B	$81,660	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Shedd Aquarium Chicago, IL	C	$80,580	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL	B	$80,000	paid	MEDICAL RESEARCH - JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD	202103199349105140
2020	Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago Chicago, IL	B	$80,000	approved, future	BRINSON FELLOWSHIP	202103199349105140
2020	Adler Planetarium Chicago, IL	B	$80,000	paid	COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS RESEARCH	202103199349105140
2020	La Rabida Children's Hospital Chicago, IL	B	$80,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, IL	B	$80,000	paid	LEARNING CENTER PROGRAMS	202103199349105140
2020	Museum of Science and Industry Chicago, IL	B	$80,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND WELCOME TO SCIENCE INITIATIVE	202103199349105140
2020	Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Shirley Ryan Abilitylab Chicago, IL	D	$75,000	paid	BRINSON STROKE FELLOWSHIP	202103199349105140
2020	New Venture Fund Washington, DC	B	$75,000	approved, future	SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Public Education Fund Chicago, IL	B	$75,000	paid	FUND 5 SUPPORT TO PROMOTE PRINCIPAL QUALITY IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS	202103199349105140
2020	Science Philanthropy Alliance Washington, DC	U	$75,000	paid	ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP	202103199349105140
2020	Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL	B	$75,000	paid	MEDICAL RESEARCH - JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Cares Chicago, IL	C	$75,000	approved, future	AMPT: ADVANCING NONPROFITS	202103199349105140
2020	Window to the World Communications Inc Chicago, IL	B	$71,000	paid	LOCAL BROADCAST OF NOVA, GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Palisades, NY	U	$70,000	paid	LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY - ANTICIPATING EARTHQUAKES INITIATIVE	202103199349105140
2020	Northwestern Memorial Foundation Chicago, IL	B	$70,000	paid	MEDICAL RESEARCH - JUNIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD AT NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	202103199349105140
2020	Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DC	D	$65,000	paid	SEISMOLOGY MONITORING RESEARCH	202103199349105140
2020	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	B	$65,000	paid	YELLOWSTONE SEISMOLOGY AND TECTONOPHYSICS RESEARCH	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Chicago, IL	C	$62,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Historical Society Chicago History Museum Chicago, IL	D	$62,220	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Lyric Opera of Chicago Chicago, IL	B	$61,200	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Lake Forest Academy Lake Forest, IL	B	$60,000	approved, future	CLASS OF '93 SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS	202103199349105140
2020	Lincoln Park Zoological Society Chicago, IL	B	$60,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Architecture Foundation Chicago Architecture Center Chicago, IL	U	$52,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Ayn Rand Institute Santa Ana, CA	U	$51,950	paid	FREE BOOKS TO TEACHERS PROGRAM-CHICAGO AREA, CHICAGO CONFERENCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund Chicago, IL	B	$51,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Northwestern Memorial Foundation Chicago, IL	B	$51,000	paid	NURSING EDUCATION AND THE NICU LACTATION PROGRAM AT NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	202103199349105140
2020	Posse Foundation Chicago, IL	U	$50,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR CHICAGO	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Horticultural Society Chicago Botanic Garden Glencoe, IL	D	$50,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CA	B	$50,000	paid	RESEARCH ON THE ROLE OF NEOTENY IN HUMAN-SPECIFIC BRAIN DEVELOPMENT	202103199349105140
2020	Eisenhower Medical Center Rancho Mirage, CA	B	$50,000	paid	NURSING EDUCATION AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$50,000	paid	DEPARTMENT OF ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY AND ANATOMY - THE GENETIC BASIS FOR THE ORIGIN OF LIMBS RESEARCH	202103199349105140
2020	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	B	$50,000	paid	DARK MATTER ALONG A FILAMENT OF GALAXIES PROJECT	202103199349105140
2020	Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL	B	$50,000	paid	BREAST CANCER RESEARCH	202103199349105140
2020	Special Olympics Illinois Lombard, IL	C	$50,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	B	$50,000	paid	CARL SAGAN INSTITUTE - SEARCH FOR LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE	202103199349105140
2020	Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc Alexandria, VA	B	$50,000	paid	ILLINOIS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM	202103199349105140
2020	St John's Health Foundation Jackson, WY	B	$50,000	paid	NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM	202103199349105140
2020	Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA	U	$50,000	paid	EXOPLANET BIOSIGNATURE PROGRAMMING PROJECT	202103199349105140
2020	California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA	B	$50,000	paid	QUANTUM COMMUNICATIONS AND FUNDAMENTAL SPACE-TIME PHYSICS	202103199349105140
2020	High Jump Chicago, IL	C	$47,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Metrosquash Chicago, IL	D	$42,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Erie Family Health Foundation Chicago, IL	B	$42,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE TEEN CENTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Communities in Schools of Chicago Chicago, IL	B	$42,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR STUDENT HEALTH PROGRAMS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Chicago, IL	U	$42,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	America's Foundation for Chess Bellevue, WA	U	$40,960	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND FIRST MOVE IN CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Healthy Schools Campaign Chicago, IL	C	$40,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT IN CHICAGO	202103199349105140
2020	Morton Arboretum Lisle, IL	B	$40,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Joffrey Ballet Chicago, IL	B	$40,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Rush University Medical Center Chicago, IL	B	$40,000	paid	ADOLESCENT FAMILY CENTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM	202103199349105140
