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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 “biotechnology”
Where the money went
Largest: $10.0M to VIR BIOTECHNOLOGY INC — create novel technology platform capabilities; discovery and translational sciences
Grow Capital Jobs FoundationRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $880,486 to VIRGINIA BIOTECHNOLOGY PARK — provide research
Target Als FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $459,995 · through 2025Largest: $120,000 to INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY — biomedical research
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
5 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $866,481 to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — the boundaries of humanity: genetics, biotechnology, and the human future
Biotechnology Innovation OrganizationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $62,500 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to ILLINOIS BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION ORGANIZATION (IBIO) — sponsorship and complimentary associate membership of bio state affiliate
Alliance for Clinical Trials in OncologyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $494,055 to ADAPTIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES — cancer research
Largest: $9,500 to UNIV OF NV RENO COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY & NATURAL RESOURCES — grant funding
Bioindustrial Manufacturing and DesignEmeryville, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $477,640 · through 2022Largest: $79,825 to TESELAGEN BIOTECHNOLOGY INC — biomanufacturing research
Largest: $800,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — in support of launching a new fellowship program to help federal executive agencies better prepare for emerging biotechnologies.
Breast Cancer Research Foundation of AlaBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY — the funds are used for expanding innovative cancer research and for purchasing necessary supplies needed for this research.
L-Cmd Research FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $91,373 · through 2024Largest: $45,048 to IXCELLS BIOTECHNOLOGIES — scientific research
Largest: $1.4M to SECUREBIO INC — research and activities for reducing risks from advanced biotechnologies
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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 →