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Grant recipient EIN 84-6059504Science and technology

Who funds Aspen Center for Physics?

13 private foundations gave Aspen Center for Physics in Aspen, CO $1.8 million across 41 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, 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

41 grants

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

  1. Robert Gould Foundation IncMilford, OH 2025

    Charitable purpose

    $20,000
  2. Smart Family Foundation of New YorkNew Rochelle, NY 2025

    Support participants

    $20,000
  3. Gorman Foundation Charitable TrustAspen, CO 2025

    General Fund

    $250
  4. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2024

    Archiving project website for aspen center for physics

    $106,918
  5. The Heising-Simons FoundationLos Altos, CA 2024

    For the observables in quantum gravity from theory to experiment conference

    $60,000
  6. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To reduce barriers to participation in the summer programs of the aspen center for physics for early-career scientists belonging to groups underrepresented in physics

    $50,000
  7. Smart Family Foundation of New YorkNew Rochelle, NY 2024

    General operating fund

    $20,000
  8. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2024

    To support the era of binary supermassive black holes conference to be held at the aspen center for physics in aspen, colorado from february 2-7 2025.

    $20,000
  9. Nelson Levitt FoundationLas Vegas, NV 2024

    General unrestricted donation

    $10,000
  10. Research Corporation dba Research Corporation for Science AdvancementTucson, AZ 2024

    The Era of Binary Supermassive Black Holes Conference

    $5,000
  11. Gorman Foundation Charitable TrustAspen, CO 2024

    General Fund

    $250
  12. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    Aspen summer program

    $100,000
  13. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2023

    Program support

    $70,000
  14. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2023

    Archiving project website for aspen center for physics

    $29,466
  15. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2023

    In support of the aspen winter conference on extreme black holes held march 5-10 in aspen, colorado, which will highlight the astrophysics of black holes across the entire mass range from stellar to supermassive.

    $12,500
  16. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  17. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY 2022

    Aspen summer program

    $200,000
  18. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2022

    Program support

    $100,000
  19. Alfred P Sloan FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    To reduce barriers to participation in the summer programs of the aspen center for physics for early-career scientists belonging to groups underrepresented in physics

    $50,000
  20. The Heising-Simons FoundationLos Altos, CA 2022

    For the conference on novel quantum states of matter in moire materials

    $50,000
  21. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2022

    Archiving project website for aspen center for physics

    $44,947
  22. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2022

    To support a conference on novel quantum states of matter in two-dimensional structures obtained by twisting adjacent atomically thin layers. The event will assemble about seventy scientists from the us and abroad and will be held in march 2023.

    $35,000
  23. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $5
  24. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Aspen summer program

    $200,000
  25. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2021

    Program support

    $100,000
  26. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2021

    Archiving project website for aspen center for physics

    $51,480
  27. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2021

    In support of the Aspen Winter Conference 'New directions in strong correlation physics: from strange metals to topological superconductivity,' which will bring together the communities working at various frontiers in strong correlation physics, to highlight the extensive recent developments in these areas and foster interactions between different communities leading these efforts to be held in Aspen, CO on January 17-23, 2022.

    $30,000
  28. Kimbell Art FoundationFort Worth, TX 2021

    Operating Support

    $1,000
  29. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $14
  30. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    Aspen summer program

    $200,000
  31. The Simons Foundation IncNew York, NY 2020

    Computation meets experiment conference

    $72,000
  32. Smart Family Foundation of New YorkNew Rochelle, NY 2020

    Center's emergency fund

    $20,000
  33. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2020

    In support of the Aspen Center's Winter Workshop on low-dimensional solids, to be held from February 2-7, 2020 in Aspen, CO.

    $10,000
  34. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $11
  35. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2019

    Archiving project website for aspen center for physics

    $50,774
  36. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2019

    Sponsor public lectures and general charitable scientific

    $17,470
  37. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    In support of the Aspen Winter Conference Future Directions in Topological States of Matter: Beyond the Single Particle Picture to be held January 12-17, 2020 in Aspen, CO, which will bring together experts from both the correlated and topological communities to explore future directions that merge both fields, including emergent physics in the flat bands of twisted bilayer systems, and new routes to quantum computation using topological superconductors and spin liquids.

    $10,000
  38. Gordon E and Betty I Moore FoundationPalo Alto, CA 2019

    To support the Aspen winter conference New Approaches to Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems to be held February 3-9, 2019 in Aspen, CO.

    $10,000
  39. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2018

    Archiving project website for aspen center for physics

    $49,522
  40. Nick DeWolf FoundationAspen, CO 2018

    Sponsor public lectures and general charitable scientific

    $17,137
  41. Adler Schermer FoundationDavenport, IA 2018

    Blake scholarship fund

    $100

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other science and technology organizations in Colorado and are not among Aspen Center for Physics’s funders above.

  1. Shell USA Company FoundationHouston, TX 11 grants Preselected only $16,197 to similar organizations
  2. Club for the FutureKent, WA 2 grants Preselected only $2,000,000 to similar organizations
  3. The William & Flora Hewlett FoundationMenlo Park, CA 3 grants Accepts applications $564,500 to similar organizations
  4. Amateur Radio Digital CommunicationsSan Diego, CA 3 grants Preselected only $368,049 to similar organizations
  5. Ecesis FoundationBoulder, CO 3 grants Preselected only $67,280 to similar organizations
  6. ZG FoundationWilmington, DE 2 grants Preselected only $56,000 to similar organizations
  7. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 5 grants Accepts applications $6,150 to similar organizations
  8. Duke Energy FoundationCharlotte, NC 3 grants Accepts applications $2,602 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 84-6059504 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.