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FundersCAThe Kavli Foundation › 2020

Grants paid by The Kavli Foundation, tax year 2020

EIN 77-0560142 · Los Angeles, CA · Form 990-PF, Part XV · NTEE T22

In tax year 2020, The Kavli Foundation (EIN 77-0560142) reported 113 grants paid totaling $23,457,498. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2020

Grants reported by The Kavli Foundation for tax year 2020
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2020Kavli Institute for Nanoscale Discovery at Oxford (kavli Insd) OxfordU$11,150,000approved, futureKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR NANOSCALE DISCOVERY AT OXFORD PHASE I/II202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$7,000,000approved, futureKICP PHASE III202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California San Santa Barbara, CAU$5,000,000approved, futureKITP PHASE III-B202113149349100306
2020Cornell University Ithaca, NYU$3,800,000approved, futureKAVLI INSTITUTE AT CORNELL FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE202113149349100306
2020National Academy of Sciences Washington, DCC$2,100,000paidFRED KAVLI ENDOWMENT FUND202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Nanoscale Discovery at Oxford (kavli Insd) OxfordU$1,850,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR NANOSCALE DISCOVERY AT OXFORD PHASE I/II202113149349100306
2020Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDU$1,666,667paidKAVLI NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY INSTITUTE PHASE I-II202113149349100306
2020Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CAB$1,508,168approved, futureKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN & MIND202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science Ithaca, NYU$1,400,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE AT CORNELL FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE PHASE III202113149349100306
2020California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CAB$1,000,000paidKAVLI NANOSCIENCE INSTITUTE PHASE III202113149349100306
2020University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$1,000,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR COSMOLOGICAL PHYSICS PHASE II202113149349100306
2020Uc Santa Barbara Foundation Santa Barbara, CAB$1,000,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA202113149349100306
2020Yale University New Haven, CTU$1,000,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE - PHASE III202113149349100306
2020The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge Cambridge, CAMBRIDGESHIREU$832,982paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR COSMOLOGY - PHASE II202113149349100306
2020National Academy of Sciences Washington, DCC$550,000paidKAVLI FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE SYMPOSIA202113149349100306
2020Uc San Diego Foundation La Jolla, CAU$523,599paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MIND - PHASE II202113149349100306
2020Uc San Diego Foundation La Jolla, CAU$523,599paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MIND - PHASE II202113149349100306
2020University of California Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CAC$500,000paidKAVLI ENERGY NANOSCIENCE INSTITUTE PHASE I-II202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience at Ucsf San Francisco, CAU$500,000approved, futureFACULTY HIRE FOR UCSF DIVERSITY INITIATIVE202113149349100306
2020Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Uc Berkeley Berkeley, CAU$500,000paidKAVLI ENERGY NANOSCIENCE INSTITUTE PHASE I-II202113149349100306
2020Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAB$500,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE RESEARCH PHASE III202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University New York, NYU$500,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE AT COLUMBIA : PHASE III-A202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University Haidian District, BEIJINGU$479,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS AT PEKING UNIVERSITY 2019-2023202113149349100306
2020University of California San Francisco Foundation San Francisco, CAB$420,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR FUNDAMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Nanoscale Discovery at Oxford (kavli Insd) OxfordU$400,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR NANOSCALE DISCOVERY AT OXFORD PHASE I/II202113149349100306
2020The University of Tokyo Kashiwashi, TIBAU$375,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THE PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE - PHASE I202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science Ithaca, NYU$350,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE AT CORNELL FOR NANOSCALE SCIENCE PHASE III202113149349100306
