Cave Conservancy Foundation

Organic Syntheses Inc

Waco, TX

Organic Syntheses Inc funds colleges, universities, and chemistry-related organizations for activities such as lectureships, research symposium support, and supplies. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,000 to $37,500, with a median of $8,000, and went to recipients in multiple states. It gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Institute for Humane Studies

Arlington, VA

The Institute for Humane Studies funds academic research, teaching, student development, and related activities advancing ideas in the classical liberal tradition and a free society; its 2025 grants had a median of about $20,000, with awards ranging from $5,430 to $93,000. Eligible scholars at accredited colleges and universities may apply from the United States or abroad; whether it accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

Murray Slater Foundation

Culver City, CA

Norn Group

San Francisco, CA

Norn Group funds ambitious, high-risk research in longevity science and aging biology, including work on age-related disease and potential therapies; its Impetus Grants offer up to $500,000 per project. Its 2025 filing lists a single grant of $243,000 to a recipient in California, but this does not establish its overall geographic scope. The profile describes an application process but does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

Gates Philanthropy Partners

Seattle, WA

The mission of Gates Philanthropy Partners is to work in partnership with the gates foundation and philanthropists to promote global development, global health, and U.S. education through grantmaking and the direct conduct of charitable activities.

California Academy of Sciences

San Francisco, CA

The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. Based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum as well as innovative programs in scientific research and environmental education, all under one living roof. Through global expeditions, scientific research, and strategic areas of focus on islands, coral reefs, and the state of California, academy scientists strive to gather new knowledge about life's diversity and the process of evolution and rapidly apply that understanding to our efforts to regenerate the natural world. Through exhibitions, educational programs, and partnerships that address these same topics-delivered to the public on-site at the academy's world-class aquarium, planetarium, rainforest, and natural history museum, in the community, in biodiversity hotspots around the world.