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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 “catastrophic”
Where the money went
Largest: $768,407 to PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — research on food resilience following globally catastrophic events
Largest: $35,000 to WILDLIFE GUARDIANS — to support combatting the dangers of climate change and catastrophic weather events
National Operating Committee OnChandler, AZCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — the title of this grant is "advancing catastrophic sport injury research through detailed investigations and record abstraction: national center for catastrophic sport injury resea…
Largest: $80,000 to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL — to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment.
Largest: $10,000 to DIRECT RELIEF — to help person or families who have faced catastrophic circumstances.
Largest: $75,000 to The Catastrophic Theatre Inc — project support for capacity strengthening activities
Largest: $50,000 to ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITAL — to support research and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children
Largest: $75,000 to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL — to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment
Largest: $3,000 to TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION — to build specially-adapted custom designed smart homes for catastrophically injured veterans and provide mortgage-free homes to gold star and fallen first responder families
Largest: $15,000 to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL — advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment
Largest: $10,000 to ST JUDE'S CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPITAL — to advance cures, and means of prevention, for pediatric catastrophic diseases through research and treatment
Largest: $10,000 to ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL — advance cures and prevent pediatric catastrophic diseases through research & treatment
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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 →