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12 funders with a record of paying for “identification”
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Largest: $2.9M to HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MUNCHEN (GMBH) — continuation of the gppad-02-study: identification of infants with increased type 1 diabetes risk for enrollment into primary prevention trials
University Corporation for AdvancedAnn Arbor, MICharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $708,501 · through 2024Largest: $218,814 to Jackson State University — provide selected institutions with assessments that drive campus cyberinfrastructure (ci) plans for each institution and the identification of opportunities to engage with the broa…
Largest: $281,540 to RECTOR & VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — to conduct interdisciplinary research on eyewitness identification.
Largest: $1.2M to BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — identification and impact of somatic mutations in regulatory regions in autism brain
Largest: $2.4M to BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION — early identification of rising risk families and parent-guided team-based care to prevent and mitigate toxic stress
Largest: $1.4M to SAFETY BLITZ FOUNDATION INC — national child identification program
Largest: $2.0M to ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH LEARNING AND INFERENCE INC — to nucleate and grow a strong and collaborative interdisciplinary field, which sits at the interface of health and artificial intelligence and facilitates identification of strateg…
Digital Green FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $414,024 · through 2024Largest: $75,700 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — technical analysis to compare existing models & advise on approach & data collection protocols to measure greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture suited to the context in bihar, …
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $977,500 · through 2024Largest: $201,250 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO — identification and validation of plasma-based lipid biomarkers for early alzheimer's disease in the unique, primarily hispanic, south texas population
Largest: $700,000 to Integrative Bioinformatics Inc — support for educational and scientific purposes, also utilize fund for research "identification of switches/traps in me/cfs nitrogen metabolism".
Largest: $100,000 to THE CENTURY FOUNDATION — support identification of promising education practices and policies for immigrant and refugee youth
Largest: $66,000 to Northwestern University — structure identification in complex chemical mixtures using boltzmann spectroscopy
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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 →