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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 “cancerresearch”
Where the money went
Largest: $5,000 to SCOTT HAMILTON CARES FOUNDATION — cancerresearch
Largest: $15,000 to SOLVING KIDS CANCER — to support cancerresearch
Largest: $5,000 to THE CHARLEY DAVIDSON CHILDREN'S CANCER FUND — cancerresearch
Largest: $5,000 to SHIRLEY'S WAY — cancerresearch
Largest: $10,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — cancerresearch andeducation
Karston a& Ethelyn O Osmondson Charitable FundLexington, KY
3 matching grants · $15,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to UK MARKEY CANCER FOUNDATION INC — unrestricted,cancerresearch, treatment, education and other
Nellie Mae Education FoundationQuincy, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $26,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE — sajni fund for pediatric brain cancerresearch
Fill the ShoesAlexandria, VA
2 matching grants · $14,200 · through 2024Largest: $7,500 to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network — pancreatic cancerresearch patient services
Chua Family Charitable Foundation - in Memory of Chua Koan and Chang Su CheOakbrook Terrace, IL
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2025Largest: $10,000 to NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH — provide tools & technologies for cancerresearch for development of earlierdiagnostic & detection approachhes, prevention & treatment
Largest: $5,000 to Susan G Komen — breast cancerresearch andpatient assistance
P L Dodge FoundationTallahassee, FL
1 matching grant · $4,000 · through 2022Largest: $4,000 to AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY — program support for cancerresearch
Largest: $1,500 to St Jude Children's Research Hospital — childhood cancerresearch andtreatment
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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 →