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The Simons Foundation Inc → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $9.9M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Monell Chemical Senses Center: $7.5M across 1 grant, latest 2022Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Activate Global Inc: $4.2M across 4 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Northern Il → Community Grants Annual Grant Pass-Thru: $1.4M across 12 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024Northern Forest Center Inc → Community Concepts Finance Corp: $559K across 4 grants, latest 2024Rite Aid Healthy Futures → Girls On the Run International: $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Dudley Foundation → Global Greengrants Fund: $91K across 3 grants, latest 2025Adirondack Foundation → North Country Ministry: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024New York State Health Foundation → Doctors United Inc: $62K across 1 grant, latest 2023Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc → Suzerian Capital Defense: $58K across 3 grants, latest 2024Panera Dream Scholarship Inc → Careth Noll: $50K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Wake Forest University: $2.1M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Rockefeller University: $1.6M across 3 grants, latest 2024The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → Illinois U of at Urbana Champaign: $700K across 1 grant, latest 2022Community Foundation of Northern Il → Ronald F Peterson Area Economic Development: $617K across 2 grants, latest 2024Rite Aid Healthy Futures → Fresno Metropolitan Ministry: $375K across 1 grant, latest 2024Northern Forest Center Inc → Tmbr Platform LLC: $327K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → University of Southern California: $187K across 5 grants, latest 2024The Dudley Foundation → Restore Americas Estuaries: $71K across 4 grants, latest 2025Adirondack Foundation → Adkactionorg: $70K across 5 grants, latest 2024Panera Dream Scholarship Inc → David Ovalle: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc → Suzerain Capital Defense: $18K across 1 grant, latest 2021New York State Health Foundation → Teachers College Columbia University: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $1.3M across 2 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Northern Il → Rockford University: $533K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation → National Health Law Program Inc (Nhelp): $500K across 1 grant, latest 2024Rite Aid Healthy Futures → Penn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2024Northern Forest Center Inc → Regional School Unit 10: $187K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Simons Foundation Inc → Northwestern University: $155K across 3 grants, latest 2024Adirondack Foundation → North Country Community College Foundation Inc: $68K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Dudley Foundation → Xerces Society for Invertebrate Con: $67K across 3 grants, latest 2025Panera Dream Scholarship Inc → Jordan Kearney: $30K across 3 grants, latest 2024Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc → St Paul's School: $17K across 5 grants, latest 2024New York State Health Foundation → Massachusetts Avenue Project: $10K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Cancer Research Institute: $1.5M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → American College of Radiology: $1.3M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Yale University School of Public Health: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: $1.2M across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Seti Institute: $1.2M across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Cleveland Clinic - Genomic Medicine Institute: $1.1M across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Regents of the University of California: $1.1M across 4 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Dana Farber Cancer Center: $1.0M across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center: $900K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Emory Univerity: $900K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $825K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Chicago: $757K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Mayo Foundation: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Macgillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation: $750K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Washington: $700K across 1 grant, latest 2020Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Ocean Conservancy Inc: $684K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: $667K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → John Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute: $650K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Nature Conservancy: $650K across 1 grant, latest 2023The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Children's Hospital Boston: $625K across 3 grants, latest 2024Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Activate Global Inc: $625K across 1 grant, latest 2020Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Ocean Conservancy Inc: $620K across 1 grant, latest 2020Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → University of Pittsburgh: $551K across 2 grants, latest 2023Gordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation → Trustees of Boston University: $492K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Nyu Langone Health: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → Norwalk Hospital Foundation: $450K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Ambrose Monell Foundation → New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai: $425K across 3 grants, latest 2024Community Foundation of Northern Il → Illinois Growth Enterprises: $421K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Ambrose Monell Foundation: $22M on this topic. Open the funder.The Ambrose Monell Foundation$22MGordon E and Betty I Moore Foundation: $18M on this topic. Open the funder.Gordon E and Betty I Moore Fo…$18MThe Simons Foundation Inc: $10M on this topic. Open the funder.The Simons Foundation Inc$10MCommunity Foundation of Northern Il: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Community Foundation of North…$3.0MThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: $2.5M on this topic. Open the funder.The Robert Wood Johnson Found…$2.5MRite Aid Healthy Futures: $1.