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12 funders with a record of paying for “fluid”
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Nfpa Education & Technology FoundationMilwaukee, WICharity · may take applications
51 matching grants · $501,647 · through 2024Largest: $42,200 to PURDUE UNIVERSITY — fluid power scholarships, fluid power vehicle challenge, fluid power research supplements
Largest: $125,756 to UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER — defining p and n speciation as cool fluids circulate through fe-silicate rocks
Largest: $663,660 to Cornell University — in support of investigations of strongly correlated materials and exotic quantum fluids using scanning tunneling microscopy and spin noise spectroscopy.
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $80,500 to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS & STROKE — dynamic investigation of lymphatic pathway interconnections for cerebrospinal fluid clearance of the human central nervous system in vivo under physiological conditions of the brai…
Wisconsin Cheese Makers AssociationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $540,320 · through 2024Largest: $183,954 to CONCEPT PROCESSING LLC — fluid milk chiller system expansion
Largest: $5.5M to NEUROTRIALS LLC — prepayment of 2023 cerebrospinal fluid analysis.
Largest: $50,000 to HYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION — charitable contribution - organization dedicated to research on hydrocephalus, a condition defined by an abnormal, excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid within the cavities…
Center for the Advancement ofMerritt Island, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $118,912 · through 2023Largest: $14,980 to THE METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE — studies fluid flow though very small channels (nanofluidics) to develop a remotely controlled drug delivery implant to release specific amounts of a drug and provide individualized…
Largest: $300,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — computational fluid & solid
Fluid Power SocietyCherry Hill, NJCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FLUID POWER EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — scholarship program
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
2 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology — linking neural circuits and fluid dynamics in the sleeping brain. principal investigator: laura lewis
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to Bioscience Association of Maine — each year, we offer our members and friends a way to support the life sciences industry in maine, while simultaneously receiving a broad range of brand exposure. we have updated ou…
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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 →