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FundersCAThe Kavli Foundation › 2024

Grants paid by The Kavli Foundation, tax year 2024

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

In tax year 2024, The Kavli Foundation (EIN 77-0560142) reported 100 grants paid totaling $16,083,351. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.

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Every grant, 2024

Grants reported by The Kavli Foundation for tax year 2024
Tax yearRecipientMatchAmountTypePurposeSource filing
2024Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers Stanford, CAU$3,000,000approved, future2988 THE VIA PROJECT: THE MILKY WAY AS A DARK MATTER LABORATORY202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University Haidian District, HAIDIAN DISTRICTU$2,395,000approved, future2897 KAVLI INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS AT PEKING UNIVERSITY 2024-2028202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers Stanford, CAU$2,000,000paidTHE VIA PROJECT: THE MILKY WAY AS A DARK MATTER LABORATORY202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd La Jolla, CAU$1,000,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND MIND - PHASE III202503079349101115
2024William Marsh Rice University Houston, TXB$858,141approved, future3028 QG3D-RICE 2024202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology Delft, DELFTU$853,800paidKAVLI INSTITUTE INNOVATION AWARD KIND202503079349101115
2024Kavli Neural Systems Institute (rockefeller University) New York, NYU$833,333paidKAVLI NSI PHASE III202503079349101115
2024William Marsh Rice University Houston, TXB$632,500paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - CARBON NANOTUBES 2023202503079349101115
2024National Academy of Sciences Washington, DCC$600,000paidKAVLI FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE SYMPOSIA202503079349101115
2024Brandeis University Waltham, MAB$550,000paidNICE SENGUPTA 2024202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University New York, NYU$500,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE AT COLUMBIA : PHASE III-A202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience at the Norwegian University Trondheim, TRONDHEIMU$500,000paidKI FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCENCE AT NTNU PHASE III202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT Cambridge, MAU$500,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE RESEARCH PHASE III202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University Haidian District, HAIDIAN DISTRICTU$479,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS AT PEKING UNIVERSITY 2019-2023202503079349101115
2024University of Washington Foundation Seattle, WAB$450,000paidNICE RIFFELL 2024202503079349101115
2024William Marsh Rice University Houston, TXB$426,863paidQG3D-RICE 2024202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the Univ Kashiwa, KASHIWAU$375,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THE PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE - PHASE I202503079349101115
2024University of Copenhagen KOBENHAVNU$347,440paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - KERMEN 2023202503079349101115
2024The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CAB$287,500approved, future3029 QG3D-STANFORD 2024202503079349101115
2024Regents of the University of California at Berkeley Berkeley, CAC$250,000paidKAVLI CENTER FOR ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND THE PUBLIC202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the Univ Kashiwa, KASHIWAU$250,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS OF THE UNIVERSE - PHASE II202503079349101115
2024The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Cambridge Cambridge, CAMBRIDGEU$250,000paidKAVLI CENTRE FOR ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND THE PUBLIC202503079349101115
2024University of California Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CAB$220,000paidKAVLI BERKELEY DISCOVERY FELLOWS 2024202503079349101115
2024Institut du Cerveau Et de la Moelle Epiniere Paris, PARISU$213,944paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - FKNE DE JUAN-SANZ 2023202503079349101115
2024University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Education Shijingshan District, SHIJINGSHAN DISTRU$200,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCES AT UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES202503079349101115
