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7 funders with a record of paying for “collagen”
Where the money went
Largest: $50,000 to COLLAGEN 6 RESEARCH CHARITY INC — general operations
Largest: $2,500 to CURE CMD INC — for research to cure collagen vi cmd
Concern FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $75,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — targeting collagen i homotrimer induced il-18 as a novel therapeutic strategy in pancreatic cancer
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS — support the proposal titled "functional evaluation of nonsense and missense variations affecting collagen v structure"
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA — support research into collagen defects in sport horses
Largest: $10,000 to COLLAGEN 6 RESEARCH CHARITY — medical research/ general charitable purposes
Largest: $1,000 to COLLAGEN 6 RESEARCH CHARITY INC — support recipient's tax exempt prog
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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 →