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Caltech's Office of Foundation Relations works to understand foundations' missions and giving priorities, and proactively explores areas of synergy with Caltech's distinctive strengths. To learn more about how Caltech partners with private foundations or to visit campus, please contact us at fr@caltech.edu. We look forward to hearing from you!

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About Caltech: Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions and pressing societal challenges. The Institute manages JPL for NASA, sending probes to explore the planets of our solar system and quantify changes on our home planet. Caltech also owns and operates large-scale research facilities such as the Seismological Laboratory and a global network of astronomical observatories, including the Palomar and W. M. Keck Observatories; and cofounded and comanages LIGO. Caltech faculty and alumni have received 39 Nobel prizes, including 2 in 2017 and 1 in 2018. Caltech is an independent, privately supported institution with a 124-acre campus located in Pasadena, California.

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