2024President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MAB$200,000paidKAVLI-LAUKIEN POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Nanoscience at Delft University of Technology Delft, DELFTU$200,000paidKAVLI INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE PHASE III202503079349101115
2024Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lausanne, LAUSANNEU$195,500approved, future2948 NEURO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (NOSS): DEEPLABCUT 2024202503079349101115
2024Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Lausanne, LAUSANNEU$195,500paidNEURO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (NOSS): DEEPLABCUT 2024202503079349101115
2024University of Minnesota Foundation Minneapolis, MNB$170,000paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - HANDY 2024202503079349101115
2024University of California Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CAB$170,000approved, future3032 KAVLI BERKELEY DISCOVERY FELLOWS 2024202503079349101115
2024Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAB$166,667paidKANWISHER KP AWARD DONATION: MCGOVERN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH202503079349101115
2024Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MAB$166,667approved, future3024 MCGOVERN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH202503079349101115
2024Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDU$149,953paidJUSTICE IN BASIC RESEARCH AGENDAS (JUBRA): AN EQUITY-CENTERED PROTOCOL FOR ASSESSING BASIC RESEARCH (NCE SCISOC)202503079349101115
2024The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Stanford, CAB$143,750paidQG3D-STANFORD 2024202503079349101115
2024Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore, BANGALOREU$134,852paidNEURO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (NOSS): MOOSE 2024202503079349101115
2024Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Bangalore, BANGALOREU$129,642approved, future2950 NEURO OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (NOSS): MOOSE 2024202503079349101115
2024National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) Washington, DCU$125,000approved, future2937 NAS - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT202503079349101115
2024President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MAB$115,000paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - GARNER 2024202503079349101115
2024Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (rpa) New York, NYC$110,000paidSUPPORT OF SCIENCE PHILANTHROPY202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd La Jolla, CAU$100,000approved, future3047 KAVLI DISCOVERY FELLOWS 2024202503079349101115
2024Falling Walls BEU$100,000approved, future2990 ETHICS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH SCIENCE202503079349101115
2024Romsdal Museum Molde, MOLDEU$100,000approved, futureGIFT FOR BIENNIAL EVENTS AT FRED KAVLI KNOWLEDGE CENTER (NORWAY)202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago Chicago, ILU$100,000paidKAVLI SCHOLARS - ENCIEH ERFANI202503079349101115
2024Romsdal Museum Molde, MOLDEU$100,000paidOPERATIONS AND CAPITAL ENDOWMENT GRANT FOR FRED KAVLI KNOWLEDGE CENTER (KAVLI MOEN GARD) - 2024-2028202503079349101115
2024The UCLA Foundation Los Angeles, CAB$100,000approved, future3021 KAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - HOLBROOK 2024202503079349101115
2024Trust for Conservation Innovation (multiplier) San Francisco, CAU$100,000paidCIVIC SCIENCE FUNDER COLLABORATIVE202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers Stanford, CAU$100,000paidKIPAC PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd La Jolla, CAU$100,000paidKAVLI DISCOVERY FELLOWS 2024202503079349101115
2024Falling Walls BEU$100,000paidETHICS AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ABOUT BREAKTHROUGH SCIENCE202503079349101115
2024National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) Washington, DCU$100,000paidIMPLICATIONS OF RECENT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS ON SCIENCE202503079349101115
2024Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (ku Leuven) Leuven, LEUVENU$94,820paidKAVLI SCHOLARS -- MYKYTA KLIAPETS202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at MIT Cambridge, MAU$81,472paidINCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR FOSTERING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH BASIC SCIENCE202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the Univ Kashiwa, KASHIWAU$80,000paidKAVLI ASTROPHYSICS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT KAVLI IPMU MASAFUSA ONOUE AND BORIS KALITA202503079349101115
