Search Through Technology Grants in San Diego, California in the U.S.

Charitable Contributions

Costco Wholesale’s primary charitable efforts specifically focus on programs supporting children, education, and health and human services in the communities where we do business. Throughout the year we receive a large number of requests from nonprofit organizations striving to make a positive impact, and we are thankful to be able to provide support to a variety of organizations and causes. While we would like to respond favorably to all requests, understandably, the needs are far greater than our allocated resources and we are unable to accommodate them all.

Warehouse Donations:

Warehouse donations are handled at the warehouse level - please consult your local warehouse for up-to-date information regarding their donations contacts and review process.

Grant Applications

If the request is under consideration, you may be contacted by staff for any additional information needed. Applications are reviewed within 4-6 weeks, and decisions are made based on several factors, including: type of program; identified community need not otherwise available; indication that evidenced based data will establish measurable results of intended outcomes; community collaboration; broad base of financial support; project budget and operating expenses.

Who We Are

The Creag Foundation is a private grant making foundation established in 2009 in Woodinville, Washington.

The founders of the Creag Foundation believe that meaningful change can only be achieved through hard work, creativity and passion. They also understand the practical mechanisms that allow charitable organizations to succeed and grow. As a group, Creag Foundation principals are dedicated to helping today’s most innovative programs improve the human condition in a wide variety of ways.

Our Focus

The broad purpose of the Foundation is to support the efforts of nonprofit organizations who are innovators in the field of human services. Our particular focus is on smaller organizations that are starting out or established organizations that are looking for funding to take their organization in a new direction.

What We Fund

/ What We Fund

The Creag Foundation is focused on innovation in the industry. We will consider proposals from 501(c)(3) organizations that are finding new ways to address societal issues facing the nonprofit community. Applicants must have held 501(c)(3) status for one year before submitting. If your organization has held 501(c)(3) status for over a year, and your believe that your organization has a new approach to an existing social problem or is addressing a previously unaddressed social issue, you are welcome to contact us and request that we consider your organization for a funding opportunity.

Mission

The DanPaul Foundation will use its resources to help train teachers and parents in early childhood development, protect children from abuse and neglect, stimulate children's personal social responsibilities, and offer them opportunities for enrichment and growth.

The Foundation will also encourage children to be concerned and informed about the environment and the underprivileged, particularly with regard to clean air and water, and adequate housing and nutrition for all.

Beliefs

The DanPaul Foundation believes that children should have ample opportunities for enrichment in their lives, and thus strives to provide many different ways to enrich and expand children's minds through direct programs and monetary support to organizations doing similar work.

We have provided or currently provide grants related to the following program areas:

• Workshops, Conferences, + Seminars: We strive to offer educational workshops, conferences, and seminars for parents and teachers on topics related to early childhood development.
• Student Scholarships: We aim to help students attending post-secondary education institutions by providing need-based and academic scholarships.
• Scientific Endeavors: We desire to advance scientific endeavors which seek to improve the quality of life for everyone in the world.
• Clean Air + Water: We hope to pass on knowledge and practical life skills to youth regarding their personal responsibility to the environment, teaching them about issues surrounding clean air and water.
• Child Advocacy: We believe in protecting children from abuse and neglect and particularly love to support programs that provide education and assistance to children as well as organizations advocating or caring for vulnerable children.
• Homelessness: We want to encourage young people to take a personal interest in seeing that adequate housing and proper nutrition, especially for the underprivileged and homeless, are available.
• Poverty + Neglect: We seek to help those in poverty as well as educate youth about their responsibility to consider the underprivileged and take care of those most in need of life's basic essentials like adequate housing and proper nutrition.
• Refugee Enrichment: We wish to help refugee youth by supporting programs that provide them enrichment and help them transition to life in a new country.

The DanPaul Foundation provides grants to 501(c)3 tax-exempt non-profit organizations as defined by the IRS. The Foundation is interested in providing funding to programs that directly serve the health, education, development, and welfare of the world's youth.

Grants range from a few hundred dollars up to $15,000 per calendar year.

