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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 “large”
Where the money went
Cvs FoundationWoonsocket, RI
50 matching grants · $15.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.4M to NAFC BENNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FREE — large foundation grants
Largest: $50,000 to Queen City Book Bank — greater cincinnati fund large grant
Largest: $200,000 to LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — how does the brain predict the future? large-scale neural calcium imaging, two-photon optogenetic and deep neural network studies of future prediction across 11 neocortical areas i…
Largest: $547,509 to NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY — research on the interpretability of large language models
Largest: $249,000 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — to create a large (about 20,000) atom array to enable fundamental measurements that probe quantum science and enable large-scale quantum simulation.
Largest: $610,483 to TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — to conduct a mega study - a large-scale randomized controlled trial that aims to simultaneously evaluate ten different low-cost interventions that support first-year college studen…
Largest: $4.2M to OHIO UNIVERSITY — to support projects and programs determined to be of significant value to the community-at-large and of the highest priority to the foundation to help advance the heritage college …
Largest: $15,907 to Jeffrey Schwinghammer — large medical expense(s)
Largest: $800,000 to DARSA — to work with philanthropists and social entrepreneurs to create large scale social change.
Largest: $170,000 to Regents of the University of Michigan — to build a research and policy case for large-dollar children's savings accounts.
Largest: $525,000 to CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY — general support and project support for research on the effects of large, multi-year gifts on nonprofits
Largest: $883,622 to CORNELL UNIVERSITY — to conduct the first large-scale and methodologically rigorous survey on management practices and culture in research laboratories
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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 →