Washington · Public charity
Discovery Institute
To advance a culture of purpose, creativity, and innovation in a diverse set of fields. This mission is achieved through education, research, and analysis of local, regional, national, and international issues.
- $3.9M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 17%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $594k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $160,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Discovery Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $594k | 9% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $639k | 17% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $559k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $480k | 83% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $595k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $512k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $659k | 44% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $830k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $2,221,542 | 9 | 0% |
| Biologic Institute | $733,010 | 3 | 100% |
| Education Access LLC | $463,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $384,790 | 6 | 0% |
| Biola University Inc | $277,604 | 4 | 0% |
| Documentary Foundation | $225,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $178,676 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvey Mudd College | $137,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Morio Labs | $134,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Tellus1 Scientific LLC | $91,252 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Marsh Rice University | $2,221,542 | 9 | 0% |
| Biologic Institute | $733,010 | 3 | 100% |
| Education Access LLC | $463,750 | 4 | n/a |
| Baylor University | $384,790 | 6 | 0% |
| Biola University Inc | $277,604 | 4 | 0% |
| Documentary Foundation | $225,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Stony Brook Foundation Inc | $178,676 | 2 | 0% |
| Harvey Mudd College | $137,100 | 2 | 0% |
| Morio Labs | $134,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Tellus1 Scientific LLC | $91,252 | 3 | n/a |
| Chesalon USA | $79,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Continental Economics | $64,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Case Western Reserve University | $58,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Wake Forest University | $41,720 | 1 | 0% |
| Lipscomb University | $39,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Miami | $31,994 | 1 | 0% |
| Acuity Technology Solutions | $28,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Justice and Mercy Services Inc | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arete Global Consulting LLC | $24,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Apxaioc Institute of Biblical Archaeology | $21,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Capital Research Center | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hope College | $15,720 | 2 | 0% |
| Freed-Hardeman University | $15,367 | 2 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($93k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Discovery Institute supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
About Discovery Institute
- How much does Discovery Institute give?
- Discovery Institute reported 12 itemized grants totaling $593,650, out of $3,940,738 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Discovery Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (86%), Education (8%), Arts & Culture (4%).
- Who are Discovery Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: William Marsh Rice University ($2.2M), Biologic Institute ($733k), Education Access LLC ($464k).
- Does Discovery Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Discovery Institute based?
- Discovery Institute is based in WA.
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