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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 “bioengineering”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.0M to PRINCETON UNIVERSITY — to support the gong *91 bioengineering postdoctoral fellows and graduate fellows fund
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NYCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $886,627 · through 2023Largest: $710,540 to DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE — research-bioengineering/biomedical engineering
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $340,017 · through 2024Largest: $9,320 to Jackson Laboratory — biomedicine & bioengineering research
Laygend FoundationRancho Santa Fe, CA
2 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2023Largest: $2.5M to Regents of University of California — postsecondary education:the endowment will build on the ucsd's department of bioengineering excellence by providing transformative annual recurring support for research and educati…
Largest: $288,668 to UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND — auckland bioengineering institute, three, 4-year, postdoctural research fellowships
Largest: $32,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUNDATION — bioengineering scholars program
Beckman Laser InstituteFountain Valley, CA
2 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2023Largest: $2.5M to UNIV OF CALIFORNIA - SAN DIEGO — bioengineering and iem research
Largest: $263,500 to MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY BOZEMAN — acquisition of a multi-modality, multi-photon digital light sheet microscope to support bioengineering research and development
Largest: $360,255 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — a multidisciplinary bioengineering approach to fistula-in-ano in crohns
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
2 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2021Largest: $125,000 to Rebecca Richards Kortum — macarthur foundation fellow award - bioengineer
Largest: $1.5M to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — bioengineering fellowship fund
Largest: $1.0M to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING — mnch discovery and tools
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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 →