STEM grants for nonprofits in Virginia
161 private foundations reported 257 stem grants to organizations in Virginia on IRS 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $25.1M in all. 34 of them are based in Virginia.
Foundations161
Grants on record257
Total granted$25.1M
Their typical grant$10,000
Foundations that fund stem in Virginia
20 of the 161: profiles in our foundation directory first, then by the number of stem grants to Virginia organizations on their latest return. Each shows its largest such grants.
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Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · latest return: tax year 2023- Amazon Conservation Team, Falls Church - General support$780
- Center for Excellence in Education, Mclean - General support$508
- Athena Rapid Response Innovation Lab, Alexandria - General support$373
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Gave $16.4M in 2024
Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation
Richmond, VA · latest return: tax year 2024- Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation, Fairfax - Northern virginia science center title partner sponsorship$200,000
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science Foundation, Gloucester Point - Vims marine science day 2025$25,000
- Codeva Inc, Richmond - Code, create, and innovate: eureka's pathway to STEM success$10,000
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Gave $350M in 2024
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- National Wildlife Federation, Reston - Environment and Science$180,000
- Conservation International Foundation, Arlington - Environment and Science$175,000
- The Nature Conservancy, Arlington - Environment and Science$160,000
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The Simons Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- The National Gem Consortium, Alexandria - Rewriting the narrative on diversity in STEM$225,000
- George Mason University, Fairfax - Mathematics of materials and biological networks$8,400
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond - Qualitative analysis of nonlocal models in materials science and biomedical engineering$8,400
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Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc, Arlington - To support civic science engagement through the finding your roots series.$1,000,000
- Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc, Arlington - In support of pbs newshour science-based programming that uses traditional broadcast, digital media, and…$500,000
- Research America, Arlington - In support of a national vision for science and technology to advance u.s. competitiveness.$425,000
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Gave $9.5M in 2024
The Mary Morton Parsons Foundation
Richmond, VA · latest return: tax year 2024- Randolph College, Lynchburg - Support the science matters campaign$250,000
- Rappahannock Community College Educational Foundation, Warsaw - Construct a health science facility on the warsaw campus$100,000
- Partnership for Housing Affordability, Richmond - Support technology upgrades$52,000
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Jpmorgan Chase Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2025- Center for Excellence in Education, Mclean - Matching contribution (general operating support)$2,450
- Amazon Conservation Team, Falls Church - Matching contribution (general operating support)$100
- National Society of Black Engineers, Alexandria - Matching contribution (general operating support)$20
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The Heising-Simons Foundation
Los Altos, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- National Association for Family School and Community Engagement, Alexandria - For the center for family math$1,900,000
- National Society of Black Physicists, Arlington - For the nsbp/national society of hispanic physicists 2024-2026 student leadership development summits$79,000
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The Lemelson Foundation
Portland, OR · latest return: tax year 2024- National Science Foundation, Alexandria - To enable innovative collaborative research on sustainability by fostering efforts to transform engineering…$1,650,000
- Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc, Arlington - To expand invention education programming adopted during the school day by building sustainable pathways for…$100,044
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Gave $185.4M in 2024
The Schmidt Family Foundation
Palo Alto, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Fisheye Collaborative Inc, Arlington - Ocean stewardship and research$1,023,000
- Ocean Visions Inc, Leesburg - Ocean stewardship and research$400,000
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Gave $90.3M in 2024
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- The Nature Conservancy, Arlington - To support a cohort of science for nature and people partnership working groups on implementing global…$380,000
- American Medical Student Association Foundation, Reston - To support a doris duke racial equity in clinical equations civic science fellow in a project to engage…$142,500
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Gave $89M in 2024
Alfred P Sloan Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Virginia State University, Petersburg - To strengthen the partnership between vsu and vt through a variety of activities that may serve as a model…$250,000
- Research America, Alexandria - Toconductfocus groupson how gen z engages with science online and to develop messaging that improves their…$200,000
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Gave $174.4M in 2024
Carnegie Corporation of New York
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- National Science Teaching Association, Arlington - As a final grant to complete the formative reviews of the remaining OpenSciEd elementary science units$225,000
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Rita Allen Foundation Inc
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Gave $25.1M in 2024
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Lansdowne, VA · latest return: tax year 2024- The Loudoun Education Foundation, Ashburn - Support STEM labs curriculum development at the four title i elementary schools$65,000
- The Loudoun Education Foundation, Ashburn - Sponsorship of the 43rd annual regional science and engineering fair$2,000
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Gave $1.3M in 2025
Watt Foster Family Foundation
Brookneal, VA · latest return: tax year 2025- Jubilee Family, Lynchburg - STEM center$25,000
- Vector Space, Lynchburg - Robotics / fund gift$10,000
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Exelon Foundation
Chicago, IL · latest return: tax year 2024- National Energy Education Development Project (Need), Manassas - STEM leadership academy$2,610,000
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Beth and Ravenel Curry Foundation
Erie, PA · latest return: tax year 2025- Vela Education Fund, Arlington - Founders who focus on core learning, STEM, career and technical education, and economics and entrepreneurship.$2,000,000
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Citi Foundation
New York, NY · latest return: tax year 2024- Charities Aid Foundation America, Alexandria - Empowering women in technology program$500,000
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Gave $46.7M in 2024
The Marisla Foundation
Laguna Beach, CA · latest return: tax year 2024- Amazon Conservation Team, Arlington - General support$500,000
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Organizations several of these foundations fund
Virginia organizations that received stem grants from two or more of the foundations above, on the same returns.
| Organization | Funders | Grants total |
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| Amazon Conservation Team Falls Church | 4 | $900,880 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc Arlington | 2 | $1,600,044 |
| Research America Arlington | 2 | $625,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy Arlington | 2 | $540,000 |
| National Society of Black Physicists Arlington | 2 | $79,032 |
| Center for Excellence in Education Mclean | 2 | $2,958 |
| National Society of Black Engineers Alexandria | 2 | $317 |
How to use this list
A foundation is listed because its own latest tax return itemizes grants to organizations in Virginia that we classify as stem, by the purpose the foundation wrote or by the recipient's IRS activity code. Their typical grant is the middle of the funders' own typical grants across everything they fund. Start with funders whose typical grant is close to what you need and whose past recipients look like your organization, then open the profile for all of its grants and any application instructions.
Of these 161 foundations, 70 describe how to apply on their latest return; many others give only to organizations they already know. A badge such as Gave $1.2M in 2024 repeats what the latest return reports; it does not mean the foundation is accepting proposals now.
Facts on this page come from the foundation's own IRS Form 990-PF filings as published by the IRS. Grantvello does not know whether a foundation is accepting proposals right now: a past grant is not an open opportunity. Always confirm current guidelines with the funder before applying.