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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “dermatitis”

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Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc → Johns Hopkins University: $660K across 3 grants, latest 2024Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance → Johns Hopkins University: $65K across 2 grants, latest 2025American Academy of Dermatology Inc → American Contact Dermatitis Society: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2023Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance → Icahn School of Medicine: $54K across 2 grants, latest 2025Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance → Northwestern University: $38K across 1 grant, latest 2024Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance → University of California Los Angeles: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2023Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc: $660K on this topic. Open the funder.Doris Duke Charitable Foundat…$660KPediatric Dermatology Research Alliance: $177K on this topic. Open the funder.Pediatric Dermatology Researc…$177KAmerican Academy of Dermatology Inc: $15K on this topic. Open the funder.American Academy of Dermatolo…$15KJohns Hopkins University: received $725K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$725KIcahn School of Medicine: received $54K on this topicIcahn School of Medicine$54KNorthwestern University: received $38K on this topicNorthwestern University$38KUniversity of California Los Angeles: received $20K on this topicUniversity of California Los An…$20KAmerican Contact Dermatitis Society: received $15K on this topicAmerican Contact Dermatitis Soc…$15K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →