The Patrick J McGovern Foundation Inc
EIN 223021586Total Given 2016–2024
$458.4M
685 grants · $50.9M avg/year
based on 9 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$250K
typical big bets · $100K–$500K
grant size
27%
balanced · 122/448 multi-year
repeat
$1.5B
Assets (2024)
448
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
No — Preselected Only
Phone
(857) 800-9536
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $648K | $1.0M | $1K | 12 |
| 2017 | $216.6M | $944.6M | $1.2B | 14 |
| 2018 | $10.1M | $1.2B | $238.7M | 32 |
| 2020 | $31.4M | $1.3B | $15.4M | 99 |
| 2022 | $66.9M | $1.4B | $18.4M | 181 |
| 2023 | $66.5M | $1.5B | $13.5M | 181 |
| 2024 | $66.2M | $1.5B | $8.3M | 166 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 685 grants on record
Minimum
$50
25th Pctl
$100K
Median
$250K
Average
$669K
75th Pctl
$500K
Maximum
$213.2M
Geographic Distribution
Texas Counties Served
2.0% of US grants
· Rank #5 of 33 states
$2.3M across
12 grants
4 of 254 counties
Top 4 counties
- 1 Travis
- 2 Fort Bend
- 3 Harris
- 4 Dallas
Officers & Directors
PM
Patrick J McGovern III
7+ yrs
Trustee/ Chair
Leadership
SD
Suzanne Dibianca
6 yrs
Trustee/ Audit Committee Chair
Leadership
SV
Steven Verbinski
4 yrs
Trustee/ Vice-Chair
Leadership
VD
Vilas Dhar
6 yrs
Trustee/ President
Leadership
EM
Elizabeth S McGovern
7+ yrs
Trustee/ Treasurer/ Clerk
Leadership
PM
Patrick J McGovern III
7+ yrs
Chair
Leadership
SV
Steven Verbinski
4 yrs
Trustee/Audit Committee Chair
Leadership
VD
Vilas Dhar
6 yrs
Trustee/Investment Committee Chair
Leadership
SD
Suzanne Dibianca
6 yrs
Vice Chair
Leadership
MC
Melinda Cantor
Executive Director
Leadership
EM
Elizabeth S McGovern
7+ yrs
Treasurer/Clerk
Leadership
Grants Awarded (685 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $213,233,881 | McGovern Institute for Brain Research | 2017 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $4,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE MCGOVERN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH AT MIT. | 2020 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $3,468,610 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC CHARITIES. | 2020 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $2,300,000 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC CHARITIES | 2018 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $2,300,000 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC CHARITIES | 2022 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $2,200,000 | TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSIONS AND ACTIVITIES OF PUBLIC CHARITIES | 2017 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $2,000,000 | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | 2018 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $2,000,000 | TO PROVIDE EXPENDABLE SUPPORT FOR THE MCGOVERN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH. | 2020 |
| New America | Washington, DC | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGY AND DEMOCRACY CLUSTER | 2022 |
| Quad Fellowship Llc Wholly Owned by the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fund for St | Palo Alto, CA | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT THE QUAD FELLOWSHIP | 2022 |
| Watttime Corporation | Oakland, CA | $2,000,000 | TO SUPPORT CLIMATE TRACE COALITION STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GOALS | 2022 |
| Identity2020 Systems Inc | San Francisco, CA | $1,500,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PILOTING DIGITAL IDS IN BANGLADESH WITH GAVI. | 2020 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT DATA-DRIVEN CONSERVATION EFFORTS | 2022 |
| New Venture Fund | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT PUBLIC INTEREST TECHNOLOGY (PIT) INFRASTRUCTURE FUND TO BUILD PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE TO... | 2022 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford, CA | $1,500,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF POLICY AND EDUCATION WORK THROUGH INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN-CENTERED ARTIFICIAL... | 2022 |
| United Nations | New York, NY | $1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN EQUITY IN A DIGITAL AGE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OFFICE OF THE UN... | 2022 |
| World Central Kitchen Incorporated | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR RESPONSE WORK IN UKRAINE | 2022 |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE WRI GLOBAL DATA LAB AND DATA-DRIVEN CLIMATE EFFORTS | 2022 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT DATA-DRIVEN CONSERVATION EFFORTS. | 2023 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | $1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCEMENT OF POLICY AND EDUCATION WORK THROUGH THE INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN-CENTERED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | 2023 |
| United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) | $1,500,000 | TO PROMOTE ETHICAL GOVERNANCE OF AI | 2023 | |
| World Resources Institute | Washington, DC | $1,500,000 | TO SUPPORT THE SCALING OF WRI'S DATA LAB AND STRENGTHEN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL INNOVATION PARTNERSHIPS. | 2023 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $1,500,000 | TO REFINE AN AI TOOL FOR EVALUATING NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS PROJECTS, BUILD AI LITERACY WITHIN THE CONSERVATION... | 2024 |
| United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) | $1,500,000 | TO ADVANCE ETHICAL AI GOVERNANCE THROUGH CIVIL SOCIETY NETWORKS, POLICY FRAMEWORKS, AND KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES. | 2024 | |
| World Resources Institute | Washington Dc, DC | $1,500,000 | TO EXPAND WRIS DATA LAB FOR CLIMATE-FOCUSED AI INNOVATION AND GLOBAL DATA ACCESSIBILITY. | 2024 |