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Private foundation (trust)EIN 464347021Est. 2014-08

APHORISM FOUNDATION

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

Total Assets

$1.1B

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$55.1M

FY 2023

Grants Made

33

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$1.7M

FY 2023

Grant Range

$50K–$14.5M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$59.3M

Total Expenses

$61.3M

Qualifying Distributions

$55.1M

Distributable Amount

$51.6M

Min. Investment Return

$52.5M

Undistributed Income

$28.8M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

33 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $50K through median $1M to maximum $14.5M, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $55.1M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

59 grants

PROBABILISTIC COMPUTING FOUNDATION INC
$14.5M
1 grant
THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
$10M
1 grant
NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION
$6.2M
3 grants
SCIENCE FOR AMERICA INC
$6M
1 grant
CHAN ZUCKERBERG BIOHUB INC
$4M
2 grants
CENTER OF COMPLEX INTERVENTIONS
$3.2M
2 grants
OPPORTUNITYWORK INC
$2.5M
1 grant
CZ BIOHUB NETWORK
$2M
1 grant

Grant Size Distribution

59 grants

<$10K
$10–50K
6
grants
$50–250K
8
grants
$250K–1M
27
grants
$1–5M
15
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

13 states

Massachusetts
$35.7M
47% of total
California
$22.2M
29% of total
District of Columbia
$7.8M
10% of total
Washington
$4.0M
5% of total
Vermont
$1.5M
2% of total
New York
$1.0M
1% of total
Pennsylvania
$1M
1% of total
Maryland
$1M
1% of total
New Hampshire
$700K
1% of total
Wisconsin
$500K
1% of total

+3 more states

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