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12 funders with a record of paying for “circuits”
Where the money went
Largest: $238,559 to SALK INST FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES — investigating mpfc-valence specific neuronal populations and circuits during anhedonia
Largest: $825,604 to PENNSYLVANIA ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL INC — advance circuit trails
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
19 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to California Institue of Technology — circuit dynamics and cognitive consequences of general anesthesia. principal investigator: thanos siapas
Florida Council Against Sexual ViolenceTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $368,585 to OFFICE OF THE STATE ATTORNEY 19TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SEXUAL ASSAULT ASSISTAN — advocacy for victims of sexual violence
Guardian Trust FoundationClearwater, FLCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $382,785 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to LUTHERAN SERVICES 12TH AND 13TH CIRCUITS — general donation
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2025Largest: $307,500 to WHITEHEAD — circuits: impact of epigenetic and cellular variants on alzheimers disease pathology
Largest: $50,000 to BCM - Dr Nuo Li — at baylor, li's research is aimed at understanding the neural circuits involved in the planning and execution of voluntary movements. through this work, he aims to develop a platfo…
Illinois Association of Court AppointedChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $274,301 to CASA OF THE 10TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT — pass thru il dcfs & cesf grant
Illinois Equal Justice FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $682,370 to DISPUTE RESOLUTION INSTITUTE — to provide mediation services for familiies in the 1st judicial circuit and to tenants, landlords and homeowners in housing disputes due to the pandemic in the 1st, 6th and 20th ju…
Largest: $519,187 to THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE LIMITED — to support identifying the circuit mechanisms of jumping in scaptodrosophila larvae
Largest: $624,060 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to understand the basic properties of biomolecular condensates based on dna/rna and to control condensate properties, interactions, and dynamic responses using nucleic acid circuit…
Largest: $75,000 to 15TH CIRCUIT COURT INTERVENTION COURT ENHANCEMENT — 15th circuit intervention court expansion
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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 →