2020	Teach for America Greater Chicago-Northwest Indiana Chicago, IL	U	$37,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Onegoal Chicago, IL	C	$37,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Bottom Line Chicago, IL	U	$37,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT - CHICAGO AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Teton Science Schools Jackson, WY	B	$37,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Institute for Humane Studies Arlington, VA	B	$36,000	paid	STUDENT PROGRAMMING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	One Million Degrees Chicago, IL	B	$35,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	University of Arizona Foundation Tucson, AZ	B	$35,000	paid	SPACEWATCH - ASTEROID COMPOSITION RESEARCH	202103199349105140
2020	Stony Brook Foundation Inc Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Stony Brook, NY	U	$35,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE ALAN ALDA CENTER FOR COMMUNICATING SCIENCE	202103199349105140
2020	Jackson Hole Land Trust Kackson, WY	B	$35,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Mikva Challenge Grant Foundation Chicago, IL	B	$32,700	paid	STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND HONORARIUM	202103199349105140
2020	Inner-City Computer Stars Foundation Chicago, IL	B	$32,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Merit School of Music Chicago, IL	B	$32,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Cara Collective Chicago, IL	U	$32,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Forefront Chicago, IL	B	$32,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Lake Forest Academy Lake Forest, IL	B	$31,345	paid	CLASS OF '93 SCHOLARSHIP FUND FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Start Early Chicago, IL	C	$30,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR EDUCARE	202103199349105140
2020	America Needs You Chicago, IL	U	$30,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Illinois Network of Charter Schools Chicago, IL	B	$30,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center Chicago, IL	C	$30,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Teton County Integrated Solid Waste and Recycling Jackson, WY	U	$30,000	paid	RECYCLING AND HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION, WASTE DIVERSION OUTREACH AND EDUCATION	202103199349105140
2020	Accion Cambridge, MA	U	$30,000	paid	MICROFINANCE INITIATIVES IN AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA	202103199349105140
2020	Advance Illinois Chicago, IL	B	$30,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Jack Miller Center for Teaching America's Founding Principles and History Bala Cynwyd, PA	C	$27,585	paid	HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN CIVICS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Literacy Works Chicago, IL	C	$27,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	A Better Chicago Chicago, IL	B	$27,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Mercatus Center Arlington, VA	B	$27,500	paid	F.A. HAYEK PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN PHILOSOPHY, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	After School Matters Chicago, IL	B	$27,500	paid	STEM OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Literacy Alliance Chicago, IL	U	$27,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Math Circles of Chicago Chicago, IL	C	$27,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Carole Robertson Center for Learning Chicago, IL	B	$27,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Cato Institute Washington, DC	B	$26,500	paid	STUDENT BRIEFING PROGRAM AND STUDENT LIBERTY SEMINAR AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$25,000	approved, future	CONSORTIUM ON SCHOOL RESEARCH (GENERAL SUPPORT)	202103199349105140
2020	Council for the Advancement of Science Writing Inc Seattle, WA	B	$25,000	paid	GRADUATE SCHOOL SCIENCE WRITING FELLOWSHIPS AND GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL	C	$25,000	paid	PEDIATRIC MOBILE HEALTH UNIT	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$25,000	paid	CONSORTIUM ON SCHOOL RESEARCH - GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Cares Chicago, IL	C	$25,000	paid	AMPT: ADVANCING NONPROFITS	202103199349105140
2020	Spark Chicago, IL	C	$25,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$25,000	paid	CONSORTIUM ON SCHOOL RESEARCH/NORC - COLLEGE TO CAREER TRANSITION STUDY	202103199349105140
2020	The Partnership for College Completion Chicago, IL	B	$25,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Public Library Foundation Chicago, IL	B	$25,000	paid	EARLY LITERACY TRAINING FOR CHILDREN'S LIBRARY STAFF	202103199349105140
2020	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	U	$25,000	approved, future	CONSORTIUM ON SCHOOL RESEARCH (COLLEGE TO CAREER TRANSITION STUDY)	202103199349105140
2020	Room to Read San Francisco, CA	B	$25,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL LITERACY PROGRAMS	202103199349105140
2020	Chicago Community Foundation Chicago, IL	C	$25,000	paid	PROGRESSIVE POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS SUPPORT FUND	202103199349105140
2020	Living Desert Palm Desert, CA	B	$20,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	National Museum of Wildlife Art Jackson, WY	B	$20,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago Chicago, IL	B	$15,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Together Education Inc New York, NY	U	$15,000	paid	ONE WORLD NETWORK OF SCHOOLS	202103199349105140
2020	Umoja Student Development Corporation Chicago, IL	U	$15,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	National Center for Family Philanthropy Washington, DC	B	$5,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Project Syncere Chicago, IL	B	$2,500	paid	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE	202103199349105140
2020	Stanford University Menlo Park, CA	B	$2,500	paid	HONORARIUMKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR PARTICLE ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY	202103199349105140
2020	Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Washington, DC	B	$1,500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Commit2change Tuckahoe, NY	U	$1,400	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington, DC	B	$1,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Candid Williamsburg, VA	U	$1,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	American Geopyhsical Union Washington, DC	C	$1,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Grantmakers for Education Portland, OR	C	$1,000	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140
2020	Chalkbeat Chicago, IL	U	$500	paid	GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT	202103199349105140

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Recipient matching for this dataset version has not yet completed its independent precision check. Tier A rows carry the EIN the filer reported; tiers B–D are the matcher's inference and should be read as leads until the check is published on the methodology page.

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