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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 “brandeis”
Where the money went
Largest: $192,000 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — simons investigator in theoretical physics in life sciences
Largest: $50,874 to BRANDEIS U HELLER SCH FOR SOC POL — 75819 supporting the brandeis opioid resource clearinghouse in providing information for communities on addressing the opioid epidemic
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater BostonBoston, MACharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to Brandeis University — daf - jewish education adult
Jesse and Joan Kupferberg Family FoundationWilmington, DE
9 matching grants · $297,000 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — jesse and joan kupferberg scholarship fund, the brandeis fund, and the l. anthony sutin scholarship fund
Largest: $250,000 to Brandeis University — international business school peace scholarship
Largest: $200,000 to LOUIS D BRANDEIS CENTER INC — general operating
Koret FoundationSan Francisco, CA
9 matching grants · $235,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to THE BRANDEIS SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO — general operating support in honor of brandeis on bourbon street
Largest: $30,000 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — ar memorialscholarship /rose museum
Largest: $135,000 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — medical research
Largest: $62,500 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — research and conservation at lacanj tzeltal, mexico
Largest: $74,634 to Brandeis University — postdoctoral fellowship for hannah wayment-steele,
President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeCambridge, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $349,191 to BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY — sponsored research sub-award
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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 →