Arizona · Public charity
Lsst Inc
To enhance rubin lsst discovery through advanced data tools, training, and inclusive collaborations for lsst researchers so that any scientist with a good question for the lsst survey can engage with these advanced resources to reveal the mysteries of the universe.
- $2.1M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 29
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.8M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $24,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $269,911
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 13
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Lsst Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $82k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 26 | $1.7M | 58% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $358k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $168k | 43% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $209k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $221k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $110k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $198k | 56% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $403k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $830,950 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $366,676 | 3 | n/a |
| Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn Inc | $306,338 | 5 | 2% |
| Washington State University | $182,349 | 3 | n/a |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $177,495 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $171,887 | 4 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $171,334 | 2 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $130,108 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $120,670 | 1 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $110,200 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | $830,950 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Arizona | $366,676 | 3 | n/a |
| Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn Inc | $306,338 | 5 | 2% |
| Washington State University | $182,349 | 3 | n/a |
| Research Foundation of the City University of New York | $177,495 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Washington | $171,887 | 4 | n/a |
| Rutgers the State University | $171,334 | 2 | n/a |
| Johns Hopkins University | $130,108 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Pittsburgh | $120,670 | 1 | 0% |
| The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | $110,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Fermi Research Alliance LLC | $97,706 | 4 | 0% |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | $81,831 | 4 | 0% |
| Drexel University | $75,870 | 4 | 0% |
| Smithsonian Institution | $52,126 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Delaware | $48,276 | 4 | 0% |
| Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy Inc | $48,250 | 2 | 0% |
| Rutgers University Foundation | $41,016 | 2 | 0% |
| Cal Poly Corporation | $35,111 | 1 | 0% |
| Rider University | $34,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $24,880 | 1 | 0% |
| San Diego State University Foundation Sdsu Research Foundation | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $24,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brookhaven National Laboratory | $21,800 | 1 | n/a |
| The Adler Planetarium | $21,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Michigan State University | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornell University | $16,667 | 1 | 0% |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | $16,667 | 1 | n/a |
| University of California Merced Foundation | $16,667 | 1 | 0% |
| Benedictine University | $16,666 | 1 | 0% |
| Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Inc | $11,999 | 1 | 0% |
| Lehigh University | $11,500 | 1 | 0% |
| William Jewell College | $11,003 | 1 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota | $10,417 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Arizona N732490 | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $9,615 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Chicago | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Regents of the University of California at San Diego | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Lsst Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
About Lsst Inc
- How much does Lsst Inc give?
- Lsst Inc reported 29 itemized grants totaling $1,766,610, out of $2,078,064 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Lsst Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Science & Tech (88%), Education (9%), Arts & Culture (1%).
- Who are Lsst Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Northwestern University ($831k), University of Arizona ($367k), Las Cumbres Observatory Gtn Inc ($306k).
- Does Lsst Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Lsst Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Lsst Inc based?
- Lsst Inc is based in AZ.
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