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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 “efficacy”
Where the money went
Youthbuild USARoxbury, MACharity · may take applications
234 matching grants · $27.7M · through 2024Largest: $708,474 to SAN JOSE CONSERV CORP CHARTER SCHL — to create a solid mentoring component in youthbuild programs.to support building increased efficacy, cohesion and innovation in the youthbuild network.to support program on substan…
Largest: $1.2M to UNIVERSITE DES SCIENCES DES TECHNIQUE ET DES TECHNOLOGIES DE BAMAKO — clinical trial to assess the efficacy of the leading malaria antibody
Largest: $322,498 to UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM — defining the efficacy and mechanisms of peptide immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes: an experimental medicine study
Canine Cancer Research AllianceBellevue, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $476,884 · through 2023Largest: $160,000 to Yale University School of Medicine — canine cancer immunotherapy research (egfr/her2 vaccine and evaluating and enhancing its efficacy)
Largest: $193,947 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — support to develop, and research the efficacy of, a program aimed at increasing the technology literacy of lower income and older entrepreneurs in detroit, michigan. 202105-10537
Largest: $20,000 to SHORELINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT — the light awards project inquiry to empower collective efficacy
Largest: $1.1M to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — for research demonstrating the efficacy of long-term retardants in conducting prescribed burns and establishing best-practice guidelines for their use in improving wildfire managem…
Fund for Ophthalmic KnowledgeNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $416,004 · through 2024Largest: $198,692 to MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER — supported research on eye cancer performed at mskcc: studies on cell free dna in plasma of retinoblastoma patients, studies of choroidal invasion in retinoblastoma, studies of the …
Paulson Family FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL
3 matching grants · $266,666 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Gabrielle's Angel Foundation — to fund research to improve the efficacy of cancer treatments.
Largest: $116,300 to COLORADO SUCCEEDS — to strengthen statewide definitions of degree and non-degree credentials of value and secure the data policies necessary to evaluate the efficacy of those definitions through polic…
Largest: $89,964 to SALT LAKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE — 82104 testing the efficacy of holistic admissions in health sciences education in community colleges in leveling the playing field for marginalized students
Largest: $300,000 to CITY OF HOPE MEDICAL CENTER — phase i clinical trial to evaluate the feasibility, safety, and clinical efficacy of tgf-resistant ilira2-car t cells for treatment of recurrent glioblastoma. pmt #1 of 2.
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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 →