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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 “curie”
Where the money went
Largest: $67,625 to INSTITUT CURIE — research in pediatric oncology
Largest: $25,000 to CURI ODYSSEY (FORMERLY COYOTE POINT MUSEUM) — charitable contribution to support charity's mission to help children acquire the tools to deeply understand the changing world
Largest: $20,000 to CURIE ELEMENTARY — sage garden project
Koch FoundationGainesville, FL
3 matching grants · $31,000 · through 2024Largest: $11,000 to FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY SISTERS OF ASSISI - MISSION SECRETARIAT (GENERAL CURI — to support the education of women religious
Largest: $13,959 to Samuel Curie — provide supplemental financial support
Largest: $10,000 to Marie Curie Institute - King Baudouin Foundation — to fund charitable activities.
Largest: $2,500 to MYRIAD USA — american friends of institute curie
L-Cmd Research FoundationHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $28,335 · through 2024Largest: $28,335 to CURI BIO — scientific research
Largest: $350,000 to ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA — the marie curie stem center
Largest: $82,000 to Institute Curie (Paris) — rvcl molecular mechanisms, dr nicolas manel, ph.d.
Largest: $1,070 to MARIE SKLODOWSKA CURIE PROF WOM ASSN — to promote culture and perpetuate heritage
The Mentoring CenterOakland, CACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $39,184 · through 2022Largest: $39,184 to CURY - Communities United — subcontract/grants
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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 →

