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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 “diagnosis”
Where the money went
Muscular Dystrophy AssociationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
511 matching grants · $25.4M · through 2025Largest: $578,750 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY- CG — medical diagnosis and research
Largest: $2.6M to Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Inc — to support a small grants program administered by the society to improve diagnosis in medicine to catalyze innovation in diagnostic excellence.
Indiana Breast Cancer Awareness TrustEvansville, INCharity · may take applications
69 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2025Largest: $64,956 to YWCA GREATER LAFAYETTE — funding related to breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
The John L Locke Jr Charitable TrustIssaquah, WACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $2.5M · through 2023Largest: $550,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON — funding for the care, treatment and diagnosis of heart disease, and research into the same.
Largest: $2.7M to SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER — upgraded pet-ct scanner utilizing new technological developments for more accurate, quicker and safer diagnosis and monitoring.
Largest: $1.1M to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — research on diagnosis of pediatric pneumonia in lmics
Largest: $200,000 to NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION — encourage and to facilitate research for the diagnosis, control and cure of neuroendocrine cancer
Largest: $363,000 to COUNCIL OF MEDICAL SPECIALTY SOCIETIES — to establish and support an alliance to coordinate, align and connect the clinical and research communities to advance the revisiting of race-based research design and disease diag…
AcademyhealthWashinton, DCCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $449,962 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA — the charitable purpose of this subgrant is to support the work for the project entitled,characterizing the path to diagnosis for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a mixe…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $874,856 · through 2022Largest: $225,403 to EVERYCAT HEALTH FOUNDATION — advised - to support cat research investigating cause. prevention. diagnosis and treatment for diseases of domestic cats.
Largest: $45,500 to APBD RESEARCH FOUNDATION — medical research-polyglucosan disease-improve diagnosis & treatmentapbd research
The Stirling FoundationPleasant Grove, UT
5 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2025Largest: $657,914 to PRINCESS TAGHRID INSTITUTE — to fund the measurement, diagnosis, assessment and treatment of orphaned children in social institutions in jordan; to fund a program to train women in vocational skills; to fund t…
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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 →

