Funding search
Find who already funds work like yours.
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 “measures”
Where the money went
Largest: $362,410 to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — in support of refinement and testing of a quality measure for the diagnosis of venous thromboembolism, and evaluation of the final measure for endorsement by the national quality f…
Largest: $615,401 to UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA — 80558 launching the center for antiracism research's measuring racism data portal and training research scholars in the field of measuring structural racism
Largest: $1.5M to MDRC — to advance evidence-based policy through high-quality research and technical assistance to generate sustainable, measurable change across several grantee divisions.
Largest: $480,500 to WEILL MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CORNELL — multi-site validation study of eye tracking-based measure of autism symptom severity
Largest: $465,000 to EQUAL MEASURE — support implementation of a youth research advisory
Hawaii Primary Care AssociationHonolulu, HICharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $5.0M · through 2024Largest: $432,042 to WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH — department of health 1815 project to enhance efforts to prevent obesity, heart disease, and stroke among adults.department of health school health partnership project to increase a…
Largest: $7,500 to National Council on Measurement in Education Inc — to support the annual meeting to provide education to educational measurement professionals and stakeholder.
Largest: $600,000 to UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE — research to map, measure, and model competing uses for energy transition metals and materials
Largest: $2.2M to YALE UNIVERSITY — education: research to practice - measures
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
21 matching grants · $5.2M · through 2024Largest: $108,850 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — tex fellowship: novel precision measurement methods for probing dark matter
Largest: $1.0M to ATLAS AI PBC — in support of using its human and economic atlas platform to create an index to measure community-level vulnerability to climate change to advance climate adaption and resilience w…
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $180,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — supporting national policy on primary care improvement and investment; assessing meaningful community engagement measures in health and health care report; nam leadership consortiu…
This is one keyword. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — population, methods, outcomes — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperSearch by location
Local foundations often favor nearby communities. Enter a ZIP code to see foundations based near you, and where grant money has actually landed in your area.
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 →