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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 “biotech”
Where the money went
Revive & RestoreSausalito, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2025Largest: $459,800 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — grant payments for scientific research for biotech for bird conservation program
The Michael J Fox FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $5.4M · through 2024Largest: $2.5M to LONGEVITY BIOTECH INC — parkinson's research
Largest: $1.5M to PREMAS BIOTECH PVT LTD — vaccine development
Alzheimer'S Drug Discovery FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $7.4M · through 2024Largest: $5.8M to METRO INTERNATIONAL BIOTECH — alzheimers research
Largest: $1.2M to GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY — cset's risky biotech research discovery project
Arts & Business Council of GreaterBoston, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $696,830 · through 2024Largest: $284,078 to BATTLE OF THE BIOTECH BANDS — fiscal sponsorship
Largest: $45,000 to Biotech Partners — antioch high biotech academy - creating bioscience career pathways for at-promise youth
Jtmf FoundationWilmington, DE
2 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $650,000 to ALZHEIMERS DRUG DISCOVERY FOUNDATION — mti biotech study, lipid dicarbonyl scavengers for the prevention of alzheimer's disease fund
Largest: $225,000 to MEDTECH AND BIOTECH VETERANS - MVP — to support the mentoring and re-careering processes of the veterans.
Life Science CaresCambridge, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $225,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to BIOTECH PARTNERS — donation to assist the nonprofit
Largest: $140,000 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — to support research in order to better understand the impact of government investment in small biotech companies and later stage drug development on the prescription drug market in…
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2023Largest: $4.5M to NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER INC — fit-out for bbd biotech plans at blood bank of delmarva newark location
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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 →