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12 funders with a record of paying for “ears”

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Hillman Family Foundations → Eye & Ear Foundation Inc: $22M across 7 grants, latest 2024Mass General Brigham Incorporated & → Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary: $9.2M across 3 grants, latest 2023President and Fellows of Harvard College → Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: $5.9M across 4 grants, latest 2024Good Ventures Foundation → Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: $2.7M across 3 grants, latest 2023New York Eye and Ear Infirmary Foundation → The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary: $2.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025The Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation → Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: $1.6M across 4 grants, latest 2023The Bruce and Barbara Wiegand → Eye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh: $1.4M across 6 grants, latest 2024Msl Renewed Hope Foundation Inc → Massachusetts Eye and Ear: $1.0M across 4 grants, latest 2025Bainum Family Foundation → Educare Dc: $930K across 1 grant, latest 2024Hearing Health Foundation → Mass Eye & Ear: $544K across 3 grants, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → Bears Ears Partnership: $250K across 3 grants, latest 2024Eye & Ear Medical Staff Education Fund → Department of Ophthalmology: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2022Mass General Brigham Incorporated & → Foundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc: $2.7M across 3 grants, latest 2023Good Ventures Foundation → Foundation of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc: $1.4M across 2 grants, latest 2021President and Fellows of Harvard College → Massachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc: $1.1M across 1 grant, latest 2024Bainum Family Foundation → Brynmor Early Education & Preschool: $650K across 1 grant, latest 2024Wilburforce Foundation → Resources Legacy Fund: $225K across 3 grants, latest 2024Hearing Health Foundation → Massachusetts Eye & Ear: $140K across 2 grants, latest 2021Eye & Ear Medical Staff Education Fund → Department of Otolaryngology: $100K across 2 grants, latest 2022The Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation → Foundation of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2020Bainum Family Foundation → Toledo Day Nursery: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2024Mass General Brigham Incorporated & → Massachusetts Eye & Ear Associates Inc: $160K across 1 grant, latest 2021Eye & Ear Medical Staff Education Fund → University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2024Bainum Family Foundation → Adventhealth Foundation Central Florida: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bainum Family Foundation → High Scope: $550K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bainum Family Foundation → Operation Child Care Project: $338K across 1 grant, latest 2024Bainum Family Foundation → Semillitas Early Learning Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2024Eye & Ear Medical Staff Education Fund → University of Pittsburgh Department of Otolaryngology: $77K across 2 grants, latest 2024Hillman Family Foundations: $22M on this topic. Open the funder.Hillman Family Foundations$22MMass General Brigham Incorporated &: $12M on this topic. Open the funder.Mass General Brigham Incorpor…$12MPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $7.1M on this topic. Open the funder.President and Fellows of Harv…$7.1MGood Ventures Foundation: $4.1M on this topic. Open the funder.Good Ventures Foundation$4.1MBainum Family Foundation: $3.8M on this topic. Open the funder.Bainum Family Foundation$3.8MNew York Eye and Ear Infirmary Foundation: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.New York Eye and Ear Infirmar…$2.0MThe Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation: $1.6M on this topic. Open the funder.The Nancy Lurie Marks Family…$1.6MThe Bruce and Barbara Wiegand: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.The Bruce and Barbara Wiegand$1.4MMsl Renewed Hope Foundation Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Msl Renewed Hope Foundation I…$1.0MHearing Health Foundation: $684K on this topic. Open the funder.Hearing Health Foundation$684KWilburforce Foundation: $475K on this topic. Open the funder.Wilburforce Foundation$475KEye & Ear Medical Staff Education Fund: $354K on this topic. Open the funder.Eye & Ear Medical Staff Educa…$354KEye & Ear Foundation Inc: received $22M on this topicEye & Ear Foundation Inc$22MMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: received $10M on this topicMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infir…$10MMassachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary: received $9.2M on this topicMassachusetts Eye & Ear Infirma…$9.2MFoundation of the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc: received $2.7M on this topicFoundation of the Massachusetts…$2.7MThe New York Eye and Ear Infirmary: received $2.0M on this topicThe New York Eye and Ear Infirm…$2.0MEye & Ear Foundation of Pittsburgh: received $1.4M on this topicEye & Ear Foundation of Pittsbu…$1.4MFoundation of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Inc: received $1.4M on this topicFoundation of Massachusetts Eye…$1.4MMassachusetts Eye and Ear Associates Inc: received $1.1M on this topicMassachusetts Eye and Ear Assoc…$1.1MMassachusetts Eye and Ear: received $1.0M on this topicMassachusetts Eye and Ear$1.0MEducare Dc: received $930K on this topicEducare Dc$930KBrynmor Early Education & Preschool: received $650K on this topicBrynmor Early Education & Presc…$650KToledo Day Nursery: received $550K on this topicToledo Day Nursery$550KAdventhealth Foundation Central Florida: received $550K on this topicAdventhealth Foundation Central…$550KHigh Scope: received $550K on this topicHigh Scope$550KMass Eye & Ear: received $544K on this topicMass Eye & Ear$544KOperation Child Care Project: received $338K on this topicOperation Child Care Project$338KBears Ears Partnership: received $250K on this topicBears Ears Partnership$250KResources Legacy Fund: received $225K on this topicResources Legacy Fund$225KSemillitas Early Learning Inc: received $200K on this topicSemillitas Early Learning Inc$200KMassachusetts Eye & Ear Associates Inc: received $160K on this topicMassachusetts Eye & Ear Associa…$160KMassachusetts Eye & Ear: received $140K on this topicMassachusetts Eye & Ear$140KDepartment of Ophthalmology: received $100K on this topicDepartment of Ophthalmology$100KDepartment of Otolaryngology: received $100K on this topicDepartment of Otolaryngology$100KUniversity of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology: received $77K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh Depart…$77KUniversity of Pittsburgh Department of Otolaryngology: received $77K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh Depart…$77KFoundation of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: received $10K on this topicFoundation of Massachusetts Eye…$10K
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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 →