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Grant recipient EIN 45-4547709Science and technology

Who funds Numfocus Inc?

12 private foundations gave Numfocus Inc in Austin, TX $3 million across 39 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2024.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2024, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

39 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To partially support the 2024 disc unconference

    $24,426
  2. Mehyar Science FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  3. Wrather Family FoundationSherman Oaks, CA 2024

    Charitable

    $5,000
  4. Martin Djos Family FoundationHailey, ID 2024

    General

    $1,000
  5. Mehyar Science FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  6. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $304
  7. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 2023

    Mef

    $203
  8. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $332
  9. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2021

    In support of sustaining the Astropy project, an open-source framework for data-driven research and discovery in astronomy.

    $300,000
  10. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2021

    In support of analyzing barriers to participation in the open software community as a means to increase the diversity of individuals attracted to and retained in scientific computing.

    $62,000
  11. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $332
  12. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To mature and generalize open source tools that support the peer review and publishing of scientific software

    $379,500
  13. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2020

    In support of sustaining the Astropy project, an open-source framework for data-driven research and discovery in astronomy.

    $300,000
  14. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2020

    In support of analyzing barriers to participation in the open software community as a means to increase the diversity of individuals attracted to and retained in scientific computing.

    $268,500
  15. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To develop and deploy the numfocus digital learning and community platform

    $249,532
  16. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To develop and test privacy-protection techniques for encrypting, linking, and analyzing sensitive data

    $151,668
  17. The Heising-Simons FoundationLos Altos, CA 2020

    For general support

    $50,000
  18. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2020

    In support of JuliaCon 2020 to be held in Lisbon, Portugal from July 27-31, 2020.

    $15,000
  19. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2020

    In support of the 2020 SciPy Conference to be held July 6-12, 2020 in Austin, TX, which brings together participants from industry, academia, and government to showcase their latest projects, learn from skilled users and developers, and collaborate on code development.

    $6,000
  20. Wrather Family FoundationSherman Oaks, CA 2020

    Charitable

    $5,000
  21. Dejaco FoundationThe Villages, FL 2020

    Open resource in science

    $1,000
  22. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $309
  23. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $100
  24. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    In support of sustaining the Astropy project, an open-source framework for data-driven research and discovery in astronomy.

    $300,900
  25. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To develop and test privacy-protection techniques for encrypting, linking, and analyzing sensitive data

    $279,597
  26. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    In support of projects and core language development for the R scientific programming language.

    $220,000
  27. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To develop a programming toolkit for the construction, execution, and evaluation of macroeconomic simulations where heterogeneous agents interact behaviorally

    $159,185
  28. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To partially support participation in the 2019 NumFOCUS Project Sustainability Summit

    $30,000
  29. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To support travel to and attendance at JuliaCon2019 by underrepresented minorities in computing who are users of and contributors to the Julia programming language

    $20,000
  30. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    In support of a series of two workshops to build prototype automation software based on JOSS/Whedon robot. This contribution will bring up to 10 JOSS editors for two separate hack house events to improve tool chain, documentation, and editorial processes.

    $20,000
  31. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    In support of diversity initiatives at JuliaCon 2019 to be held from July 22-26, 2019 in Baltimore, MD. The funds from this contribution will be used to fund conference travel for 7 people identifying as female or coming from underrepresented minority groups in computing.

    $15,000
  32. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    In support of the rOpenSci open source research R software community web portal. These funds will help support key improvements to allow the organization to grow.

    $9,000
  33. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    In support of the 2019 SciPy Conference to be held July 8-14 in Austin, TX, which brings together participants from industry, academia, and government to showcase their latest projects, learn from skilled users and developers, and collaborate on code development.

    $6,000
  34. Beck Family Charitable FoundationMicanopy, FL 2019

    Promote practices in research

    $5,500
  35. Wrather Family FoundationSherman Oaks, CA 2019

    Charitable

    $5,000
  36. S&P Global Foundation fka the McGraw-Hill Research FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    General support of creating open source computing resources

    $450
  37. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2018

    In support of activities led by NumFOCUS personnel to promote increasing the diversity of individuals involved in data science.

    $58,000
  38. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2018

    In support of diversity initiatives at JuliaCon to be held August 7-11, 2018 in London, UK. The funds from this contribution will be used towards travel scholarships and registration scholarships for underrepresented groups in computing as a function of their gender, race/ethnicity, late entry to CS, or citizenship in a developing country.

    $13,000
  39. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2018

    In support of NumFocus travel awards for the attendance of scientific computing conferences. Events such as the the 2018 IEEE eScience Conference will bring together leading researchers to explore digital technologies to help advance research in multiple fields. Funds will go towards providing travel scholarships for increasing the diversity of participants.

    $12,500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other science and technology organizations in Austin, TX and are not among Numfocus Inc’s funders above.

  1. Intel FoundationHillsboro, OR 2 grants Preselected only $525,000 to similar organizations
  2. Power Foundation IncMeridian, ID 7 grants Preselected only $35,000 to similar organizations
  3. The Draper FoundationSan Mateo, CA 5 grants Accepts applications $700,000 to similar organizations
  4. The Shanahan Family Charitable FoundationPasadena, CA 2 grants Preselected only $500,000 to similar organizations
  5. Educational Advancement FoundationAustin, TX 4 grants Accepts applications $291,123 to similar organizations
  6. The Cynthia & George Mitchell FoundationThe Woodlands, TX 4 grants Accepts applications $250,000 to similar organizations
  7. Meadows Foundation IncDallas, TX 2 grants Accepts applications $175,000 to similar organizations
  8. American Tower Corporation Foundation IncBoston, MA 1 grant Preselected only $80,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 45-4547709 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.