2020Ntnu Trondheim, SOR-TRONDELAGU$300,000approved, futureNTNU KAVLI INSTITUTE FACULTY RECRUITMENT202113149349100306
2020Federation Mondiale Des Journalistes Scientifiques Montreal, QUEBECU$250,000paidWORLD FEDERATION OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS KAVLI SYMPOSIA 2020 AND 2021202113149349100306
2020The University of Tokyo Kashiwashi, TIBAU$250,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE - PHASE II202113149349100306
2020Hopewell Fund Washington, DCB$250,000paidSCIENCE AND SOCIETY FUNDER COLLABORATIVE202113149349100306
2020Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CAB$200,000approved, futureSALK KAVLI INSTITUTE DIRECTOR FUND202113149349100306
2020Uc San Diego Foundation La Jolla, CAU$200,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MIND - PHASE II202113149349100306
2020Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CAB$200,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MIND (KIBM) PHASE III-B202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd La Jolla, CAU$200,000approved, futureUCSD KAVLI INSTITUTE DIRECTOR FUND202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University New York, NYU$200,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE PHASE II - AMENDED202113149349100306
2020Uc San Diego Foundation La Jolla, CAU$200,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MIND - PHASE II202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences Shijingshan DistrictU$175,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES202113149349100306
2020American Society for Cell Biology Bethesda, MDC$159,400paidSCIENCE SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT NETWORK202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$150,000paidKICP FILL-THE-GAP202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers Menlo Park, CAU$150,000paidKIPAC FILL-THE-GAP 2018-2021202113149349100306
2020Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CAB$150,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MIND (KIBM) PHASE III-B202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$150,000paidKICP CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND VISITORS PROGRAM (CWV) 2018-2020202113149349100306
2020Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute at Jhu Baltimore, MDU$140,000paidKAVLI NEUROSCIENCE DISCOVERY INSTITUTE PHASE I-II202113149349100306
2020Researchamerica Arlington, VAU$130,000paidRESETTING AMERICA'S COMMITMENT TO SCIENCE202113149349100306
2020Berkeley Lab Foundation Oakland, CAB$125,000approved, futureNEURODATA WITHOUT BORDERS SUPPORT 2021202113149349100306
2020Berkeley Lab Foundation Oakland, CAB$125,000paidCOMMUNITY OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR NWB2.0202113149349100306
2020Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYU$125,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE PHASE II - AMENDED202113149349100306
2020International Astronomical Union ParisU$120,000approved, futureKAVLI-IAU SYMPOSIA ON INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE202113149349100306
2020Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYU$119,677paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE PHASE II - AMENDED202113149349100306
2020Kavli Neural Systems Institute (rockefeller University) New York, NYU$100,000paidTRAINEE BRIDGE FUNDS202113149349100306
2020Researchamerica Arlington, VAU$100,000approved, futureSCIENCE SOCIETY CEO RENEWAL202113149349100306
2020New Venture Fund Washington, DCB$100,000paidSCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE 2020202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University New York, NYU$100,000paidTRAINEE BRIDGE FUNDS202113149349100306
2020Society for Neuroscience Washington, DCU$100,000paidBRAINFACTS.ORG202113149349100306
2020World Science Foundation New York, NYB$100,000paidWORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge CambridgeU$98,244paidPHASE 2 TOP-UP: GRAVITATIONAL WAVES - FILL THE GAP (2019-2023)202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge CambridgeU$91,355paidNEWTON-KAVLI JUNIOR FELLOWSHIPS IN COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS202113149349100306
2020American Society for Cell Biology Bethesda, MDC$90,600approved, futureSCIENCE SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT NETWORK202113149349100306
2020American Geophysical Union (agu) Washington, DCC$88,400paidEXPANDING SCIENCE AND DEEPENING UNDERSTANDING OF EXOPLANETS202113149349100306
2020Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CAC$80,000paidBERKELEY SUMMER COURSE ON NEUROSCIENCE DATA MODELING (CRCNS)202113149349100306
2020International Astronomical Union ParisU$80,000paidIAU COMMUNICATIONS TRAINING202113149349100306
2020William Marsh Rice University Houston, TXC$78,807paidAMERICAN ACADEMY/ BAKER INSTITUTE REPORT202113149349100306
