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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 “bladder”
Where the money went
Largest: $285,500 to LEO & ANNE ALBERT INSTITUE FOR BLADDER CANCER CARE & RESEARCH — bladder cancer research
Largest: $250,000 to BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC — the jpb foundation bladder cancer research innovation award and think tank award
Largest: $2,500 to INSTITUTE FOR BLADDER & PROSTATE — research bladder & prostate issues
Largest: $25,000 to BLADDER CANCER RESEARCH FUND — bladder cancer research
Largest: $2.0M to MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER — kidd family endeavor initiative for bladder cancer immunotherapy & kidd family endeavor fellowship fund
Largest: $200,000 to UW FOUNDATION — bladder cancer, cdl research
Largest: $5,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE — bladder cancer research-brady urological institute
The Leo & Anne Albert Institute forMission Hills, KSCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2022Largest: $75,000 to KUMC RESEARCH INSTITUTE — to fund medical and scientific research of bladder cancer.
Largest: $2,000 to GREENBERG BLADDER CANCER INSTITUTE — program support
Largest: $3,500 to BLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK — for benefit of the community
Dmc FoundationDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $160,395 · through 2023Largest: $80,604 to DETROIT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION — support for for charitable programs related to cancer of the prostate, bladder and kidneys
KidneytexasDallas, TXCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $54,900 · through 2024Largest: $44,900 to METHODIST HEALTH SYSTEM — to provide funding for 2 bladder scanners for kidney transplant patients and test costs for potential kidney donors.
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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 →