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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 “laboratory”
Where the money went
Largest: $133,404 to COLD SPRING HARBOR LABORATORY — international brain laboratory (ibl)
Association of Public HealthBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
35 matching grants · $4.9M · through 2024Largest: $878,347 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — aphl is piloting a regional academic institution hub model for recruiting and hosting fellows and interns in public health laboratory science. the goal of this approach is to achie…
Largest: $1.1M to MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY — to support the launch of a new advanced research training course in the molecular and cell biology of symbiosis and associated infrastructure improvements at the marine biological …
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2023Largest: $125,263 to Colorado State University Foundation — support for the creation of the greyrock review student award endowed fund, support for equine reproduction laboratory - avalon appaloosas, support for the equine reproduction labo…
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to JACKSON LABORATORY — research- subcontract
Friends of Lakeside LabMilford, IACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $562,986 · through 2024Largest: $64,261 to Iowa Lakeside Laboratory Regents Resource Center — college student intern scholarships
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
16 matching grants · $2.2M · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to SAN JUAN COLLEGE — increase high-quality early learning access for infant and toddlers in san juan county, new mexico, that will serve as learning laboratory for san juan college that includes wrap a…
Largest: $350,000 to UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA WHITNEY LABORATORY FOR MARINE BIOSCIENCES — $250,000 for application to the laboratory's center for biological imaging and discovery; $100,000 for general purposes of the whitney laboratory for marine bioscience
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $629,263 to THE JACKSON LABORATORY — subaward - sponsored research
Largest: $120,000 to UNIVERSIDAD SIMON BOLIVAR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN — short internships to scientific laboratories in latin american and caribbean countries for early career scientists from colombia and venezuela
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $12.3M · through 2023Largest: $5.6M to NEW VENTURE FUND — advised - for general operating support of all above all. advised - for general operating support of power to the polls. advised - for general operating support of voting rights la…
American Society for Clinical PathologyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $105,730 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to OAKTON COLLEGE — medical laboratory program director grants
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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 →