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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 “kimmel”
Where the money went
Largest: $225,000 to PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC — philadelphia orchestra and kimmel center - arts and culture hubs fy2024, fy2025, fy2026
Largest: $200,000 to THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER INC — capital support
Largest: $1.3M to KIMMEL ORCHARD & RESEARCH — continuing education/research
Largest: $200,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS KIMMEL CANCER — to provide support for the kimmel cancer center pediatric oncology research
Commonwealth Foundation for CancerRichmond, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $24.0M · through 2024Largest: $8.0M to SIDNEY KIMMEL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER — support for researchers and clincians to advance the state of cancer science
Largest: $1.0M to THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AND KIMMEL CENTER — to increase access to and engagement with artistic programming both on-site and online for the philadelphia orchestra and kimmel center, inc. (pokc).
McGrorty FoundationBrewster, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $71,982 · through 2025Largest: $18,168 to THE SIDNEY KIMMEL COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER — to support medical research activities
Merck Foundation a New Jersey Nonprofit CorporationRahway, NJ
4 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2025Largest: $150,000 to Kimmel Center Inc — contribution provided
Largest: $21,000 to EVELIN MENYKO — scholarship to do research with dr bolond zlgyarto in the dept of microbiology and immunology, sidney kimmel medical
Pancreatic Cancer Cure FoundationQuakertown, PACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $107,782 · through 2023Largest: $39,782 to THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY — funding provided to the pancreas, biliary, & related cancer center at sidney kimmel cancer center at jefferson university, an nci-designated facility. funding supports research to …
Largest: $38,412 to CARNEGIE LIBRARY OF PITTSBURGH — margaret mary kimmel
Laborers' Health and SafetyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2025Largest: $20,000 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — kimmel cancer center
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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 →