GFO-21-901 - Cost Share for Federal Clean Energy Funding Opportunities (CA)

Purpose

The purpose of this solicitation is to provide cost share funding to applicants that apply for and receive one of the following:

• An award under an eligible federal Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) and meet the requirements of this solicitation, or
• Follow-on funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to continue research from a previously awarded federal grant that also received Energy Commission federal cost share funding under PON-14-308, GFO-18-902, or this GFO and the proposed project meets the requirements of this solicitation. 

Background

This solicitation will award projects funded by the EPIC, an electricity ratepayer surcharge established by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) in December 2011. The purpose of the EPIC program is to benefit the ratepayers of three investor-owned utilities (IOUs), including Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Diego Gas and Electric Co., and Southern California Edison Co. The EPIC funds clean energy technology projects that promote greater electricity reliability, lower costs, and increased safety. In addition to providing IOU ratepayer benefits, funded projects must lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome the barriers that prevent the achievement of the state’s statutory energy goals. The EPIC program is administered by the CEC and the IOUs.

• Program Areas, Strategic Objectives, and Funding Initiatives
  • EPIC projects must fall within the following program areas identified by the CPUC:
    • Applied research and development;
    • Technology demonstration and deployment; and
    • Market facilitation.

 Funding

There is up to $20 million available for cost-share grants awarded under this solicitation. The minimum and maximum funding amounts depend on the funding opportunity. 

Since the Energy Commission will only provide up to half the cost share of the project, applicants are required to provide at least half the total project cost share from other sources. These sources may not include other Energy Commission funds.

SYNOPSIS

International Ocean Discovery Program Operations

The International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) serves to advance basic research in the marine geosciences and is supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and its international partners. The science plan, , provides justification for the United States' participation in the IODP and reflects the top priorities of the international science community. A multi-platform approach is required to address the goals outlined in the IODP science plan, including a non-riser vessel to collect widely-distributed high-resolution cores to address climate, environmental, crustal and observatory science objectives; a heavy riser-equipped vessel to reach the deep sedimentary and crustal layers; and mission-specific platforms to support high-latitude and shallow-water projects.

The light drillship,, is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation. Science operations for the JOIDES Resolution are conducted through a Cooperative Agreement with Texas A&M University with scientific planning conducted by the Facility Board.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan provides the heavy drillship, (Earth), to conduct the deep drilling projects in the new program. The Center for Deep Earth Exploration of the Independent Administrative Institution, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) operates the vessel for IODP. Scientific planning for IODP operations is conducted by the Chikyu IODP Board.

Mission Specific Platforms (MSP) are provided by the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD). The ECORD Facility Board conducts scientific planning for MSP expeditions and the platforms themselves are operated by the European Science Operator (ESO).

A Science Support Office (SSO) is provided by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego under a Cooperative Agreement with the National Science Foundation. The SSO’s primary tasks include:

• providing logistical support for the JOIDES Resolution Facility Board and its advisory panels
• overseeing the proposal submission and review process
• managing the Site Survey Data Bank 
• providing a gateway website to IODP scientific planning 

United States Science Support for Drilling-Related Research

Grant support for drilling-related research performed by United States scientists is available from the NSF. Proposals for most pre-expedition (e.g., site characterization) and post-expedition studies should be submitted through the appropriate NSF programs, such as Ocean Sciences Marine Geology and Geophysics, Earth Sciences, Polar Programs, etc.

In addition to these NSF programs, the NSF Ocean Drilling Program (PD 14-5720) will provide support for small projects to be conducted during the expedition moratorium period to increase the scientific value of, and facilitate further research on, the expedition core, data, and associated samples. The expedition moratorium period begins with the co-chief approval of the expedition sampling plan and generally ends one-year following the post-expedition sampling party ( Refer here for specific moratorium dates for each expedition).

Examples of appropriate post-expedition work include, but are not limited to:

• XRF, CT, or other scans of entire or selected critical sections of core
• stratigraphic refinements for identified critical intervals
• refinement of shipboard measurements/analyses/descriptions as deemed necessary by the shipboard scientific party

These Ocean Drilling Program (PD 14-5720) post-expedition proposals should be submitted during the initial portion of the expedition moratorium period with the expectation that the work can be completed during the moratorium period.

