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  • The importance of long-term financing and management of Brazil's protected areas

    has dedicated more than $380 million in grants to ensure the long-term ecological integrity

  • First direct evidence that drought-weakened Amazonian forests "inhale less carbon"

    Foundation grantees have contributed to new research just published in Nature, showing "direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the Amazonian basin ‘inhale’ carbon from the atmosphere during a severe drought" (see announcement below). Moore Foundation grants (#1656 and #3000, research consortia, and was funded by grants from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, (ABERG), and grants from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (Grants NE/D01025X/1, NE/D014174/1

  • Science needs private support, as well

    —and this change must be about more than making grants. It will require strategic collaborations, new

  • Seeing the forest through the cloud

    and associated carbon stocks stored in above-ground forest biomass. A series of grants to the Carnegie

  • Unveiling NexGen CAO for discovery, conservation, action

    The Carnegie Airborne Observatory - "a mix of hi-tech mapping instrumentation and aviation bling...somewhere between Avatar and Batman" - is a unique tool for assessing forest health and identifying causes of deforestation. The foundation is proud to have supported the development of CAO's mapping technology, as well as its research in the Amazon, through grants from both our Science and Environmental Conservation programs. We're excited to see what exciting new science will come from CAO-3

  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards grant for UCSC ocean scientist Jonathan Zehr

    The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded a four-year, $3.7 million grant to Jonathan Zehr, professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The grant funds Zehr's ongoing research as a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation investigator in marine science. In May, the foundation also provided $4.8 million in new funding for the marine microbiology research facility (MEGAMER) that Zehr oversees. Both grants are renewals of earlier ones made as part of the Foundation's

  • Bay Area Discovery Museum awarded $1.17 million grant from Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

    generations. The Foundation funds outcome-based grants and initiatives to achieve significant and measurable

  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announces expansion of board

    . The Foundation funds outcome-based grants and initiatives to achieve significant and measurable results

  • Pamela Hudson named Chief Administrative Officer of Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

    Palo Alto, Calif. – The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation appointed Pamela Hudson as chief administrative officer. Hudson will lead human resources, information technology, grants administration and finance for the $6.5 billion private foundation. “With a deep understanding of the interplay between people, processes and technology, Pamela’s ability to improve systems and elevate organizational performance will be of great value to our team,” said foundation president, Harvey V. Fineberg

  • Patient and Family Engagement Call for Letters of Intent 2016

    of interest within the field will be considered. Grants will be made to the investigators, • Up to four awards, each for up to three years • Grants will be made to the investigators, announced and grants to institutions finalized December 2016 Earliest anticipated start date December, that is tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Grants will be made

  • Open Access FAQ

    grants. This new Open Access Policy applies these general principles to a specific type of grant output, issued on or after May 1, 2017. It does not apply to pre-existing grants, but we encourage grantees, in making articles “Gold OA” will be expected to pay related fees out of their grants. Section (b, grants expected to result in peer-reviewed papers, budgets should include funds to cover fees

  • 2021 & 2020 Financial Statements

    ..................................................20 Schedule of Conditional Grants Committed, liabilities 21,650,300 $ 18,598,499 $ Short term borrowings - 100,009,366 Grants payable, 22,760,459 19,692,316 Investment return, net 1,510,708,425 1,583,673,200 Expenses Grants, premisesaredepreciatedusingthestraight-linemethodovertheremainingleasetermof approximately 19 years. Grants Grants, or third parties (other than through grants) that are in direct support of its program areas

  • 2009-GBMF-990PF-Grants-Paid

     GORDON E. & BETTY I. MOORE FOUNDATION 94-3397785 FORM 990PF, PART XV - GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS, 990PF, PART XV - GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAID DURING THE YEAR ATTACHMENT 22 (CONT'D) RELATIONSHIP, , PART XV - GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAID DURING THE YEAR ATTACHMENT 22 (CONT'D) RELATIONSHIP, XV - GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAID DURING THE YEAR ATTACHMENT 22 (CONT'D) RELATIONSHIP, , PART XV - GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAID DURING THE YEAR ATTACHMENT 22 (CONT'D) RELATIONSHIP

  • High-Need Patients Mid-Course Review May 2019

    relationship with them. 2 The $58.4 million includes: 1) Grants totaling $21.9 million that were made, -Need Patients Investigation; and 2) Grants totaling $36.5 million that were made from 2017-2019, by drawing upon the reflections of those in the field. Recognizing that most grants are not yet, . This mid-course review addresses the following four questions: 1. Accomplishments: What did the grants, on the size of relevant grants, grant maturity, the likelihood of the grants to impact patient experience