2020Institute for Learning Innovation (ili) Beaverton, ORC$75,320paidSUPPORT FOR SCIENCE COMMUNICATION TRAINERS NETWORK202113149349100306
2020The Uc Davis Foundation Davis, CAU$75,000paidKAVLI SUMMER INSTITUTE IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE202113149349100306
2020Stichting Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Trust Foundation Brussels, BRUSSELSU$72,076paidFENS-KAVLI NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE202113149349100306
2020Yale University New Haven, CTU$68,777paid2020 KAVLI INSTITUTES IN NEUROSCIENCE: POSTDOCTORAL SCIENCE FORUM202113149349100306
2020European Southern ObservatoryU$65,000paidKAVLI CHILEAN ASTROPHYSICS FORUM202113149349100306
2020Institute for Learning Innovation (ili) Beaverton, ORC$65,000paidINSTITUTE COMMUNICATION TRAINING, CENTER FOR ETHICS RUBRIC AND PES SPECIAL PROJECTS202113149349100306
2020Science Friday New York, NYU$60,789paidPROPOSAL FOR SCIENCE FRIDAY LIVE202113149349100306
2020MIT Cambridge, MAU$60,000approved, futureKNIGHT SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM SCIENCE EDITING SUPPORT202113149349100306
2020Researchamerica Arlington, VAU$55,000paidSCIENCE SOCIETY CEO RENEWAL202113149349100306
2020Researchamerica Arlington, VAU$55,000paidSCIENCE SOCIETY CEO RENEWAL202113149349100306
2020New Venture Fund Washington, DCB$50,000paidSCIENCE PHILANTHROPY ALLIANCE 2020 SUPPLEMENT202113149349100306
2020University of Wisconsin Foundation Madison, WIB$50,000paidBASIC SCIENCE COMMUNICATION LANDSCAPE REVIEW202113149349100306
2020National Academy of Sciences Washington, DCC$50,000paidNATIONAL ACADEMY, SCIENCE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION STANDING CMTE202113149349100306
2020Researchamerica Arlington, VAU$50,000paidCOMMUNICATIONS FOR THE RESET COMMITTEE202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd La Jolla, CAU$50,000paidUCSD KAVLI INSTITUTE DIRECTOR FUND202113149349100306
2020Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CAB$50,000paidSALK KAVLI INSTITUTE DIRECTOR FUND202113149349100306
2020Research Corporation Tucson, AZB$50,000paidSCIALOG: SIGNATURES OF LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE 2020202113149349100306
2020Society for Science & the Public Nwwashington, DCB$50,000paidSCIENCE NEWS PILOT: ETHICAL CHALLENGES POSED BY ADVANCES IN NEUROSCIENCE AND GENETICS202113149349100306
2020University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$50,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR COSMOLOGICAL PHYSICS PHASE II202113149349100306
2020Michigan State University East Lansing, MIU$50,000paidBASIC SCIENCE COMMUNICATION LANDSCAPE REVIEW202113149349100306
2020Emory University Atlanta, GAU$50,000paidGLOBAL NEUROETHICS SUMMIT 2020202113149349100306
2020Peking University Education Foundation BeijingU$40,000paidKAVLI ASTROPHYSICS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2018-2020 (KIAA)202113149349100306
2020President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MAB$40,000paidKAVLI KOFFEE AT HARVARD 2020-22202113149349100306
2020Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Uc Berkeley Berkeley, CAU$40,000paidKAVLI ENERGY NANOSCIENCE INSTITUTE PHASE I-II202113149349100306
2020University of Rhode Island Foundation Kingston, RIC$37,700paidINCLUSIVE SCICOMM SYMPOSIUM: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE202113149349100306
2020Brainmind Watertown, MAU$35,000paidBRAINMIND NEUROETHICS VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE202113149349100306
2020The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge Cambridge, CAMBRIDGESHIREU$32,181paidOUTREACH PROGRAMME202113149349100306
2020American Physical Society College Park, MDB$30,000paidKAVLI SPECIAL SYMPOSIA AND PLENARY SESSIONS202113149349100306
2020Materials Research Society (mrs) Warrendale, PAC$30,000approved, futureFRED KAVLI EARLY CAREER LECTURESHIP 2021-2025202113149349100306
2020The Open Notebook Madison, WIB$30,000paidTHE OPEN NOTEBOOK JOURNALIST MINI SERIES TRAINING202113149349100306
2020American Society for Cell Biology Bethesda, MDC$30,000approved, futureASCB DOORSTEP MEETING - THE CELL BIOLOGY OF NEURODEGENERATION202113149349100306
2020D Anna de Sommer Champalimaud and Dr Carlos Montez Champalimaud Foundation Lisbon, LISBOAU$25,000paidPROFESSOR CARLOS RIBEIRO - DREAM TEAM PART 2202113149349100306
2020Society for Science & the Public Nwwashington, DCB$25,000paidSCIENCE NEWS PILOT: ETHICAL CHALLENGES POSED BY ADVANCES IN NEUROSCIENCE AND GENETICS202113149349100306
2020American Chemical Society Washington, DCB$22,500paidKAVLI FOUNDATION INNOVATIONS IN CHEMISTRY LECTURE202113149349100306
2020Peking University Education Foundation BeijingU$20,000paidKAVLI ASTROPHYSICS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2018-2020 (KIAA)202113149349100306