Limited support will also be provided through the Ocean Drilling Program (PD 14-5720) for critical, expedition-specific shipboard or downhole instrumentation (not meant for large instrumentation projects like CORKS) and for data synthesis/reprocessing critical for expedition implementation. Proposals of this type may be submitted at any time prior to the expedition.

Investigators are encouraged to contact the program directors identified in this program description prior to submission of a proposal to the Ocean Drilling Program (PD 14-5720) to discuss the appropriateness of the proposal for this particular program.

It is expected that results generated from Ocean Drilling Program (PD 14-5720) awards will be made available to other shipboard participants upon completion and, once the moratorium is over, to the broader scientific community as required by the NSF-OCE Data and Sample Policy.

Additional support for United States scientists may be obtained via the U.S. Science Support Program. Funding opportunities from this NSF-sponsored program include, but are not limited to:

• planning activities, such as workshops on specific ocean-drilling scientific themes, regional areas, or topics
• support for United States scientists participating on drilling expeditions and JOIDES Resolution advisory panels
• educational programs

We have strong partnerships with nonprofit organizations across the country that are working to advance economic mobility and social progress in low- and moderate-income communities. Our focus areas include basic needs like food and housing, workforce development and education, and community development. In addition to our philanthropic investments, we also encourage our employees to make a difference by offering robust employee giving and volunteering programs, including the opportunity to direct funds to organizations they support through volunteer efforts, and a matching gifts program that doubles their individual giving to causes they care about. Last year, we invested $350 million in the communities we serve, and employees contributed more than 1 million volunteer hours and directed $65 million through individual giving and matching gifts to support nonprofits.Through our regional U.S. sponsorships, we support the economic, social and cultural life of the places we live and work. We provide an extensive program of arts and sports sponsorships to help maintain vibrant, healthy communities.Sponsorships supporting communitiesBank of America welcomes your sponsorship proposal for opportunities that make our communities a better place to live and work. We are particularly interested in providing support to address needs vital to the health of our communities through a focus on:

• preserving neighborhoods;
• educating the workforce for 21st century jobs;
• addressing critical needs such as hunger and emergency shelter;
• arts and culture;
• the environment; and
• diversity and inclusion programs.

Grants are made at the Foundation’s discretion based on our current funding strategies focused on housing, jobs and hunger. 

Our Mission

The Tony Robbins Foundation is a nonprofit organization created to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of people often forgotten.

We’re dedicated to creating positive changes in the lives of youth, seniors, the hungry, homeless and the imprisoned population, all who need a boost envisioning a happier and deeply satisfying way of life. Our passionate staff, generous donors and caring group of international volunteers provide the vision, inspiration, and resources needed to empower these important members of our society.

Grants

Dedicated to meeting challenges within the global community, creating solutions and taking action, The Tony Robbins Foundation provides monetary donations to various organizations around the world. Funding requests are evaluated on an ongoing basis. We look for organizations that align with our mission to empower individuals and organizations to make a significant difference in the quality of life of those often forgotten.

CRSI Foundation

The CRSI Foundation continually advances the growth of the steel reinforced concrete industry by investing in education and research.

Undergraduate Scholarship Program

The Undergraduate Scholarship Program comprises five region scholarships and six named scholarships, one at each of:

• Virginia Military Institute
  • Dick Castle-Walsh Scholarship
    • To be granted to a junior or senior at VMI who is in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program with a focus in Structural Engineering.
• UMass / Wentworth Inst. of Tech.
  • Robert Brack Memorial Scholarship
    • To be granted to a student or students at the University of Massachusetts and Wentworth Institute of Technology who are pursuing a career in structural engineering or reinforcing steel.
• UC-San Diego
  • John M. Stutz Scholarship and Jack Stutz Memorial Scholarship
• Northeastern University
  • Bill Collins Scholarship
    • The Collins Scholarship honors William J. Collins. Bill was active with the Civil Engineering Department at Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute and others with hands-on workshops on construction practices in the field of reinforcing steel.
• University of Washington
  • Harold V. Paulson Scholarship
    • The Paulson Scholarship at the University of Washington is awarded annually to a student studying in the field of engineering, with emphasis in the reinforced concrete field.

