Renaissance Philanthropy Fund appears to be a highly focused funder backing cutting-edge research at major universities and specialized nonprofits, with an especially strong emphasis on applying AI to mathematics and, more broadly, AI for science. It also supports a smaller set of adjacent priorities like talent mobility, climate work, and research-oriented policy or capacity-building organizations. Their giving is concentrated around elite academic institutions and a few mission-aligned intermediaries, suggesting a strategy of funding technical, high-leverage projects rather than broad community grantmaking.
Highly concentrated giving to a small number of repeat grantees, dominated by large grants to universities and specialized research organizations; most awards appear project-based and strategically targeted rather than broadly distributed.
Notable grantees: The Learning Agency, Stanford University, Human Computation Institute Inc, The Regents of The University of California, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
$6.6M
$90.7M
$115.2M
$28.4M
About 15% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Current and upcoming funding from Renaissance Philanthropy Fund that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Open to scientists, universities, national labs, and nonprofits proposing research that advances understanding of geologic hydrogen generation, flow, and storage. Projects must use HyTerra's data and field assets and be open and publishable studies.
Who can apply: Applicants may seek seed grants for early-stage research or prototypes, datasets and benchmarks, tools or infrastructure experiments, and field-building resources and events at the intersection of AI and mathematics.
Deadline: Applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Who can apply: The 2026 grant round is open to individuals and teams worldwide. Projects and outputs must be open access, including code, datasets, and research outputs. Seed grants support early-stage research or prototypes, datasets and benchmarks, tools or infrastructure experiments, and field-building resources and events.
Deadline: Main 2026 abstract deadline: March 30, 2026. Seed grants are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Learning Agency | Arlington, VA | $1,757,657 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Stanford University | Redwood City, CA | $648,970 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Human Computation Institute Inc | Ithaca, NY | $402,270 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| The Regents of The University of California | Berkeley, CA | $361,500 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Chapel Hill, NC | $320,588 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| The University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX | $250,000 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Regents of University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $250,000 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| American Immigration Council | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2026 | To support talent mobility |
| Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New | New York, NY | $249,996 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Brown University of Providence | PROVIDENCE, RI | $178,450 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Rutgers The State University | East Piscataway, NJ | $175,920 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| New York University | New York, NY | $160,000 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Cambridge in America | New York, NY | $158,000 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES | Los Angeles, CA | $144,064 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, MA | $142,987 | 2026 | To support AI for science |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | Princeton, NJ | $122,845 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Regents of the University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | $121,000 | 2026 | To support climate work |
| The EleutherAl Institute | Washington, DC | $120,500 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Cornell University | Ithaca, NY | $101,200 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Georgia Tech Research Corporation | Atlanta, GA | $100,541 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| Center on Rural Innovation | Hartland, VT | $100,000 | 2026 | To support talent mobility |
| STEM for Development | WASHINGTON, DC | $100,000 | 2026 | To support talent mobility |
| South Carolina Research Foundation | Columbia, SC | $95,727 | 2026 | To support projects that apply AI to mathematics |
| The Energy for Growth Hub Inc | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 2026 | To support climate work |
| Digital Harbor Foundation Inc | Baltimore, MD | $50,000 | 2026 | To support climate work |
| California Institute of Technology | PASADENA, CA | $31,322 | 2026 | general program support |
| Good Science Project | ROSWELL, GA | $30,000 | 2026 | To support policy entrepreneurship |
| The Roots of Progress | BEAVERTON, OR | $28,700 | 2026 | General program suppport |
| Foundation for American Innovation | San Jose, CA | $25,000 | 2026 | To support policy entrepreneurship |
| Foundation for Innovation in Healthy Food | Wilmington, DE | $12,500 | 2026 | To support work on cardiovascular nutrition |
| The Foresight Institute | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 2026 | To support nanotechnology |
| Unlock Aid Coalition | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 2026 | To support policy entrepreneurship |
| FORESIGHT INSTITUTE | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $10,000 | 2025 | 2024 Foresight Molecular Machines Workshop |
The Learning Agency
$1,757,657To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
Human Computation Institute Inc
$402,270To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
The Regents of The University of California
$361,500To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$320,588To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
The University of Texas at Austin
To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
Regents of University of California Berkeley
$250,000To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
Brown University of Providence
$178,450To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
Rutgers The State University
$175,920To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
$144,064To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
Regents of the University of Michigan
$121,000To support climate work
The EleutherAl Institute
$120,500To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
STEM for Development
$100,000To support talent mobility
South Carolina Research Foundation
$95,727To support projects that apply AI to mathematics
Good Science Project
$30,000To support policy entrepreneurship
Foundation for Innovation in Healthy Food
$12,500To support work on cardiovascular nutrition
Unlock Aid Coalition
$10,000To support policy entrepreneurship