Organization · EIN 04-2103547 · Boston, MA
Who funds Trustees of Boston University?
358 private foundations reported paying Trustees of Boston University $34M on returns for tax year 2023.
358 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers
Funders 358
| Foundation | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Seattle, WA |
$9,481,891 6 grant lines |
PNEUMONIA & PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS +3 more | Same street 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Foundation to Promote Open Society New York, NY · Preselected only |
$3,000,137 2 grant lines |
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY CENTER'S GLOBAL ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE INITIATIVE +1 more | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA |
$1,675,000 4 grant lines |
FOR SUPPORT OF THE AFRICA POWER CONSORTIUM +2 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Simons Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$1,550,944 12 grant lines |
ARITHMETIC GEOMETRY, NUMBER THEORY, AND COMPUTATION +11 more Filed as “BOSTON UNIVERSITY” |
Same city 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Shipley Foundation Inc #0755496 Boston, MA · Preselected only |
$1,300,000 | SHIPLEY CENTER FOR DIGITAL LEARNING & INNOVATION Filed as “BOSTON UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Lilly Endowment Indianapolis, IN |
$1,250,000 | CHRISTIAN PARENTING &CAREGIVING INIT | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Barr Foundation Boston, MA · Preselected only |
$1,109,300 7 grant lines |
ARTS & CREATIVITY: TO SUPPORT WBUR'S ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAM +6 more | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Siriwan Singhasiri and Kenneth Lin Foundation Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only |
$600,000 | SCHOLARSHIP FUND | Same street 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY · Preselected only |
$588,436 3 grant lines |
FOR USE BY ITS GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY CENTER IN SUPPORT OF A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR FINANCE MINISTERS FROM COUNTRIES WITH CLIMATE-VULNER… +2 more | Same address 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Schooner Foundation Boston, MA · Preselected only |
$566,901 5 grant lines |
BU Center for Forced Displacement +4 more | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| William T Grant Foundation New York, NY |
$550,731 4 grant lines |
A NETWORKED IMPROVEMENT COMMUNITY APPROACH TO EQUITABLE LITERACY IN URBAN SCHOOLS HARDIN +3 more Filed as “BOSTON UNIVERSITY” |
Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Rockefeller Brothers Fund New York, NY |
$550,000 3 grant lines |
FOR ITS GLOBAL CHINA INITIATIVE +2 more | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Paul G Allen Family Foundation Seattle, WA · Preselected only |
$500,000 | TO SUPPORT ENGINEERING BRANCHING NETWORKS THROUGH SYNTHETIC TURING MORPHOGEN CIRCUITS | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Alfred P Sloan Foundation New York, NY |
$462,525 2 grant lines |
TO ASSESS UNDEREXPLORED EQUITY IMPLICATIONS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION THROUGH EIGHT CASE STUDIES ACROSS THE WIND AND SOLAR SUPPLY CHAI… +1 more Filed as “BOSTON UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Richard & Susan Smith Family Foundation Newton, MA |
$433,000 3 grant lines |
MEDICAL RESEARCH Filed as “BOSTON UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 04/2024 |
| The Henry Luce Foundation New York, NY |
$430,800 | Boston University CBL STEM Program Escrow Account - 2023 Filed as “Boston University” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation Houston, TX · Preselected only |
$430,167 3 grant lines |
TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF AUCTIONS AS A TOOL TO REDUCE FRAUD IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. +2 more | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| John Templeton Foundation West Conshohocken, PA |
$411,277 2 grant lines |
DEVOTION AS AN EXPRESSION OF SPIRITUAL YEARNING: CONCEPTUAL & EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS +1 more | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation New York, NY |
$400,000 | TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE CENTER ON THE ECOLOGY OF EARLY DEVELOPMENTS 20212025 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES Filed as “BOSTON UNIVERSITY” |
Known alias 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
| The Ford Foundation New York, NY |
$362,500 2 grant lines |
CORE SUPPORT TO THE CENTER FOR ANTI-RACIST RESEARCH FOR THE EMANCIPATOR, A REIMAGINING OF THE FIRST ABOLITIONIST NEWSPAPER IN THE UNITED ST… +1 more | Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? | 990-PF FYE 12/2023 |
Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.
Foundations that fund organizations like Trustees of Boston University
These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Trustees of Boston University, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.
- Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
Paid 20 of the 25 closest peers · $305K to them - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $2.7M to them - The Jpb Foundation New York, NY
Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $22.2M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
Paid 13 of the 25 closest peers · $48.7K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - John S and James L Knight Foundation Miami, FL
Paid 9 of the 25 closest peers · $5.1M to them - Select Equity Group Foundation New York, NY
Paid 11 of the 25 closest peers · $23.4K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Alchemy Foundation Cambridge, MA
Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $51.4K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only - Gray Foundation Albany, NY
Paid 10 of the 25 closest peers · $23.7M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
Organizations with the most funders in common
- President and Fellows of Harvard College Cambridge, MA
76 shared funders · 831 funders in all - Northeastern University Boston, MA
59 shared funders · 215 funders in all - Trustees of Tufts College Medford, MA
61 shared funders · 257 funders in all - Yale University New Haven, CT
65 shared funders · 550 funders in all - Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
57 shared funders · 2370 funders in all - Greater Boston Food Bank Boston, MA
49 shared funders · 281 funders in all
Where this comes from
Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.
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