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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 “label”
Where the money went
Largest: $500,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS — to support real-time label-free dynamic imaging of extracellular vesicles in live tissues
Largest: $50,000 to Black Label Movement — for general operating support
Life Time FoundationChanhassen, MNCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $224,335 · through 2024Largest: $90,959 to ELIASSEN GROUP — children's nutrition - clean label database
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2022Largest: $1.3M to The George Washington University — support for the antibiotic resistance action center's work in reducing antibiotic use in food animal production by educating and mobilizing prominent purchasers of meat and poultry…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
3 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2022Largest: $600,000 to CLASP — to accelerate adoption of the government of india's energy efficiency policies by expanding and deepening the coverage of its standards and labeling program at the federal level an…
Wisconsin Cheese Makers AssociationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $323,244 · through 2024Largest: $167,765 to ROSEWOOD DAIRY INC — trial vat and new presses. labeler machine. export growth plan.
Moore ImpactDenver, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to NO LABEL ACADEMY — to support a 10-day music business program
Largest: $500,000 to REBOOT RX INC — to (1) research and explore policies that would enable the fda to incorporate updated information on a repurposed generic drug's label and (2) create payer-directed materials that …
Largest: $100,000 to BIG SKY FILM PRODUCTIONS INC — for production of 'the gender project', a documentary film that follows activists and scholars who defy simplistic gender labels, and examine persistent binary notions of gender an…
Largest: $25,000 to Labeled Loved — wherever it is needed most.
Cure Sanfilippo FoundationColumbia, SCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $131,059 · through 2023Largest: $71,059 to Lundquist Institute — open-label pilot study
Ghr FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2 matching grants · $2.9M · through 2024Largest: $2.0M to Alzheimer's Association — dian open label extension
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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 →