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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 “bioethics”
Where the money went
Largest: $66,401 to BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE — greenwall philosophical bioethics seminar series (philosophical bioethics bootcamp)
Largest: $298,000 to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — education: theology/medicine - bioethics fellowship
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $4.8M · through 2023Largest: $1.7M to Johns Hopkins University — to support for the jhu lerner public health advocacy institute at the johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health (ref #1604090014 - 2016000006). support of the lerner center p…
Largest: $8,000 to National Catholic Bioethics Center — health care biomedical research
Largest: $100,000 to CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS INC — unrestricted general
Largest: $250,000 to CENTER FOR PRACTICAL BIOETHICS — advance care planning in african-american faith communities
Largest: $100,000 to LOYOLA MARYMOUNT ONCY BIOETHICS — no specific purpose
Louise M Davies FoundationSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $13,000 · through 2025Largest: $4,000 to NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER — general support for education and research organization
Largest: $40,000 to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — east harlem outreach project, human rights program, and bioethics national conference
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of WashingtonOakland, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2023Largest: $2.7M to Seattle Childrens Bioethics Conference — research subrecipient
Knights of ColumbusNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $566,101 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to NATIONAL CATHOLIC BIOETHICS CENTER — support for 2023 workshop for bishops
The Upstate FoundationSyracuse, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $38,655 · through 2025Largest: $10,296 to CENTER FOR BIOETHICS AND HUMANITIES FUND — to support the purpose and mission of upstate medical university
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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 →