Organization · EIN 54-1603842 · Fairfax, VA · Education

Who funds George Mason University Foundation?

76 private foundations reported paying George Mason University Foundation $29.8M on returns for tax year 2023.

76 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 76

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Charles Koch Foundation
Arlington, VA
$17,423,626 General operating support Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sergey Brin Family Foundation
San Francisco, CA · Preselected only
$4,850,080 EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE SOFTWARE FOR INJURY DETECTION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sarah Scaife Foundation
Pittsburgh, PA
$1,605,000
4 grant lines
LAW & ECONOMICS CENTER +3 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Searle Freedom Trust
Madison, WI · Preselected only
$1,535,000
5 grant lines
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH +3 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Cj Robinson Residuary - Tes Tr
Orlando, FL · Preselected only
$471,941 GENERAL OPERATING
Filed as “GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY FDN”
Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Menlo Park, CA
$450,000
2 grant lines
FOR SUPPORT OF EDPOLICYFORWARD AND CAHMP +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Milwaukee, WI
$385,000
4 grant lines
To support the C. Boyden Gray Center for the Study of the Administrative State +3 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Mirza Family Foundation
Herndon, VA
$300,000 PROGRAM ASSISTANCE - ABU SULAYMAN CENTER FOR GLOBAL ISLAMIC STUDIES Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Peterson Family Foundation
Fairfax, VA · Preselected only
$231,113 RENOVATION FUNDS Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Northrop Grumman Foundation
Falls Church, VA
$200,700
4 grant lines
GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS & MATCHING GIFTS.
Filed as “GEORGE MASON UNIV FDN”
Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lilly Endowment
Indianapolis, IN
$200,000
2 grant lines
FINAL OPERATING SUP-LAW &ECON CTR +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Good Ventures Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · Preselected only
$150,000 RESEARCH SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024
Ua for Helene Fuld Health Trust 10-205620
New York, NY · Preselected only
$150,000 TO PROMOTE PRG & STUDY IN Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
New York, NY
$150,000 Support operations Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Teach a Man to Fish Foundation
Irvine, CA · Preselected only
$150,000 TO SUPPORT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY. Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The O'Shaughnessy-Hurst Memorial Foundation
Leesburg, VA · Preselected only
$145,892 GRANT FOR MASON AND PARTNERS, BUISNESS FOR BETTER WORLD CENTER, EARLY IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Clark Charitable Foundation
Chevy Chase, MD · Preselected only
$128,936
2 grant lines
DC CAP SCHOLARS Same ZIP 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Sarfaty Siegel Foundation for the Future
Chevy Chase, MD · Preselected only
$125,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Lansdowne, VA
$100,000 SUPPORT STUDENTS IN THE EARLY IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 05/2024
The Rice Family Foundation
Bedford, NY · Preselected only
$100,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same street 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 George Mason University Foundation

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with George Mason University Foundation, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 22 of the 25 closest peers · $1.53M to them
  2. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $152K to them
  3. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 22 of the 25 closest peers · $660K to them
  4. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 20 of the 25 closest peers · $958K to them
  5. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $4.51M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  6. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Austin, TX
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $1.12M to them
  7. Alfred P Sloan Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $18.1M to them
  8. The Ford Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $7.88M to them

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Leadership Institute Arlington, VA
    13 shared funders · 295 funders in all
  2. New York University New York, NY
    16 shared funders · 359 funders in all
  3. Hillsdale College Hillsdale, MI
    12 shared funders · 640 funders in all
  4. University of Chicago Chicago, IL
    15 shared funders · 356 funders in all
  5. Trustees of Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
    14 shared funders · 289 funders in all
  6. The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA
    12 shared funders · 560 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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