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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 “imaging”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.2M to UNIVERSITAET WIEN — in support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material…
Largest: $1.6M to LAS CUMBRES OBSERVATORY GLOBAL TELESCOPE NETWORK INC — to fabricate, install, and commission the muscat4 imager on the faulkes south telescope
Largest: $200,000 to LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — how does the brain predict the future? large-scale neural calcium imaging, two-photon optogenetic and deep neural network studies of future prediction across 11 neocortical areas i…
Largest: $3.9M to HADASSAH MEDICAL ORGANIZATION — creating and equipping a new comprehensive diagnostic and interventional imaging center
Largest: $12.2M to CHAN ZUCKERBERG INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED BIOLOGICAL IMAGING LLC — science: cz imaging institute core support
Largest: $150,000 to THE SOUTHASIA TRUST — for research, training and creation of innovative multi-media content to challenge visual stereotypes of women and sexual violence in south asia and promote images of women's agenc…
Pennsylvania Cdfi NetworkPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $500,000 to PENNSYLVANIA PROFESSIONAL IMAGE — technical assistance
Largest: $120,000 to University of Michigan — unveiling cosmic treasures: exploring the secrets of astromineralogy with x-ray imaging spectroscopy
Largest: $231,600 to MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — museum of the bible imaging laboratory
Largest: $35,000 to TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image — to support artist residence photography. tilt is centered on the importance of contemporary image-making as an ever-evolving art form. in doing so, tilt seeks to build and support …
Largest: $49,951 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY — to partially support across domains (xd) interdisciplinary workshops which bring together researchers who analyze image and text datasets
Rad-Aid InternationalChevy Chase, MDCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $413,887 to DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY — clinical outreach, patient navigation, screening and imaging services for medically underserved communities- usa womens health access intiative for breast and cervical cancer
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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 →