• University of California San Diego
• Jack Stutz Memorial Scholarship.

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Grant

The Foundation will consider requests to support museums, cultural and performing arts programs; schools and hospitals; educational, skills-training and other programs for youth, seniors, and persons with disabilities; environmental and wildlife protection activities; and other community-based organizations and programs.

Our Mission

Our mission is to continue and further the philanthropic legacy of Gardner Cowles, Jr. and the Cowles family, which includes promotion of education, social justice, health, and the arts.

The Founder

The Cowles Charitable Trust was first established in 1948 by Gardner “Mike” Cowles, Jr. (1903-1985). Born into the Cowles publishing family of Des Moines, Iowa, Mike was the youngest of Gardner Cowles and Florence Call Cowles’ six children. A newspaper editor and publisher by trade, he was committed to his family’s traditions of responsible, public-spirited, and innovative journalism as well as philanthropy. 

The Cowles Charitable Trust supports the arts, education, the advancement of ethical journalism, medical and climate research.

ASHRAE's Mission and Vision

Mission: To serve humanity by advancing the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and their allied fields. Vision: A healthy and sustainable built environment for all.

ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a global society advancing human well-being through sustainable technology for the built environment. The Society and its members focus on building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality and sustainability within the industry. Through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education, ASHRAE shapes tomorrow’s global built environment today. ASHRAE is an international society of more than 50,000 heating, refrigerating and air-conditioning professionals from over 132 nations dedicated to serving humanity and promoting a sustainable world.

David C. J. Peters Scholarship

A one-year scholarship available annually to a qualified undergraduate mechanical or architectural engineering student enrolled full-time in a four or five year bachelor degree program at one of the institutions listed below.  The scholarship was created by Southland Industries in honor of David Peters, a tireless advocate of recruiting quality and an ASHRAE member.

Institutions: Arizona State University, Baylor University, Brigham Young University,  California Maritime Academy, California Polytechnic State University, Pomona, California State University (Sacramento, Eastbay, Long Beach, Fullerton), Central Washington University, Chico State University, Clemson University,  Colorado State University, Drexel University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Louisiana State University, Montana Tech, New Mexico State University, North Carolina A&T, North Carolina State University,  Northern Arizona University, Oklahoma State University, Oregon State University, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, Sacramento State University, San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Slippery Rock University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University,    Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas Tech University, University of California, Irvine, University of Houston, University Of Maryland, University of Nevada (Las Vegas, Reno), University of New Mexico, University of Oklahoma, University of Texas (San Antonio, Tyler, Austin), University of Wyoming, Virginia Tech, Washington State University, West Virginia University

PLTW Computer Science - New Program (L3Harris Technologies)

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:

• Total Award: $20,000
  • 2025-2026: $10,000
  • 2026-2027: $10,000

PLTW Computer Science - Program Expansion (L3Harris Technologies)

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Program Requirements

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:Grantee must use their grant funds to expand their existing PLTW Computer Science program. Example expansion activities include but are not limited to adding an additional PLTW Computer Science course not previously offered, and/or adding additional class periods of an existing PLTW Computer Science courses previously offered, and/or training additional teachers in PLTW Computer Science courses for the 2026-2027 academic year. Grantee must complete one year of grant reporting. 

