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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 “digestive”
Where the money went
Digestive Health FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $14.7M · through 2024Largest: $9.8M to NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — to support education and research for northwestern medicine digestive health center.
Sacks Family FoundationHighland Park, IL
4 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION — to promote and pursue digestive health through integrated prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of the digestive system.
Chua Family Charitable Foundation - in Memory of Chua Koan and Chang Su CheOakbrook Terrace, IL
4 matching grants · $340,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to ASGE — advancing digestive care through education, advocacy and promotion of excellence in endoscopy
Largest: $400,000 to UNIV OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CTR — digestive disease center
Largest: $100,000 to DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION — medical research
Largest: $100,000 to OPEN CAMPUS MEDIA INC — to support the merger of open campus and hbcu digest, and provide students at historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) with paid opportunities to produce professional j…
Largest: $50,000 to DIGESTIVE HEALTH FOUNDATION — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Largest: $77,588 to ACADEMYHEALTH — 78803 employing the cloud-based, smartsimple platform to provide rwjf with easy-to-digest information about the impact of its research investments
Largest: $27,000 to HOAG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $5,000 digestive health$5,000 chronic pain and neupathy program$7,000 neonatal icu$10,000 nursing education
Largest: $50,000 to NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE DIGESTIVE HEALTH CENTER — general operating
Jewish Federation of MetropolitanChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $96,500 · through 2023Largest: $57,000 to Digestive Health Foundation — grants from donor advised funds - operating support
Largest: $1.0M to UCLA FOUNDATION — to support ucla division of digestive diseases
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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 →

