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12 funders with a record of paying for “editing”
Where the money went
Largest: $350,000 to CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE — for research and production of an edited volume on the comparative performance of democracies in the global south
Largest: $60,000 to Milkweed Editions Inc — for general operating support
Largest: $30,500 to Friends of the VATMF — support for an edition of early german musical comedies, including providing funding for the licensing fees and necessary work in design, audio restoration, authoring and replicati…
Sofia'S HopeMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $359,296 · through 2025Largest: $105,000 to The Research Foundation for the State of New York — the purpose of this grant is to help fund research in pediatric cardio-oncology, specifically to provide funding support for a clinical research coordinator/medical editor who will…
Largest: $40,000 to MILKWEED EDITIONS INC — poetry programs, partnerships, and innovation
Largest: $10,000 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY — to support the editing, copy-editing, proofreading, and indexing of the institute of fine arts publication: at home in gilded age new york: duke house and the spaces of the urban e…
Largest: $27,000 to Guth Harry John — project: luthier tutorial video series/video editing services
Largest: $10,500 to ALAMEDA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS ACTIVITIES LEAGUE — for organizing and conducting the second edition of the human rights education teacher fellowship at the university of san francisco and canada college
Online Journalism Project IncorporatedNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $400,000 to Jersey City Times — to support the writing and editing and publication of articles in the jersey city times.
Largest: $100,000 to AARHUS UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICINE — carrying out research into next generation crispr/cas-based ex vivo gene editing of autologous hematopoietic stem cells as a curative treatment of job syndrome
Largest: $371,666 to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO — development of a crispr base editing gene therapy for correction of rett syndrome
Dravet Syndrome FoundationCherry Hill, NJCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $340,000 · through 2025Largest: $100,000 to The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard — in conjunction with the children's hospital of philadelphia, base editing for the treatment and prevention of dravet syndrome. this project aims to develop a precision gene-editing…
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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 →