PLTW Engineering - New Program (L3Harris Technologies)

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:

• Total Award: $30,000
• 2025-2026: $15,000
• 2026-2027: $15,000

PLTW Engineering - Program Expansion (L3Harris Technologies) 

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:

• Total Award: $15,000
  • 2025-2026: $15,000

PLTW Gateway - New Program (L3Harris Technologies)

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:

• Total Award: $20,000
  • 2025-2026: $10,000
  • 2026-2027: $10,000

PLTW Gateway - Program Expansion (L3Harris Technologies)

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:

• Total Award: $10,000
  • 2025-2026: $10,000

PLTW Launch - New Program (L3Harris Technologies)

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:

• Total Award: $20,000
  • 2025-2026: $10,000
  • 2026-2027: $10,000

PLTW Launch - Program Expansion (L3Harris Technologies)

Because science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) are so essential in the aerospace and defense industry, L3Harris Technologies has partnered with PLTW with the goal of inspiring and empowering PreK-12 students. Across global locations and communities around the world where our employees live and work, we invest and partner to support STEM initiatives that align with our business strategy and reflect our values.

Through this partnership, L3Harris Technologies is supporting PLTW grants to schools interested in starting and expanding PLTW programs beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.

School Type:

• Public
• Charter

Grant Award and Distribution Schedule:

• Total Award: $5,000
  • 2025-2026: $5,000

Ameriprise Financial Grantmaking

At Ameriprise Financial, giving back is deeply rooted in our culture. We’ve initiated positive change in the communities where we live and work for more than 120 years. We believe our community involvement enables us to actively live our values. Through grant making, volunteerism and employee and financial advisor gift matching programs, we support a diverse group of over 6,000 nonprofits across the country.

Focus Areas

Awarding grant dollars to nonprofits is one way we strengthen our communities and help individuals on a path to financial independence. To ensure we're meeting the needs of our communities and making an even greater collective impact, we focus on three key giving areas when awarding grants.

Volunteer engagement is a priority across all focus areas:

The engagement of Ameriprise employees and financial advisors is a critical component of our philanthropy. Whether it’s serving on a nonprofit board, engaging friends, clients and community members in volunteering or providing skills-based support, our relationships with nonprofits go deep. For this reason, we give priority across all focus areas to applications where there is active volunteer engagement of Ameriprise advisors and employees. 

Meeting Basic Needs

At Ameriprise Financial, we help clients achieve financial security and peace of mind. That’s satisfying, meaningful work. We also help the people in our neighborhoods who struggle to meet basic needs such as where their next meal comes from, where they’ll sleep tonight or how they’ll find a higher wage job. We’re here to help them through the three platforms of our Meeting Basic Needs focus area.

Consideration is given to applications addressing the following: 

• Hunger
• Food banks, food shelves and food pantries, daily meal programs or meal services for the homebound
• Hunger-relief programs targeted to meet the special needs of children, ethnic populations or veterans
• Food programs run by nonprofits where hunger is not their sole focus, for example a youth meal program at the YWCA or a backpack program run by a Boys & Girls Club
• Shelter
• Emergency shelter, including youth homelessness
• Transitional housing, permanent supportive housing and efforts to end chronic homelessness
• Housing-first models (programs quickly providing housing and then addressing needed services)
• Achieving and maintaining home ownership, repair and maintenance efforts helping keep seniors, veterans and other populations in their homes 
• Adult Self-Sufficiency: Programs serving adults age 21 and older that help address the following areas:
• Basic hard and soft skills that help adults achieve economic and family stability
• Basic financial and budgeting skills
• Increase employability and wages, including work readiness and job transitions
• Employment of disabled adults

Supporting Community Vitality

We believe communities should be strong, healthy and resilient. We want livable places for all, where neighbors look out for one another, cultural events are well-attended and people pull together in times of crisis and joy. We work to create economic vitality and cultural enrichment through the following areas of focus.

Consideration is given to applications addressing the following: 

• Community Development
• Neighborhood revitalization
• Economic development
• Strengthening and supporting small businesses and nonprofits through technical expertise
• Cultural Enrichment
• Arts education
• Access for underserved populations
• Diverse artists and performances that spark topical community conversations 

Volunteer Driven Causes: Ameriprise employees and financial advisors are outstanding volunteers who serve in teams and also as individuals bringing personal skill-sets to nonprofits. Volunteering is part of the culture at Ameriprise and we are proud to support communities through contributions of both service and financial resources. 

Funding for Volunteer-Driven Causes is determined by current Ameriprise volunteerism. In general, funding is in proportion to the size of the Ameriprise volunteer team supporting a nonprofit. A team may include employees, financial advisors and/or staff or a combination of any Ameriprise volunteers. 

