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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 “inflammatory”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.5M to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL CORPORATION — very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (veoibd) precision molecular diagnoses to targeted therapies boston studies
Largest: $150,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — investigating the intestinal microenvironment in inflammatory bowel disease under physiologic conditions using a novel ingestible sampling device
Largest: $750,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — inflammatory aspects of diabetes
Largest: $150,000 to GASTROINTESTINAL AUTISM RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — to research the bowel inflammatory disease that appears to be unique to children with autism.
Largest: $200,000 to LANKENAU INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH (LIMR) — research project: developing edible transgenic spirulina expressing anti-inflammatory proteins for oral therapy of inflammatory gastrointestinal disease
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $655,500 · through 2025Largest: $287,500 to NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — neuroimmune consortium: astrocyte inflammatory contributions to alzheimer's disease
Largest: $40,000 to Crohn's Colitis Foundation — support research and programs for patients with inflammatory bowel disease
Largest: $10,000 to THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION — for support of the walk for hope to benefit the center for pediatric inflammatory bowel
Largest: $100,000 to WEILL CORNELL MEDICINE - PEDIATRIC IBD — children's health initiative & pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Largest: $25,000 to CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER — topical delivery of anti-inflammatory agents to the esophagus
Largest: $40,000 to THE PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE FOUNDATION INC — to support the organization's efforts to support research in the area of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease and
Largest: $30,000 to OHSU Foundation — multi-ion substituted hydroxyapatite loaded chitosan--glycerophosphate hydrogels for theranostic management of oral chronic inflammatory diseases sivashankari purushothman rajaseka…
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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 →

