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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 “glioma”
Where the money went
Largest: $300,000 to MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE — evaluate candidate glioma csf proteomic signatures to help understand and monitor glioma evolution in living patients during standard of care and experimental immunotherapy. paymen…
Pediatric Cancer Research FoundationIrvine, CACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $404,007 · through 2024Largest: $37,500 to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES — preclinial study to translate therapy using dna hypomethylating agents for pediatric high grade gliomas
Seattle Children'S HospitalSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $235,000 · through 2021Largest: $98,000 to SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL GUILD ASSOCIATION — origins and biology of glioma research fund
Largest: $333,333 to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc — to advance research on the treatment of gliomas with immunotherapeutic strategies.
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
2 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Mass General Brigham Incorporated — the neurobiology of glioma: understanding malignant neural circuits instructing tumor growth. principal investigator: humsa venkatesh,ph.d.
Largest: $200,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — support research on genomic and methylomic landscape of pediatric high-grade gliomas contribute to tumor pathophysiology
Charles H Hood FoundationManchesterbythesea, MA
2 matching grants · $165,000 · through 2023Largest: $82,500 to BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL — child health research award - spatial mapping of malignant subpopulations enabling neuron-glioma circuit interactions in dipg
Largest: $50,000 to DUKE UNIVERSITY — research project: synthetic lethal strategies for targeting atrx deficiency and the alternative lengthening of telomeres in pediatric high-grade gliomas - 2nd year funding
Stella S Jones FoundationNewtown Square, PA
2 matching grants · $75,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to LUCILE PACKARD FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH — to support the work of dr. laura prolo into the metabolic adaptation of cancer cells (macropinocytosis) as a therapeutic target in pediatric high-grade gliomas
Largest: $70,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — pre-clinical research of diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
Trial Blazers for KidsLivingston, NJCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Lucile Packard Foundation for Childrens Health — to support gd2 car-t cell clinical trial for diffuse midline gliomas under the direction of michelle monje, md, phd
Largest: $1,000 to THE CHADTOUGH FOUNDATION — support the charitable purpose of providing funding for research into the cause, prevention, and treatment of dipg (diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma)
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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 →

