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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 “devices”
Where the money went
Largest: $836,190 to William Marsh Rice University — in support of experimental research aimed at developing a suite of perturbative tuning devices coupled with arpes spectroscopy to characterize the phenomenology in quantum material…
Largest: $72,529 to PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY — funding for the nicole jane macbeth hill memorial heidelberg scholarship for study abroad program consisting of 315 shares of analog devices stock with a tax basis of $734, and a f…
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Compounding Solutions LLC — compounding solutions is a custom thermoplastic compounder designing and supplying cutting-edge material technologies to medical device manufacturers globally. our plastic compound…
Largest: $2.2M to CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES — a photon counting detector-ct device for soroka medical center
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $364,724 · through 2023Largest: $27,500 to JEFFERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS JCPS-VI — total award $27,500.00 for any item on grant list - ipad pro tablets, ipad pro protective cases with keyboards, jamf agi/white glove/apple, high striker enabling device, flip-flop …
Largest: $165,000 to RUBRUM ADVISING LLC — to conduct research to determine whether medical devices approved for cleared under fda breakthrough device designation are demonstrably beneficial for patient and population healt…
Largest: $5,138 to WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS — donate wireless devices and plans
Disability Rights New JerseyTrenton, NJCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $520,000 · through 2024Largest: $85,000 to GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF SOUTHER NJ AND PHILADELPHIA — device reutilization service
Largest: $55,000 to TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY — to support dr. michael nippe in undertaking a collaborative research project to design a solar-powered device that removes carbon dioxide from seawater, resulting from the 2021 sci…
People of Faith FoundationSun City, AZCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to PEOPLE OF FAITH INC — purchase of hearing assistance devices and monthly subsidy for royal oaks residents
Largest: $20,000 to The Action Foundation — disability center grant supporting mobility devices, pt, inclusive education, parent caregiver trainings on wheelchair maintenance, nutrition, entrepreneurship
Timothy J Piazza Memorial FoundationSpring Lake, NJCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $248,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to SHRINERS CHILDREN'S PHILADELPHIA — prostetic / bioness devices
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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 →

