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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 “detecting”
Where the money went
AccessmattersPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $3.7M · through 2024Largest: $595,602 to TEMPLE FACULTY PRACTICE PLAN INC — family planning, social services block grant, mch block grant, breast & cervical cancer early detection
Largest: $225,000 to PURDUE UNIVERSITY — in support of research and development to advance a paper-based platform for early and rapid detection of infection at the point of care.
The Honorable Tina Brozman FdtnNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
40 matching grants · $6.0M · through 2024Largest: $423,000 to JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — early detection of ovarian cancer
Promise Fund of FloridaWest Palm Beach, FLCharity · may take applications
36 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $358,750 to FOUNDCARE INC — the patient navigation program provides education on the importance of early detection screening & hpv vaccination, as well as access to breast and cervical cancer health services …
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
22 matching grants · $4.5M · through 2022Largest: $533,347 to OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH — support statewide overdose detection mapping application program
Zero Prostate CancerAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $252,600 · through 2024Largest: $34,717 to HARTFORD HEALTHCARE TALLWOOD UROLOGY — research, education & awareness, early detection
Largest: $3.4M to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — applications of genomics to breast cancer detection, risk assessment and treatment response
Largest: $1.3M to JAEB CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — cgm for the early detection and management of dysglycemia in pregnancy (imagine)
Largest: $7.0M to GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS TUBERCULOSIS & MALARIA — toward the costs of a laboratory systems catalytic fund to strengthen laboratory capacity across low- and middle-income countries for infectious disease detection and response
Largest: $500,000 to MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER — to promote pancreatic cancer research and ealy detection
Stella S Jones FoundationNewtown Square, PA
5 matching grants · $390,000 · through 2025Largest: $110,000 to THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to support the work of dr. bryson katona for pancreatic cancer early detection research
Largest: $75,000 to CROHN'S AND COLITIS FOUNDATION — support research on a wearable device that detects inflammatory molecules in sweat linked to ibd flares
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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 →