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12 funders with a record of paying for “acoustic”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.7M to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — in support of research into developing a novel quantum acoustic instrument to elucidate nonequilibrium dynamical processes in individual biological macromolecules with single-quant…
Largest: $150,000 to ACOUSTIC NEUROMA ASSN — medical research for acoustic neuroma
Largest: $247,085 to UNIVERSITY OF TBINGEN — neural tracking of acoustic-prosodic content in speech in adults with high-functioning asd
Largest: $5,551 to OGDEN FRIENDS OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC — grant/contribution
Largest: $198,827 to UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREW'S COLLEGE GATE — extending the value of ctbto acoustic measurements for environmental concerns
Community Foundation of SouthernJanesville, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $128,774 · through 2024Largest: $103,429 to INSPIRING COMMUNITY INC — improving acoustics at the broske center
Largest: $10,000 to Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology — to explore the role of sound in natural and cultural environments
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $447,301 · through 2023Largest: $273,919 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — acoustic bird monitoring in the delaware river
Largest: $3,000 to Acoustic Neuroma Association — contribution provided
Largest: $529,270 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION — to support acoustic monitoring of marine mammals with distributed acoustic sensing (das): applications to southern resident killer and humpback whales
George S and Dolores DoreSalt Lake City, UT
2 matching grants · $35,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to OGDEN FRIENDS OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC — for general operating support
Largest: $10,000 to IRON COUNTY ACOUSTIC MUSIC ASSOCIATION — general charitable purposes
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →