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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 “glaucoma”
Where the money went
Glaucoma Research FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
54 matching grants · $7.9M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to GLAUCOMA REASERCH & EDUCATION — glaucoma research
Brightfocus FoundationClarksburg, MDCharity · may take applications
32 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — national glaucoma research by xiarong liu, phd, entitled: (g2024008s)
American Glaucoma SocietySan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $560,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — glaucoma research
Largest: $1.0M to Glaucoma Research Foundation — support research on glaucoma, alzheimer and other neuro-degenerative diseases.
Muskingum County Community FoundationZanesville, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $145,859 · through 2023Largest: $35,812 to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — general purposes & to support research to find a cure for (1) macular degeneration, wet & dry, (2) glaucoma, (3) any additional causes of blindness including cataracts, various can…
Largest: $25,000 to Glaucoma Research Foundation — innovative research and provided educational materials about glaucoma.
Largest: $10,000 to BrightFocus Foundation — alzheimer, mascular degeneration and national glaucoma research.
Largest: $30,000 to JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE UCLA — glaucoma research
American Glaucoma Society FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $755,000 · through 2024Largest: $285,000 to AMERICAN GLAUCOMA SOCIETY INC — research, mentoring, and public service grants
Largest: $225,000 to Baylor College of Medicine — for medical research for improving corneal surgical techniques, dry eye & ocular surface diseases & glaucoma & related diagnostic testing
Largest: $400,000 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — funding research for the treatment and cure of glaucoma
Largest: $60,000 to TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY — glaucoma researchfund
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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 →