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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 “copd”
Where the money went
Largest: $155,000 to NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH — copd research - $125,000unrestricted support - $30,000
Largest: $2.5M to JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITYDEVELOPMENT — to establish an endowed professorship in copd
Largest: $3,500 to COPD — program support
Largest: $5,000 to COPD FOUNDATION — general operating support
Pilzer FoundationDobbs Ferry, NY
4 matching grants · $14,300 · through 2024Largest: $4,000 to COPD FOUNDATION — provide funding to prevent and cure chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Respiratory Health AssociationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DIVISION OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE — copd research
Breathe PennsylvaniaCranberry Township, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $51,233 · through 2023Largest: $20,483 to ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE — assessing the readmission impact on virtual as in-person on pulmonary rehabilitation on at risk copd patients.
Largest: $25,000 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — copd research
The Chest FoundationGlenview, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2022Largest: $30,000 to University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — clinical research in copd
Medical Research CharitiesSalem, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $18,180 · through 2023Largest: $6,276 to COPD FOUNDATION INC — to assist in the org
Largest: $50,000 to UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA — support for 2023 tsg: develop of novel therapy to treat copd
Pathways Community Hub InstituteToledo, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $76,289 · through 2024Largest: $50,684 to COMMUNITY HEALTH ACCESS PROJECT — to support pchs serving participants with copd
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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 →