The Brinson Foundation
EIN 680656415Total Given 2020–2024
$150.8M
786 grants · $30.2M avg/year
based on 5 yrs of IRS 990-PF records on file
$10M+/yr
major funder
capacity
$50K
typical mid grants · $30K–$75K
grant size
56%
supporter · 129/232 multi-year
repeat
$236.7M
Assets (2024)
232
Distinct Recipients
Focus Areas
Application Information
Accepts Unsolicited Proposals
Unknown
Contact Person
CHRISTY UCHIDA
Phone
(312) 799-4500
Deadlines
NONE
How to Apply
WWW.BRINSONFOUNDATION.ORG
Restrictions
HTTPS://BRINSONFOUNDATION.ORG/GRANT-SEEKERS/GRANT-LIMITATIONS/
Financial Trends
Giving Over Time
Total Assets Over Time
View financial data as table
| Year | Total Giving | Total Assets | Revenue | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $6.0M | $131.3M | $23.7M | 121 |
| 2021 | $8.4M | $143.9M | $9.3M | 151 |
| 2022 | $9.9M | $125.8M | $4.2M | 167 |
| 2023 | $110.7M | $228.1M | $183.6M | 173 |
| 2024 | $15.7M | $236.7M | $11.8M | 174 |
Grant Size Distribution
Based on 786 grants on record
Minimum
$250
25th Pctl
$30K
Median
$50K
Average
$192K
75th Pctl
$75K
Maximum
$100.0M
Geographic Distribution
Officers & Directors
Grants Awarded (786 total)
| Purpose | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $100,000,000 | BRINSON EXPLORATION HUB | 2023 |
| St John'S Health Foundation | Jackson, WY | $2,400,000 | HITCHING POST WORKFORCE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT | 2024 |
| Chicago Community Foundation Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities | Chicago, IL | $800,000 | SCALING COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION FOR A SAFER CHICAGO | 2024 |
| St John'S Health Foundation | Jackson, WY | $600,000 | HITCHING POST WORKFORCE HOUSING REDEVELOPMENT | 2024 |
| Carnegie Institution for Science - Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation P | Pasadena, CA | $460,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP - MIRMOS COMPONENTS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION | 2021 |
| University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group | Los Angeles, CA | $460,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP - NEW INVESTIGATIONS OF BLACK HOLE PHYSICS | 2021 |
| Eisenhower Health | Rancho Mirage, CA | $400,000 | CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE | 2023 |
| Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro | Pasadena, CA | $345,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP - MIRMOS COMPONENTS DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION | 2022 |
| University of California Los Angeles Galactic Center Group | Los Angeles, CA | $345,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP - NEW INVESTIGATIONS OF BLACK HOLE PHYSICS | 2022 |
| University of Chicago Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | BRINSON ASTROPHYSICS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM | 2024 |
| Princeton University Department of | Princeton, NJ | $240,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP | 2023 |
| Princeton University Department of | Princeton, NJ | $240,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP | 2023 |
| University of Chicago Department of | Chicago, IL | $240,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP | 2023 |
| California Institute of Technology | Pasadena, CA | $240,000 | BRINSON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN QUANTUM SCIENCE | 2024 |
| Carnegie Institution for Science Carnegie Observatories Instrumentation Pro | Pasadena, CA | $240,000 | CARNEGIE-CALTECH - BRINSON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $240,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY | 2024 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA | $240,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY | 2024 |
| Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | $240,000 | NU-UCHICAGO BRINSON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN ASTROPHYSICS | 2024 |
| Stanford University Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology | Stanford, CA | $240,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP IN OBSERVATIONAL COSMOLOGY | 2024 |
| California Institute of Technology - Institute for Quantum Information and | Pasadena, CA | $230,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP | 2020 |
| University of California Davis - Department of Physics and Astronomy | Davis, CA | $230,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP | 2020 |
| University of Chicago - Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics | Chicago, IL | $230,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP | 2020 |
| University of California Davis - Department of Physics and Astronomy | Davis, CA | $230,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP - DARK E-FIELD RADIO EXPERIMENT | 2021 |
| Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy | Boulder, CO | $230,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP - MULTI-MESSENGER SOLAR ASTRONOMY RESEARCH | 2021 |
| Carnegie Institution for Science California Institute of Technology | Washington, DC | $230,000 | BRINSON PRIZE FELLOWSHIP - OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY | 2022 |