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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 “esophageal”
Where the money went
Largest: $2,060 to ESOPHAGEAL CANCER ACTION NETWORK — support for research & awareness of esophageal cancer
Largest: $1.3M to UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION — institute for network medicine for a study entitled "rapid translation of novel immune cell-targeted therapeutics in esophageal and gastroesophageal cancers", institute for network…
Largest: $50,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — esophageal cancer research
Largest: $20,000 to MAYO CLINIC — esophageal cancer research
Largest: $1,000 to Cleveland Clinic Foundation — esophageal cancer research
The American Academy of Allergy AsthmaMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER — improving outcomes and equity through targeted screening for eosinophilic esophagitis
Largest: $105,000 to DOMINIQUE D BAILEY - COLUMBIA U — 79431 elucidating novel therapeutic pathways in asthma-associated pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis -- dominique d. bailey, md, msed
Largest: $6,820 to ESOPHAGEAL CANCER EDUCATION FOUNDAT — general purpose grant
Orange County Community FoundationIrvine, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $25,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to ESOPHAGEAL CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC — health & wellness
VyuhaMiami Beach, FL
3 matching grants · $3,000 · through 2024Largest: $1,000 to Esophageal Cancer Awareness Association — general support. the organization can use the funds as needed in furtherance of its charitable purpose.
Esophageal Cancer Awareness AssociationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to DEGREGORIO FOUNDATION — innovative research focused on curing esophageal cancer
Largest: $30,000 to UNIVERSITY OF BASEL — validating threshold values for assessment of gastric conduit perfusion with quantified icg fluorescence imaging, thermal imaging and visible light spectrometry in esophageal recon…
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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 →