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The Kavli Foundation

Grantmaking profile built from public IRS Form 990 filings.

LocationLos Angeles, California
Grants on file1,013
Total giving on file$243.1M
Typical grant size$240K
Most recent filing year2025
Cause focusGeneral grantmaking
Websitehttps://kavlifoundation.org

What they fund

  • 2019 NOBEL LAUREATES RECEPTION & DINNER: APRIL 21, 2020
  • 2020 KAVLI INSTITUTES IN NEUROSCIENCE: POSTDOCTORAL SCIENCE FORUM
  • 2020 KAVLI PRIZE AWARD - FABIAN
  • 2020 KAVLI PRIZE AWARD - HAIDER
  • 2020 KAVLI PRIZE AWARD - JULIUS

Largest recipients on file

RecipientStateGrantsTotal
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD18$22.4M
University of California San Francisco FoundationCA6$15.1M
The Chancellors Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford2$12.5M
National Academy of SciencesDC26$12.4M
The Board of Trustess of the University of ChicagoIL2$10.0M
Cornell UniversityNY4$8.6M
Salk Institute for Biological StudiesCA25$7.1M
Kavli Institute for Nanoscale Discovery at Oxford (Kavli Insd)7$6.9M
Uc San Diego FoundationCA16$6.8M
Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale ScienceNY7$5.4M

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