How to apply
Accepts applications
The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.
- Contact
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Worldquant Foundation
C/o Dena CADENA1700 E Putnam Ave
Old Greenwich, CT 06870
(203) 344-6459
http://www.worldquant.org/#apply/ - Form and materials
- Online application with applicant submitting a resume, essay, transcript of academic performance, and at least two letters of recommendation. Included in the resume is a section that lists scholarships, prizes, awards, publications, presentation and patents. The personal essay states the applicant's need for the scholarship, vision for the future and how he/she will figure in it, their motivation for study and success, and their ethical and moral beliefs, as evidenced through real-life experience.
- Deadlines
- Applications for fall semester are due by may 15. Notification is in july.
- Restrictions
- Desire to study quantitative analysis.
Assets and giving by year
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Tax year 2024
$6,148,801
- Grants listed
- 7
- Assets, end of year
- $22,349,905
-
Tax year 2023
$4,368,600
- Grants listed
- 5
- Assets, end of year
- $8,159,256
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Tax year 2022
$4,672,200
- Grants listed
- 9
- Assets, end of year
- $6,317,562
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Tax year 2021
$10,392,450
- Grants listed
- 10
- Assets, end of year
- $252,959
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Tax year 2020
$2,233,000
- Grants listed
- 6
- Assets, end of year
- $10,526,780
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Tax year 2019
$8,025,500
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $4,779,050
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Tax year 2018
$9,179,270
- Grants listed
- 1
- Assets, end of year
- $10,586,151
Grants paid in 2024
As listed on the return.
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Worldquant UniversityWashington, DC
Educational purpose
$5,560,101 -
Milken InstituteSanta Monica, CA
Educational purpose
$300,000 -
Carnegie Hall CorpNew York, NY
Educational purpose
$198,700 -
Casa Verde Home of HopeNew Rochelle, NY
Educational purpose
$30,000 -
Orphaned Starfish FoundationNew York, NY
Educational purpose
$25,000 -
Student AdvocacyElmsford, NY
Educational purpose
$25,000 -
Boys and Girls Club of GreenwichGreenwich, CT
Educational purpose
$10,000
Approved for future payment
Approved in 2024 and not yet paid.
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ChamahNew York, NY
Educational purpose
$18,000
Where the money goes
By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.
- Education2 grants $5,585,10195% of the total
- Arts and culture1 grant $198,7003% of the total
- International aid1 grant $30,000<1% of the total
- Human services1 grant $25,000<1% of the total
- Youth development1 grant $10,000<1% of the total
By State
Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.
- Louisiana1 grant $5,560,101
- New York5 grants $578,700
- Connecticut1 grant $10,000
Officers, directors and trustees
As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.
- Igor TulchinskyPRESIDENT/TREAS/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Jeff BlombergSECRETARY/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
- Jonathan MaromV PRES/DIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
The return
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