2024Peking University Education Foundation San Mateo, CAC$80,000approved, future2780 KAVLI ASTROPHYSICS POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AT KIAA BORIS KALITA202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Brain Science at Columbia University New York, NYU$76,065paidKAVLI INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE PHASE II - AMENDED202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Nanoscale Discovery at Oxford (kavli Insd) Oxford, OXFORDU$71,000paidKAVLI SCHOLAR AWARD 2024 - OXFORD202503079349101115
2024Materials Research Society (mrs) Warrendale, PAC$70,000approved, future2974 SYMPOSIUM X - MRS/THE KAVLI FOUNDATION FRONTIERS OF MATERIALS 2024-2025202503079349101115
2024Regents of University of California Los Angeles (ucla) Los Angeles, CAU$66,102paidKAVLI SCHOLARS -- IBRAHIM (ABRAHAM) AMIRI202503079349101115
2024Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole, MAB$66,000paidSCIALOG SM3 ROBERSON 2024202503079349101115
2024Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NYU$66,000paidSCIALOG SM3 ZHA 2024202503079349101115
2024University of California Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CAB$65,550paidBUILDING AN ENGAGED SCIENTISTS NETWORK202503079349101115
2024National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) Washington, DCU$62,500paidNAS - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT202503079349101115
2024National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) Washington, DCU$62,500paidNAS - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT202503079349101115
2024Leiden University Leiden, LEIDENU$60,000paidTHE TIMING OF COMMUNICATING SCIENCE IN THE MAKING: THE ETHICS OF STRATEGICALLY HYPING BASIC SCIENCE FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd La Jolla, CAU$60,000paidKIBM SYMPOSIUM 2024202503079349101115
2024Max Planck Society Munich, MUNICHU$57,500paidNEURODATA DISCOVERY: YANEZ 2024202503079349101115
2024National Autonomous University of Mexico Universitaria, UNIVERSITARIA 11U$57,500paidNEURODATA DISCOVERY - VELZQUEZ CONTRERAS 2023202503079349101115
2024President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MAB$57,500paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - SEO 2024202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the Univ Kashiwa, KASHIWAU$55,752paidKAVLI SCHOLARS -- KATERYNA VOVK202503079349101115
2024Trustees of Boston University Boston, MAB$55,000paidSCIALOG MBC ECONOMO 2023202503079349101115
2024Washington University St Louis, MOB$55,000paidSCIALOG MBC CHEN 2023202503079349101115
2024Universita Degli Studi Di Trento Trento, TRENTOU$50,000paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - ZACCARIA 2024202503079349101115
2024Salk Institute for Biological Studies La Jolla, CAB$50,000paidSALK KAVLI INSTITUTE DIRECTOR FUND202503079349101115
2024President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MAB$50,000paidINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FEDERATION ON THE ORIGINS OF LIFE AND ASTROBIOLOGY ANNUAL MEETINGS202503079349101115
2024Romsdal Museum Molde, MOLDEU$50,000paidOPERATIONS AND CAPITAL ENDOWMENT GRANT FOR FRED KAVLI KNOWLEDGE CENTER (KAVLI MOEN GARD) - 2024-2028202503079349101115
2024The UCLA Foundation Los Angeles, CAB$50,000paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - HOLBROOK 2024202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at Ucsd La Jolla, CAU$50,000paidUCSD KAVLI INSTITUTE DIRECTOR FUND202503079349101115
2024Stellenbosch University Matieland, MATIELANDU$50,000paidSPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION: FOCUS ON DISCOVERY SCIENCE202503079349101115
2024University of Nottingham Nottingham, NOTTINGHAMU$50,000approved, future2955 ABDS ACADEMY 2024 EKE202503079349101115
2024University of Nottingham Nottingham, NOTTINGHAMU$50,000paidABDS ACADEMY 2024 EKE202503079349101115
2024Community Initiatives Los Angeles, CAC$50,000paidCOMSCICON202503079349101115
2024Tufts University Boston, MAC$50,000paidKAVLI EXPLORATION AWARD - MOHANTY 2024202503079349101115
