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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 “discover”
Where the money went
Largest: $250,200 to HARVARD COLLEGE — discovering repeating neural motifs representing sequenced behavior
Largest: $550,000 to The Board of Trustees - Leland Stanford Jr Univ — in support of scientific research by dr. ian fisher aiming to discover materials and develop tools to elucidate the role of higher-order multipolar order in quantum materials.
Largest: $252,500 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — to discover and disseminate knowledge and the freedom of inquiry through research and learning
Largest: $100,000 to University of Southern California — discovering dark matter with cosmology
Largest: $7,500 to LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY INC — cure leukemia, lymphoma, hodgkin's disease, and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. lls is at the forefront of the fight to cure cancer. compar…
Largest: $40,000 to BAY AREA DISCOVER MUSEUM — scholarship school visit programs
Largest: $30,000 to DISCOVERING JUSTICE (JAMES D STCLAIR COURT PUBLIC EDUCATION PROJECT) — discovering justice civic education project
Largest: $150,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to educate students, to foster independent & original research and to share benefits discovered
Largest: $20,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — charitable contribution - to educate students, to foster independent & original research, and to share benefits discovered.
Wescom FoundationPasadena, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $111,760 · through 2024Largest: $58,605 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA — the distinctive mission of the university is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, discove…
Largest: $300,000 to NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS INC — core support for anna deavere smith's pipeline girls, an effort to discover through interviews and an innovative research process what propels young women and girls who live in pov…
Largest: $50,000 to GIRL SCOUTS OF SAN GORGONIO COUNCIL (GSSGC) — gssgc's 191-acre skyland ranch camp in the san jacinto mountains is used as a backdrop for inspiring k-12th grade students to discover, connect, and take action to preserve and pro…
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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 →