Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Private foundation, California

United States

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Given in 2025 $352.5m

Typical grant $1.3m Middle half $698k to $2.5m

New grantees in 2025 42% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

$148.9m 2017 142

$197.6m 2018 166

$171.6m 2019 168

$245.7m 2020 225

$232.3m 2021 199

$647.3m 2022 943

$681.2m 2023 974

$581.9m 2024 870

$352.5m 2025 200

$22.9m 2026 19

42% of 2025 grantees were new to this funder 43% of grantees are funded again within three years

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

California 784 grants · typical $249k

District of Columbia 310 grants · typical $267k

New York 172 grants · typical $354k

Massachusetts 156 grants · typical $280k

Virginia 74 grants · typical $425k

Maryland 60 grants · typical $235k

New Jersey 59 grants · typical $313k

Colorado 54 grants · typical $350k

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina Global Young Academy $680k 1 Jan 2026

Princeton University, Department of Electrical Engineering Supplying the community with high-mobility quantum wells and polaritonic devices $813k 1 Jan 2026

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agriculture Sector Vulnerabilities $522k 1 Jan 2026

Edward Charles Foundation FireWERX Launch $3.0m 1 Jan 2026

Pollination Earth Information Suite for Food $460k 1 Jan 2026

Bering Sea Fishermen's Association Improving Fisheries Management in the U.S. Arctic $1.3m 1 Jan 2026

Association of Village Council Presidents Improving Fisheries Management in the U.S. Arctic $1.1m 1 Jan 2026

Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators Stewarding the Arctic Ocean $499k 1 Jan 2026

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Global Land Use and Environment Lab Advancing Monitoring Frameworks in the Amazon Soy Sector $250k 1 Jan 2026

Naturvernforbundet Stewardship and Protection of Norway's Arctic Ocean $2.3m 1 Jan 2026

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Data from OpenAlex (CC0). (CC0 1.0); Data from OpenAlex (CC0) (CC0 1.0)