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12 funders with a record of paying for “diffusion”
Where the money went
Largest: $138,000 to City of Molalla — to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding
Largest: $8,400 to UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI — diffusive and non-diffusive behavior for random walks in balanced random environments
Largest: $572,820 to Diffusion Assoc — 76667 learning from effective implementation of ec
Largest: $507,000 to New Tech Network — for refining and scaling the new tech model and diffusing best practices
Largest: $87,500 to HILLSDALE COLLEGE — the diffusion of sound to preserve the blessings of civil and religious liberty and intellectual piety
Largest: $500,000 to EQUAL ACCESS INTERNATIONAL — change starts at home organized diffusion intimate partner violence prevention
Equal Access InternationalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $252,705 · through 2024Largest: $106,718 to Emory University — further implementation and testing of eai's change starts at home (change model, with an explicit focus on organized diffusion and social networks as a tactic for movement building…
Largest: $574,998 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY - THE JOAN AND SANFORD I WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE — to promote and enhance the work of the medical college through the support of research to generate information on the mechanisms of "diffuse" mesenchymal type of gastric cancer and…
Largest: $130,000 to Pacific Northwest National Laboratory — the grant will support research into human perception of glare from light emitting diode led luminaires based on luminance patterns and diffusion level. the outcome of the research…
Largest: $200,000 to KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE — for: support of high-density diffuse optical tomography (hd-dot) into the f.m. kirby research center for functional brain imaging; this grant shall comprise total support through 2…
Largest: $70,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — pre-clinical research of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
Trial Blazers for KidsLivingston, NJCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Lucile Packard Foundation for Childrens Health — to support gd2 car-t cell clinical trial for diffuse midline gliomas under the direction of michelle monje, md, phd
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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 →