  • 2013-2014 Financial Statement

    ..................................................20 Schedule of Conditional Grants Committed, liabilities 11,118,897 $ 10,674,749 $ Grants payable 30,899,886 31,499,525 Federal excise tax payable, 16,752,470 Net investment and contribution income 395,272,648 1,009,782,276 Expenses: Grants, Cash paid to investment managers, suppliers, and employees (46,608,988) (43,960,634) Grants paid, assets (51,666) 183,087 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 444,148 1,605,454 Grants payable

  • 2009-2008-Financial-Statements

    ................................................. 19 Schedule of Conditional Grants Committed, : Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 9,051,983 $ 11,054,278 $ Grants payable 87,045,702, (1,602,207,637) Expenses: Grants 141,973,954 234,406,519 Supporting expenses 27,713,948 28,498,363, to investment managers, suppliers and employees (40,378,553) (37,629,963) Grants paid (167,275,345, 47,649 (177,032) Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (2,002,295) 2,176,692 Grants payable

  • 2022 & 2021 Financial Statements

    liabilities 9,832,654 $ 21,650,300 $ Grants payable 1,411,875 3,558,250 Operating lease liabilities, Expenses Grants 383,028,212 333,239,045 Supporting 32,528,182 29,974,875 Direct charitable, paid to investment managers, suppliers, and employees (68,544,553) (47,804,252) Grants paid, (11,817,646) 3,051,801 Grants payable (2,146,375) (12,800,953) Prepaid federal excise tax 3,155,698, -linemethodovertheremainingleasetermof approximately 18 years. Grants Grants

  • 2023 & 2022 Financial Statements

    liabilities $ 12,660,930 $ 9,832,654 Grants payable 11,177,452 1,411,875 Operating lease liabilities, ) Expenses Grants 408,113,771 383,028,212 Supporting 37,888,774 32,528,182 Direct charitable, (58,255,042) (68,544,553) Grants paid (398,348,194) (385,174,587) Net cash used in operating, 161,471 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 2,828,276 (11,817,646) Grants payable 9,765,577, -linemethodovertheremainingleasetermof approximately 17 years. Grants Grants

  • 2006 Year In Review

    the FoundationÕs three programs. An initiative employs a portfolio of grants and other activities, strategy development, through initiation of grants, to monitoring of progress and evaluation, of grants to address change over the life of a project. ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION PROGRAM ANDES, in 2003, 58 grants have been funded, totaling $101.5 million through 2006. The Initiative team, future grants. Approximately 250 million hectares were already under protected area designation

  • Evaluating the impact of our work in marine conservation

    Measurement and evaluation are core to how the Moore Foundation operates. Guided by our founders’ belief in a scientific approach to philanthropy, the concept of measurability and adaptive management is baked into all we do. Data to inform decisions Most of the foundation’s grantmaking is organized into what we refer to as initiatives. These substantial, time-bound efforts are designed to achieve a significant and durable outcome through complementary grants. Since individual grants

  • New owl species discovered in Brazil

    Conservation International $261 million in a series of grants over 10 years to implement a major, funds outcome-based grants and initiatives to achieve significant and measurable results. Grantmaking

  • Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative launches major grant portfolios to kick off its second phase

    The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded grants to thirteen materials synthesis experts at ten institutions, as part of the Moore Materials Synthesis Investigators of our Emerging Phenomena in Quantum Systems (EPiQS) Initiative. Each of the investigators will receive a five-year research grant in the amount of $1.7 million. These awards will enable investigators to dedicate substantial, program. EPiQS Theory Centers Earlier in 2019, EPiQS launched a portfolio of Theory Center grants

  • More than $90 million awarded to promote sustainable supply chains

    PALO ALTO, March 24, 2016 – The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, one of the world’s largest conservation funders, announced more than $90 million in grants designed to advance conservation by decoupling food production from negative environmental impacts. The grant funds will support the formation of a series of collaborations supporting the Moore Foundation’s Forests and Agriculture Markets, through these grants will build upon and amplify this momentum, to help to transform the markets for top

  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards $2.38 million for supernova research

    and astrophysics, including grants for the creation of a 30-meter telescope (with Caltech) and to the Mount Wilson Observatory, and grants for studies of stellar atmospheres and adaptive optics

  • Mid-term Evaluation of the Data-Driven Discovery Initiative: Part I

    with a series of grants made by former foundation employees John Marchioni, Steve Cheng, Ed Yoon, of these projects). We made a series of grants meant to help bridge conservation science with modern