Musk Foundation
Type: Private foundation · EIN: 85-2133087 · Headquarters: Austin, TX 78734-0032 · Website
NTEE code: T22 · Applications: Preselected only — does not accept unsolicited applications
Total grants paid: $1,041,918,400.00 (2020–2024, all fiscal years on file). This total comes from the GetFunded foundation-years file (grants_paid), never from adding up the grants below.
Only 86 of this foundation's grants on file were matched to a named recipient ($271,303,027.00); $770,615,373.00 across 90 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 $242,310,022.00 — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X Prize Foundation Inc. | Culver City, CA | $54,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233199349106528 |
| X Prize Foundation Inc. | Culver City, CA | $54,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106279 |
| The Foundation | Austin, TX | $34,808,757.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106279 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $25,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106279 |
| Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund | Boston, MA | $25,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| The Foundation | Austin, TX | $10,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349109104 |
| X Prize Foundation Inc. | Culver City, CA | $5,450,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| Windward School | Los Angeles, CA | $5,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| X Prize Foundation Inc. | Culver City, CA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349109104 |
| Hack Foundation | W Hollywood, CA | $4,000,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106279 |
| Creative Visions Foundation | Malibu, CA | $2,500,000.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349109104 |
| St Bernard Project Inc. | New Orleans, LA | $2,400,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| Givedirectly Inc. | New York, NY | $2,200,000.00 | FY2023 | 202443199349106279 |
| Curious Cases Inc. | San Francisco, CA | $2,084,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| Sea Turtle Inc. | S Padre Isle, TX | $2,082,265.00 | FY2022 | 202343199349109104 |
| Team Rubicon | Los Angeles, CA | $2,000,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| Georgetown University | Washington, DC | $2,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233199349106528 |
| Signal Technology Foundation | Mountain View, CA | $2,000,000.00 | FY2021 | 202233199349106528 |
| Operation Bbq Relief | Peculiar, MO | $1,975,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| Hack Foundation | W Hollywood, CA | $1,810,000.00 | FY2024 | 202543219349108074 |
| Total of grants shown on this page (matched grants only) | $242,310,022.00 | |||
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 | $474,381,752.00 | qualifying_distributions | 55 | 30 | 25 | $414,200,462.00 |
| FY2023 | $236,645,423.00 | qualifying_distributions | 43 | 23 | 20 | $112,727,495.00 |
| FY2022 | $160,567,914.00 | qualifying_distributions | 31 | 18 | 13 | $138,316,546.00 |
| FY2021 | $160,085,353.00 | qualifying_distributions | 42 | 13 | 29 | $95,270,870.00 |
| FY2020 | $10,237,958.00 | qualifying_distributions | 5 | 2 | 3 | $10,100,000.00 |
| All years on file | $1,041,918,400.00 | 176 | 86 | 90 | $770,615,373.00 |
Sources
Foundation profile on GetFunded: https://getfunded.ai/funder/260a8799-1100-4162-9089-9ccb2ba1114b
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 85-2133087.
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).