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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 “implant”
Where the money went
Largest: $6,250 to Stephen C Wallace — scholarship fee for graft placement & flap designscholarship fee for webinar: treating peri-implantitis: synergy of biologics in treatment of peri-implantitis / graft placement & f…
The John B Pierce LaboratoryNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $855,941 · through 2023Largest: $244,592 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — research projects on ibis: implantable bioluminescence interface system for an all-optical neuroprosthesis to the visual cortex phase ii & phase iii
Largest: $220,000 to Vanderbilt University Medical Cente — renal implant research
Largest: $45,000 to UT Dallas Callier Center — scholarships callier cochlear implant camp for children
Largest: $51,130 to JACOB'S RIDE — cochlear implant
Largest: $165,000 to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM - MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR — age-specific cochlear implant programming for optimal hearing performance
Doterra Healing Hands FoundationPleasant Grove, UTCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $79,950 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to Joyful Life Cochlear Implant Fund — self-reliance
Foundation for Hearing and SpeechChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $63,867 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO — salary support - the cochlear implant education coordinator and loaner hearing aid program.
North American Spine SocietyBurr Ridge, ILCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $79,023 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to Brigham and Women's Hospital — research to investigate "transient bioelectronic implants for enhancing bone growth following spine fusion"
National Foundation for the Centers forAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $216,723 · through 2024Largest: $163,170 to CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION — investigating the biocompatibility of biodegradable subcutaneous implant
National Council for CommunityNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2022Largest: $10,000 to IMPLANT AND FAMILY DENTISTRY OF ASTORIA PC (DBA DR OMID TERMECHI DDC) — covid-19 assistance
Largest: $103,000 to SOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC — to support the production, publication and dissemination of two science news series, one on underrepresented figures in science and one on promise and perils of neural implants
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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 →