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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Grantmaking foundation in New York, New York · EIN 13-6043471

Grants itemized on the 990
$1.8MTax year 2024
Grants made
72Tax year 2024
Total assets
$74MLatest reported
Latest IRS filing
2024Form 990 / 990-PF

Mission

THE HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION IS A PRIVATE OPERATING FOUNDATION DEDICATED TO THE CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF VIOLENCE IN ITS MANY FORMS, INCLUDING HUMAN AGGRESSION, CRIME AND WAR, AND HOW BEST TO REDUCE IT. TO CREATE KNOWLEDGE, THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS THE WORK OF RESEARCHERS ACROSS ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES THROUGH GRANT COMPETITIONS AND COMMISSIONED RESEARCH THAT INVESTIGATES VIOLENCE IN ITS MANY MANIFESTATIONS. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS TO DEVELOP INSIGHTS THAT REVERBERATE BEYOND ITS FUNDED RESEARCH, INFORMING POLICY AND PUBLIC DEBATE. IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOLARS FUNDED BY THE FOUNDATION, ITS STAFF CONDUCT SCIENTIFIC AND POLICY RESEARCH ON VIOLENCE AND ARE KNOWN AS EXPERTS IN THIS AREA.

Quoted from the foundation's IRS filing.

Giving by year

$1.4M2018
$1.4M2019
$900K2020
$960K2021
$1.2M2022
$1.1M2023
$1.8M2024

Totals by tax year, rounded to two significant figures. Years without a reported total show the sum of grants itemized on the filing.

Top recipients

RecipientAmountTax year
Salzburg Global Seminar$150K2024
Salzburg Global$130K2024
Pembroke College$100K2024
John Jay College of Criminal Justice$50K2024
Boston University$45K2024

Amounts are rounded. The full grantee list (72 grants in 2024) is available with a free account.

Website: www.hfg.org

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