Josephine de Karman Fellowship

The Josephine de Karman Fellowship Trust was established in 1954 by the late Dr. Theodore von Karman in memory of his sister, Josephine, who died in 1951 in Pasadena. The purpose of this Fellowship program is to recognize and assist students whose scholastic achievements reflect Dr. von Karman’s high standards.

Dr. von Karman is considered one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century. While his list of achievements and awards spans pages, he is best known as a world-renowned aeronautics theoretician, the first director of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology (GALCIT), and one of the founders and the first director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Read more about Theodore, Josephine, and the history of the de Karman Fellowship here.

APPLICATION & QUALIFICATIONS

In 2023, the Pasadena Community Foundation became the steward of the de Karman legacy and will oversee the Fellowship awards in partnership with a selection committee of qualified PhD application reviewers.

Four Fellowships will be awarded for the 2025-2026 cycle at $28,000 each. Funding will support the regular academic year (fall and spring semesters or the equivalent where the quarterly system prevails), paid through the fellowship office of the university in which the recipient is enrolled for study in the United States.

Please review additional and important information for de Karman Fellowship Applicants here.

Our Mission

The purpose of the Ono Initiative is to support scientist Principal Investigators (“PIs”) with creative ideas in selected scientific research fields with the mission of seeking discoveries/solutions and development of high impact science.

Goals

The goals of the Ono Initiative are:

• Supporting Innovation
  • Identify and help develop innovative research proposals and results that could lead to the development of breakthrough treatment solutions for patients.
• Promoting Scientists
  • Support academic research and the career development of promising young and established scientists.
• Building Relationships
  • Build strong relationships within the community in order to lead to transformative research aligned with the Ono Initiative’s goals.

Area of Research

Annually, the Ono Pharma Foundation considers proposals from PIs for research that could ultimately transform human health. Although additional areas of research may be added in future years, the Ono Pharma Foundation will only consider proposals for scientific research addressing Chemical Biology research.

Chemical Biology is defined as research that deals with the interface between chemistry and biology. The criteria for this field are deliberately broad so as not to disqualify potentially innovative and groundbreaking projects.

Selection Criteria

Applications will be assessed, and Awards will be made based upon the following criteria:

• Scientific merit of the research LOI and/or Proposal
• Relevance of proposed research to the mission of the Ono Initiative
  • Significance
  • Innovation
  • Approach
• Technical considerations for the research
  • Applications will be judged on their consideration and understanding of the technology required for completion.
• Qualifications and relevant experience of the PI
• Evidence of a suitable research environment

Funding

All grants awarded by Ono Pharma Foundation have a three year term.

Awards will consist of annual funding of $300,000/year, totaling a maximum of $900,000 for the normal term of a research project. The Ono Pharma Foundation will provide up to an additional 15% ($45,000) per year to be used for indirect costs of the PI’s institution. In total, Ono Pharma Foundation’s three-year research awards provide up to $1,035,000 to researchers and their institutions.

Pew Biomedical Scholars 

The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding promise in science relevant to the advancement of human health. The program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who are in their first few years of their appointment at the assistant professor level.

Based on their performance during their education and training, candidates should demonstrate outstanding promise as contributors in science relevant to human health. Strong proposals will incorporate particularly creative and pioneering approaches to basic, translational, and applied biomedical research. Candidates whose work is based on biomedical principles but who bring in concepts and theories from more diverse fields are encouraged to apply.

Ideas with the potential to produce an unusually high impact are encouraged. Selection of the successful candidates will be based on a detailed description of the work that the applicant proposes to undertake, evaluations of the candidate’s performance, and notable past accomplishments, including honors, awards, and publications. In evaluating the candidates, the National Advisory Committee gives considerable weight to both the project proposal and the researcher, including evidence that the candidate is a successful independent investigator and has the skill set needed to carry out their high-impact proposal.

Funding from the NIH, other government sources, and project grants from nonprofit associations do not pose a conflict with the Pew scholars program.

