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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “biochemistry”
Where the money went
Csnk2a1 FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $370,019 · through 2024Largest: $101,990 to TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS — multi-year project studying biochemistry of ocnds
Largest: $175,000 to UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - BIOCHEMISTRY — dr. rutter: biochemistry
Largest: $100,000 to Pembroke College Oxford — to support the tanaka fellowship fund: an internal college trust fund for the endowment of the tanaka fellow in biochemistry.
Largest: $50,000 to Amer Society for Biochemistry Micro — to help advance the science of biochemistry and molecular biology and to promote the understanding of the molecular nature of life processes.
Largest: $30,000 to PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION — discretionary - pharmacy scholarship; biochemistry endowment; graduate education for krannert
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $122,788 · through 2024Largest: $47,910 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — development of novel augmented reality tool for teaching molecular visualization in biochemistry
Largest: $250,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — the walder foundation distinguished professorship fund in the department of biochemistry and molecular biology
Largest: $186,667 to BOSTON COLLEGE — gifts to the discretionary fund of the biology department impact facultys research within the areas of molecular cell biology and genetics, cancer and cell cycle, neurobiology, dev…
Largest: $20,500 to THE PROTEIN SOCIETY — to fund an award for pioneering research in biochemistry
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION — sam c. and dorothy smith graduate fellowship in biochemistry
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $86,992 · through 2024Largest: $86,992 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC — chemistry and biochemistry laboratory enhancement fund, #key002093
Largest: $200,000 to CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY — to establish endowment for research in chemistry and biochemistry.
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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 →