Brinson Foundation
A Chicago foundation that funds education and frontier scientific research in the conviction that discovery and individual initiative move society forward
Financial profile
Brinson Foundation · EIN 68-0656415 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $183,594,091 | $108,392,447 | $194,343,310 | Dec 2023 | ||
| FY2022 | $4,173,974 | $8,343,917 | $104,469,548 | Dec 2022 | ||
| FY2021 | $9,313,138 | $7,438,753 | $108,336,222 | Dec 2021 | ||
| FY2020 | $23,653,928 | $6,761,809 | $106,595,421 | Dec 2020 | ||
| FY2019 | $5,883,315 | $6,631,726 | $99,800,088 | Dec 2019 | ||
| FY2015 | $16,119,607 | $5,976,865 | $114,419,105 | Dec 2015 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies Brinson Foundation is read alongside.
APSF
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
A New York foundation established in 1934 by industrialist Alfred P. Sloan Jr. to advance scientific…
WMKF
W. M. Keck Foundation
A major foundation that funds pioneering science, engineering, and medical research at the riskiest edge of…
RC
Research Corporation
A century old philanthropy that bets early on unproven scientists and new fields, having backed more than…
KF
The Kavli Foundation
A science patron chasing transformative ideas at the frontiers of physics and the brain
SF
Sontag Foundation
A brain cancer research funder that bets on brilliant early career scientists chasing bold, high risk ideas…
Who backs BF
No public supporter list found as of September 2026.
The outside view
A Chicago foundation that funds education and frontier scientific research in the conviction that discovery and individual initiative move society forward
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- Outward
- Operational
Their shape
The Frontier
At home at the edge of what comes next.
The Frontier is restless and pioneering, always testing what comes next. Its gift is innovation and adaptability, its challenge is focus, and not leaving its longtime members behind.
Also reads toward The Legacy and The Guild.
Strengths
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