2020International Astronomical Union ParisU$20,000paidCAP MEETING SPONSORSHIP202113149349100306
2020Federation of American Scientists Washington, DCB$19,063paidDAY ONE PROJECT: POLICIES TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT202113149349100306
2020The Open Notebook Madison, WIB$18,200paidTHE OPEN NOTEBOOK JOURNALIST MINI SERIES TRAINING202113149349100306
2020New York University New York, NYU$18,000approved, futureKAVLI CONVERSATIONS ON SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS 2021202113149349100306
2020Public Communication of Science and Technology Incorporated Australian Capital TerritU$15,000paidSUPPORT OF PCST NETWORK ACTIVITIES202113149349100306
2020Materials Research Society (mrs) Warrendale, PAC$15,000paidFRED KAVLI DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP 2018-2022202113149349100306
2020Stichting Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Trust Foundation Brussels, BRUSSELSU$14,000paidKAVLI FOUNDATION LECTURE202113149349100306
2020American Astronomical Society Washington, DCB$12,000paidFRED KAVLI PLENARY LECTURE 2019-2023202113149349100306
2020Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYU$11,000paidNANONEURO 2020 MEETING SPONSORSHIP202113149349100306
2020Inserm Avenue Mozart CsU$10,870paidNWB SEED GRANT: MICHEL PICARDO & ROSA COSSART, CONVERT DATA INTO NWB FORMAT202113149349100306
2020American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington, DCB$10,059paidJSPG VANNEVAR BUSH SPECIAL ISSUE202113149349100306
2020Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute at Uc Berkeley Berkeley, CAU$10,000paidKAVLI ENERGY NANOSCIENCE INSTITUTE PHASE I-II202113149349100306
2020Trustees of Princeton University Princeton, NJU$10,000paidNWB SEED GRANT: SABINE KASTNER202113149349100306
2020Cognitive Neuroscience Society Davis, CAB$10,000paidFRED KAVLI DISTINGUISHED CAREER CONTRIBUTIONS AWARD LECTURE 2019-2023202113149349100306
2020Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lausanne, VAUD (FR)U$10,000paidNWB SEED GRANT: ALEXANDER MATHIS DEEPLABCUT202113149349100306
2020University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, COU$10,000approved, futureNWB SEED GRANT: DIEGO RESTREPO202113149349100306
2020Institute for Learning Innovation (ili) Beaverton, ORC$10,000paidRESEARCH TO INFORM KAVLI CENTER ON ETHICS, SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC202113149349100306
2020National Academy of Sciences Washington, DCC$10,000paid2019 NOBEL LAUREATES RECEPTION & DINNER: APRIL 21, 2020202113149349100306
2020Association for Psychological Science Washington, DCB$10,000paidFRED KAVLI KEYNOTE LECTURE202113149349100306
2020Inserm Avenue Mozart CsU$10,000paidNWB SEED GRANT: MICHEL PICARDO & ROSA COSSART, CONVERT DATA INTO NWB FORMAT202113149349100306
2020Regents of the University of California San Diego La Jolla, CAC$10,000paidNWB SEED GRANT: ASHLEY JUAVINETT202113149349100306
2020University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PAB$10,000paidNWB SEED GRANT: ROBERT GAUNT/REHAB NEURAL ENGINEERING LABS202113149349100306
2020Mcgill University Montreal, QUEBECU$10,000paidNWB SEED PROJECT: EDWARD RUTHAZER AND DYLAN ROSKAMS-EDRIS202113149349100306
2020Institute for Learning Innovation (ili) Beaverton, ORC$10,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT LANDSCAPE202113149349100306
2020Western University London, ONTARIOU$10,000paidNWB SEED GRANT: ERIC KUEBLER & JULIO MARTINEZ202113149349100306
2020American Chemical Society Washington, DCB$10,000paidKAVLI FOUNDATION EMERGING LEADER IN CHEMISTRY LECTURE202113149349100306
2020Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University of Sci Trondheim, SOR-TRONDELAGU$9,000paidIMAGING STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE ZEBRAFISH BRAIN202113149349100306
2020Brainmind Watertown, MAU$8,333paidBRAINMIND NEUROETHICS VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE202113149349100306
2020Materials Research Society (mrs) Warrendale, PAC$6,000paidFRED KAVLI EARLY CAREER LECTURESHIP202113149349100306
2020Society for Neuroeconomics Inc Victoria, BRITISH COLUMBIAD$5,000paidFRED KAVLI LECTURE AND WORKSHOPS 2020-2024202113149349100306
2020Trust for Conservation Innovation (multiplier) Oakland, CAU$5,000paidNSPN 2020 MEETING SPONSORSHIP202113149349100306
2020International Neuroethics Society Bethesda, MDU$5,000paidFRED KAVLI DISTINGUISHED LECTURE202113149349100306
2020Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CAC$2,900paidBERKELEY SUMMER COURSE ON NEUROSCIENCE DATA MODELING (CRCNS)202113149349100306

Match tier: A Reported EIN · B Exact name and place · C Strong name match · D Probable name match · U Unresolved. Tiers C and D are inferred, not reported; see how matching works.

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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