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Foundational Questions Institute
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $97k
- Granted FY2023
- 4
- Grants FY2023
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
55% of Foundational Questions Institute’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Silicon Valley Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $41,193
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $53,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 3
- Total assets, FY2023
- $1.3M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Foundational Questions Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $44k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 3 | $44k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $140k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $65k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $150k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $265k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theiss Research | $101,461 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Lancaster University in America Inc | $65,000 | 1 | 58% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($545k), not named here.
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About Foundational Questions Institute
- How much does Foundational Questions Institute give?
- Foundational Questions Institute reported 4 grants totaling $97,232 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Foundational Questions Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (95%), Science & Tech (4%), Education (0%).
- Who are Foundational Questions Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Theiss Research ($101k), Friends of Lancaster University in America Inc ($65k).
- Does Foundational Questions Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Foundational Questions Institute accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Foundational Questions Institute based?
- Foundational Questions Institute is based in GA.
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