Funding

The current grant level is $300,000.

An award of $75,000 per year for four years will be provided to the sponsoring institution for use by the scholar, subject to annual review of the scholar’s progress. Grant agreements will be issued in August of the award year. The awarded funds may be used at the discretion of the Pew scholar, for personnel, equipment, supplies, or travel directly related to the scholar's research and as to best advance his or her research and career.

• The amount of the award that may be used for the principal investigator’s salary is limited to $12,500 per year (including benefits) or $50,000 over the duration of the grant. There are no limits on student or postdoctoral salaries.
• Not more than 8 percent ($24,000) of the total award value may be allocated for facilities and administration (F&A) charges or indirect costs (IDCs).
• Should the funds not be immediately required, they may be accumulated and carried over through the grant period and, with written approval of the program office, the grant may receive a no-cost extension for one additional year (without additional funds).
• Subawards are allowed.

During the four-year grant term, program participants are required to attend an annual meeting held in March or April. All eligible expenses for attendees’ travel, lodging, and meals are paid by Pew. The meeting provides Pew scholars with an opportunity to present their research and for scientific collaboration and exchange with other scholars and members of the National Advisory Committee.

AACR Grant For Innovative Bladder Cancer Research

Description

The inaugural AACR Grant for Innovative Bladder Cancer Research seeks to encourage the development of novel approaches to address bladder cancer.

Applications are invited from researchers currently in the field as well as investigators with experience in other areas of cancer or biomedical research who have promising ideas and approaches that can be applied to bladder cancer research.

The grants provide $50,000 over one year for expenses related to the research project, which may include salary and benefits of the grant recipient and any collaborators, postdoctoral or clinical research fellows, graduate students (including tuition costs associated with graduate students’ education and training), or research assistants; research/laboratory supplies; equipment; publication charges for manuscripts that pertain directly to the funded project; and other research expenses. 

Background

Funded by employee donations, Community Grants are awarded to nonprofits in our California service areas. A diverse advisory board, made up of Cox employees, reviews and evaluates applications to ensure that our giving is meeting the needs of our local communities.

Cox Charities funds organizations with programs that focus on the following:

• Digital Equity: All Markets
  • Creating opportunities which allow technology access for all.
• Conservation & Sustainability: All Markets
  • Championing positive environmental change in our community and beyond.
• K-12 STEAM Education: All Markets
  • STEAM opportunities for K-12 students beyond the classroom.
• Military & Veterans: OC/PV/SD
  • Supporting programs that enrich the lives of military and veteran populations.
• Affordable Housing and Food Insecurity: SB
  • Connecting families to programs that provide quality food and shelter.

Gupta Family Foundation is a private, nonprofit foundation headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, USA. Our mission is to support organizations that provide focused intervention in the lives of people who have been disadvantaged in some way to help them become self-reliant. We take a very broad view of “disadvantage” to include anything that holds a person back from realizing their potential, such as poverty, physical or mental disability, social alienation, etc. The foundation also supports relief agencies that serve people affected by emergencies such as natural disasters.

The foundation evaluates and awards annual and multi-year grants ranging from $5,000 to over $250,000 (USD). Our focus is on funding smaller organizations all around the world that are led by individuals with a deep personal commitment to their missions. 

Our selection criteria include:

• Mission alignment
• The organization is run by the founder or, if not, by a successor who embodies the original inspiration, passion and commitment of the founder.
• At least 90% of grant monies reaches the intended beneficiaries.
• The organization is non-sectarian, i.e.,
  • It does not, directly or indirectly, support or condone the proselytization of any religion,
  • It is not supported by or affiliated to a religious organization.

Corporate Contributions

Community involvement and corporate citizenship are an example of Insperity’s mission in action. We are committed to helping the communities where we live and work because together, we know we can make great things happen.

Grants

Philanthropic grants are a strong part of our community outreach and aid institutions needing financial support to meet important service goals.

Event Sponsorship

Fundraising events are an important part of nonprofit support. Insperity provides event sponsorships to approved charities to assist them in meeting their financial and community goals.