2024President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MAB$50,000paidINTERNATIONAL RESEARCH FEDERATION ON THE ORIGINS OF LIFE AND ASTROBIOLOGY ANNUAL MEETINGS202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge Cambridge, CAMBRIDGEU$49,200paidKICC COVID ASSISTANCE202503079349101115
2024American Physical Society College Park, MDB$40,000paidKAVLI SPECIAL SYMPOSIA AND PLENARY SESSIONS 2024-2028202503079349101115
2024Romsdal Museum Molde, MOLDEU$40,000paidGIFT FOR BIENNIAL EVENTS AT FRED KAVLI KNOWLEDGE CENTER (NORWAY)202503079349101115
2024American Physical Society College Park, MDB$40,000paidKAVLI SPECIAL SYMPOSIA AND PLENARY SESSIONS 2024-2028202503079349101115
2024International Astronomical Union Paris, PARISU$40,000paidKAVLI-IAU SYMPOSIA ON INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCE202503079349101115
2024Materials Research Society (mrs) Warrendale, PAC$35,000paidSYMPOSIUM X - MRS/THE KAVLI FOUNDATION FRONTIERS OF MATERIALS 2024-2025202503079349101115
2024National Academy of Sciences Washington, DCC$25,000paidSTANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE COMMUNICATION202503079349101115
2024Society for Neuroscience Washington, DCU$25,000paid2025 WEBINAR SERIES IN NEUROBIOLOGY AND CHANGING ECOSYSTEMS202503079349101115
2024American Associates of the Sts Forum New York, NYU$25,000paidMEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - 2024202503079349101115
2024American Associates of the Sts Forum New York, NYU$25,000approved, future2936 MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - 2024202503079349101115
2024National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) Washington, DCU$20,000paidSCIENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT EXCHANGE - INFORMING AND INSPIRING STEM CONTENT IN FILM AND TV202503079349101115
2024National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) Washington, DCU$20,000paidGUIPRR MEMBERSHIP, 2023-2025202503079349101115
2024Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DCD$17,262paidCARNEGIE KAVLI PRIZE EVENTS 2024202503079349101115
2024Carnegie Institution for Science Washington, DCD$17,262paidCARNEGIE KAVLI PRIZE EVENTS 2024202503079349101115
2024Cosyne Cold Spring Harbor, NYC$15,000paidCOSYNE 2025 SPONSORSHIP202503079349101115
2024Thinking About Thinking Inc Princeton, NJB$15,000paidNEUROSCIENCE AND AI CONVENTION 2024202503079349101115
2024Brainmind Watertown, MAU$15,000paidBRAINMIND NYC 2024202503079349101115
2024American Chemical Society Washington, DCB$12,500paidKAVLI FOUNDATION EMERGING LEADER IN CHEMISTRY LECTURE202503079349101115
2024University of Massachusetts - Amherst Hadley, MAU$12,000paidCEPHALOPOD NEUROSCIENCE CONFERENCE202503079349101115
2024American Astronomical Society Washington, DCB$12,000paidFRED KAVLI PLENARY LECTURE 2024-2028202503079349101115
2024International Astronomical Union Paris, PARISU$12,000paidIAU GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2024202503079349101115
2024Curators of the University of Missouri Special Trust Columbia, MOC$10,000paidARIS SPONSORSHIP 2025202503079349101115
2024Gordon Research Conferences East Greenwich, RIB$10,000paidGORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCE: NEUROETHOLOGY 2025202503079349101115
2024Stony Brook Foundation Inc Stony Brook, NYB$10,000paidSCIENCE COMMUNICATION TEXTBOOK FOR SCIENTISTS202503079349101115
2024William Marsh Rice University Houston, TXB$10,000paidSCIENCE AND THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY202503079349101115
2024Researchamerica Arlington, VAU$10,000paid2024 ADVOCACY AWARDS202503079349101115
2024Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford Univers Stanford, CAU$6,075paidKIPAC - SCICOMM TRAINING 2024202503079349101115
2024Materials Research Society (mrs) Warrendale, PAC$6,000paidFRED KAVLI EARLY CAREER LECTURESHIP 2021-2025202503079349101115
2024Society for Neuroeconomics Inc Victoria, VICTORIAD$5,000paidFRED KAVLI LECTURE AND WORKSHOPS 2020-2024202503079349101115
2024University of California Berkeley Foundation Berkeley, CAB$4,000paidSTS YOUNG LEADERS FORUM SUPPORT202503079349101115
2024American Brain Coalition Maple Grove, MNB$3,000paidBIA BRAIN BRIEFING 2024202503079349101115
2024American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington, DCB$3,000paidSCILINE MARCH 2024202503079349101115
2024National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (nasem) Washington, DCU$1,189paidSCIENCE AND ENTERTAINMENT EXCHANGE - INFORMING AND INSPIRING STEM CONTENT IN FILM AND TV202503079349101115

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