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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 “cardiology”
Where the money went
Largest: $400,000 to CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH FOUNDATION — awards for innovation in interventional cardiology
Largest: $210,356 to IU Foundation - Cardiology Fellowship — cardiology & movement disorder fellowship
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $6.7M · through 2023Largest: $2.2M to UCSF FOUNDATION — advised - fy22 annual donation to the ucsf chancellor's circle. advised - for general operating support of institute for global health sciences. advised - for general operating sup…
Largest: $40,000 to CEDARS SINAI CARDIOLOGY — support cardiology research
Largest: $70,000 to GIFT OF LIFE INTERNATIONAL INC — general operating support. organization's mission is consistent with the mission of usa-world congress of pediatric cardiology and cardiatric surgery.
Mayo Clinic Group ReturnRochester, MNCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $183,285 · through 2024Largest: $49,625 to WELLMONT CARDIOLOGY SERVICES — support research program
Largest: $513,090 to PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER OF THE UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA HEALTH SYSTEM — support cardiology research, education and patient care.
Largest: $235,000 to Emory University — preventive cardiology fellowship program
Largest: $6.2M to UCSF FOUNDATION — establish the william k. bowes, jr. biomedical investigator program; ucsf osher center research support; the neural code of speech; ucsf discovery fellows; cardiology council
Largest: $1.9M to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION — funding for cardiology medical research.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2022Largest: $406,500 to State University Of Iowa Foundation — center for advancement- dr. donald d. brown & judy k. barkalow faculty support fund in cardiology. to support a temporal survey of antibiotic resistant bacteria in cafo-dense north…
Largest: $190,000 to AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY FOUNDATION — every heart beat matters: adult echocardiography technician course
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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 →

