The Brinson Foundation is a privately funded philanthropic organization committed to encouraging personal initiative, advancing individual freedoms & liberties, and positively contributing to society in the areas of education and scientific research.
The Brinson Foundation's grantmaking focuses on supporting programs that inspire individuals to reach their full potential and contribute positively to society, through education and scientific research. In education, the Foundation emphasizes health care career development, high school, college, and career success, the principles of liberty, citizenship, and free enterprise, literacy, STEM education, and student health. In scientific research, the Foundation supports cutting-edge research in astrophysics/cosmology, evolutionary developmental biology, and geophysics, particularly projects unlikely to receive government funding and those at early career stages.