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Rite Aid Healthy Futures$1.2MNorthern Forest Center Inc: $1.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Northern Forest Center Inc$1.1MThe Dudley Foundation: $229K on this topic. Open the funder.The Dudley Foundation$229KAdirondack Foundation: $213K on this topic. Open the funder.Adirondack Foundation$213KPanera Dream Scholarship Inc: $115K on this topic. Open the funder.Panera Dream Scholarship Inc$115KEthel M Looram Foundation Inc: $92K on this topic. Open the funder.Ethel M Looram Foundation Inc$92KNew York State Health Foundation: $82K on this topic. Open the funder.New York State Health Foundat…$82KCold Spring Harbor Laboratory: received $9.9M on this topicCold Spring Harbor Laboratory$9.9MMonell Chemical Senses Center: received $7.5M on this topicMonell Chemical Senses Center$7.5MActivate Global Inc: received $4.2M on this topicActivate Global Inc$4.2MWake Forest University: received $2.1M on this topicWake Forest University$2.1MRockefeller University: received $1.6M on this topicRockefeller University$1.6MMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: received $1.5M on this topicMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer…$1.5MCancer Research Institute: received $1.5M on this topicCancer Research Institute$1.5MCommunity Grants Annual Grant Pass-Thru: received $1.4M on this topicCommunity Grants Annual Grant P…$1.4MUniversity of Illinois at Urbana Champaign: received $1.3M on this topicUniversity of Illinois at Urban…$1.3MMassachusetts Institute of Technology: received $1.3M on this topicMassachusetts Institute of Tech…$1.3MAmerican College of Radiology: received $1.3M on this topicAmerican College of Radiology$1.3MYale University School of Public Health: received $1.2M on this topicYale University School of Publi…$1.2MThe Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University: received $1.2M on this topicThe Board of Trustees of the Le…$1.2MSeti Institute: received $1.2M on this topicSeti Institute$1.2MCleveland Clinic - Genomic Medicine Institute: received $1.1M on this topicCleveland Clinic - Genomic Medi…$1.1MRegents of the University of California: received $1.1M on this topicRegents of the University of Ca…$1.1MDana Farber Cancer Center: received $1.0M on this topicDana Farber Cancer Center$1.0MMassachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center: received $900K on this topicMassachusetts General Hospital…$900KEmory Univerity: received $900K on this topicEmory Univerity$900KJohns Hopkins University: received $825K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$825KUniversity of Chicago: received $757K on this topicUniversity of Chicago$757KMayo Foundation: received $750K on this topicMayo Foundation$750KMacgillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation: received $750K on this topicMacgillivray Freeman Films Educ…$750KIllinois U of at Urbana Champaign: received $700K on this topicIllinois U of at Urbana Champai…$700KUniversity of Washington: received $700K on this topicUniversity of Washington$700KOcean Conservancy Inc: received $684K on this topicOcean Conservancy Inc$684KWake Forest Baptist Medical Center: received $667K on this topicWake Forest Baptist Medical Cen…$667KJohn Hopkins University Brady Urological Institute: received $650K on this topicJohn Hopkins University Brady U…$650KNature Conservancy: received $650K on this topicNature Conservancy$650KChildren's Hospital Boston: received $625K on this topicChildren's Hospital Boston$625KActivate Global Inc: received $625K on this topicActivate Global Inc$625KOcean Conservancy Inc: received $620K on this topicOcean Conservancy Inc$620KRonald F Peterson Area Economic Development: received $617K on this topicRonald F Peterson Area Economic…$617KCommunity Concepts Finance Corp: received $559K on this topicCommunity Concepts Finance Corp$559KUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $551K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$551KRockford University: received $533K on this topicRockford University$533KGirls On the Run International: received $500K on this topicGirls On the Run International$500KNational Health Law Program Inc (Nhelp): received $500K on this topicNational Health Law Program Inc…$500KTrustees of Boston University: received $492K on this topicTrustees of Boston University$492KNyu Langone Health: received $450K on this topicNyu Langone Health$450KNorwalk Hospital Foundation: received $450K on this topicNorwalk Hospital Foundation$450KNew York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai: received $425K on this topicNew York Eye and Ear Infirmary…$425KIllinois Growth Enterprises: received $421K on this topicIllinois Growth Enterprises$421KFresno Metropolitan Ministry: received $375K on this topicFresno Metropolitan Ministry$375KTmbr Platform LLC: received $327K on this topicTmbr Platform LLC$327KPenn State Health Milton S Hershey Medical Center: received $300K on this topicPenn State Health Milton S Hers…$300KRegional School Unit 10: received $187K on this topicRegional School Unit 10$187KUniversity of Southern California: received $187K on this topicUniversity of Southern Californ…$187KNorthwestern University: received $155K on this topicNorthwestern University$155KGlobal Greengrants Fund: received $91K on this topicGlobal Greengrants Fund$91KNorth Country Ministry: received $75K on this topicNorth Country Ministry$75KRestore Americas Estuaries: received $71K on this topicRestore Americas Estuaries$71KAdkactionorg: received $70K on this topicAdkactionorg$70KNorth Country Community College Foundation Inc: received $68K on this topicNorth Country Community College…$68KXerces Society for Invertebrate Con: received $67K on this topicXerces Society for Invertebrate…$67KDoctors United Inc: received $62K on this topicDoctors United Inc$62KSuzerian Capital Defense: received $58K on this topicSuzerian Capital Defense$58KCareth Noll: received $50K on this topicCareth Noll$50KDavid Ovalle: received $35K on this topicDavid Ovalle$35KJordan Kearney: received $30K on this topicJordan Kearney$30KSuzerain Capital Defense: received $18K on this topicSuzerain Capital Defense$18KSt Paul's School: received $17K on this topicSt Paul's School$17KTeachers College Columbia University: received $10K on this topicTeachers College Columbia Unive…$10KMassachusetts Avenue Project: received $10K on this topicMassachusetts Avenue Project$10K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →