North Dakota · Private foundation
Centurion Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $10.0M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $1,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $2,500,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 4
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 5
- Total assets, FY2024
- $158M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Centurion Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $8.9M | 60% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $2.5M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $520k | n/a |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Science & Tech$6.4MEducation$5.0MPhilanthropy$2.5MHealth$1.8MReligion$720k
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | $3,500,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota State University Moorhead Foundation Inc | $1,000,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Society for Science & the Public | $900,000 | 1 | 1% |
| 3535 Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 76% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northeastern University | $500,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Brain Tumor Society Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.
About Centurion Foundation
- How much does Centurion Foundation give?
- Centurion Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $9,966,666 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 4 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Centurion Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (39%), Education (31%), Philanthropy (15%).
- Who are Centurion Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research ($3.5M), Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc ($1.0M), Minnesota State University Moorhead Foundation Inc ($1.0M).
- Does Centurion Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Centurion Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Where is Centurion Foundation based?
- Centurion Foundation is based in ND.
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