Good Ventures Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 46-1008520 · Headquarters: Palo Alto, CA 94301-1430 · Website
NTEE code: T22 · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $1,618,712,945.00 (2016–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 557 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($802,057,209.00); $816,655,736.00 across 1149 grants was not linked to a named recipient and is counted in the total above, not listed below. The 20 largest matched grants shown here total $255,779,050.00 — a subset of the total, not the total itself.
Foundation data: grants paid, latest complete year 2023 (2024 partial — included, each grant labelled by fiscal year). Each grant below shows its fiscal year plainly. 990-PF grant rows carry no recipient EIN — the recipient name shown is the organisation GetFunded matched the row to; matches can be wrong, so check the filing object ID against the source filing.
| Recipient | City / State | Amount | Fiscal year | Filing object ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gates Philanthropy Partners | Seattle, WA | $31,250,000.00 | FY2024 | 202501349349105365 |
| The Against Malaria Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $22,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202501349349105365 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $19,260,000.00 | FY2024 | 202501349349105365 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $17,890,000.00 | FY2023 | 202441369349105564 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $17,000,000.00 | FY2020 | 202121349349102747 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $15,770,000.00 | FY2022 | 202341359349105939 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $15,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202231329349104238 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc. | New York, NY | $12,845,308.00 | FY2024 | 202501349349105365 |
| Horizon Institute for Public Service | Washington, DC | $11,837,990.00 | FY2023 | 202441369349105564 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $10,500,000.00 | FY2023 | 202441369349105564 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $10,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202001369349101650 |
| Openai Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2019 | 202001369349101650 |
| Rand Corporation | Santa Monica, CA | $10,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202441369349105564 |
| Sightsavers Inc. | Boston, MA | $9,700,000.00 | FY2019 | 202001369349101650 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University | Redwood City, CA | $8,293,676.00 | FY2020 | 202121349349102747 |
| Redwood Research Group Inc. | Berkeley, CA | $7,790,000.00 | FY2022 | 202341359349105939 |
| Helen Keller International | New York, NY | $7,059,000.00 | FY2022 | 202341359349105939 |
| The Against Malaria Foundation | Kansas City, MO | $6,651,000.00 | FY2021 | 202231329349104238 |
| Helen Keller International | New York, NY | $6,500,000.00 | FY2019 | 202001369349101650 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc. | New York, NY | $6,432,076.00 | FY2022 | 202341359349105939 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $255,779,050.00 | |||
Grants paid by fiscal year
From the foundation-years file. "Not linked" grants are counted here and in the total above, but have no named recipient to list. "Basis" is which 990-PF line the grants-paid figure was read from — qualifying distributions or disbursements for charitable purposes; the two lines are not the same measure. Years after FY2024, where present, are totals only — the matched-grant files end at FY2024, so no named grants are shown for those years.
| Fiscal year | Grants paid | Basis | Grants on file | Linked | Not linked | Amount not linked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $377,402,717.00 | qualifying_distributions | 493 | 143 | 350 | $159,065,580.00 |
| FY2023 | $337,683,266.00 | qualifying_distributions | 464 | 123 | 341 | $165,063,941.00 |
| FY2022 | $343,647,363.00 | qualifying_distributions | 315 | 98 | 217 | $225,257,333.00 |
| FY2021 | $168,411,020.00 | qualifying_distributions | 152 | 67 | 85 | $88,925,497.00 |
| FY2020 | $151,292,614.00 | qualifying_distributions | 108 | 48 | 60 | $85,278,174.00 |
| FY2019 | $106,311,399.00 | qualifying_distributions | 74 | 34 | 40 | $33,624,766.00 |
| FY2018 | $39,344,024.00 | qualifying_distributions | 40 | 14 | 26 | $16,619,554.00 |
| FY2017 | $76,585,379.00 | qualifying_distributions | 35 | 20 | 15 | $28,327,492.00 |
| FY2016 | $18,035,163.00 | qualifying_distributions | 25 | 10 | 15 | $14,493,399.00 |
| All years on file | $1,618,712,945.00 | 1706 | 557 | 1149 | $816,655,736.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/517d8268-d4b4-49f2-86f8-60863febb814
Foundation data: GetFunded Open Foundation List (release data-2026-10-08), CC BY 4.0 — Open Funder Database contributors (GetFunded), from IRS e-file data. Built from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Also listed on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer: EIN 46-1008520.
Each grant above names its filing object ID so it can be checked against the source filing. No purpose text is published with these grants (the source withholds it pending a privacy review).