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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 “mechanisms”
Where the money went
Largest: $482,046 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO — revisiting the turbulence problem using statistical mechanics: theoretical studies on transitional and turbulent flows
Largest: $640,000 to PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA — core support for the institute of intercultural studies' peacebuilding activities, to develop a territorial agenda for rural and ethnic territories, and work with transitional just…
Largest: $666,096 to University College London — in support of research that unites biophysics, quantum optics theory and nanophotonic technology to obtain signatures of quantum mechanical effects in single biomolecules.
Largest: $1.0M to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO — mechanism of action and safety study of liver targeted insulin
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
19 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $110,310 to Northwestern University — funds transferred from van andel. regulation mechanism of thermosensitive receptors in nervous system. principal investigator: juan du, ph.d.
Largest: $750,000 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — investigating neuronal death and neuroinflammation as interrelated mechanisms of ad
Hydrocephalus AssociationNorth Bethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY — mechanisms of hydrocephalus research grant - to fund basic research on hydrocephalus
Northwest Regional Council of SmartEverett, WACharity · may take applications
26 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2025Largest: $179,327 to HARDER MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS INC — contractor equity assistance
Largest: $200,000 to CHANCELLOR MASTERS AND SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSIT — to support the blavatnik school of government to disseminate research findings and identify a suitable implementation strategy for anchoring accountability for mass atrocities thro…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
16 matching grants · $24.8M · through 2024Largest: $4.5M to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — to support the safety and justice challenge research consortium, a mechanism to administer and manage research projects under the initiative
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2025Largest: $250,000 to MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — creation of a fibroblast/ips cell bank to facilitate peripheral/brain comparisons, and allow molecular investigations into molecular mechanisms underlying differences in disease ag…
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
18 matching grants · $12.2M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS — to inform united states and global refugee policy and programming through research and stakeholder convenings focused on the impact of refugee participation mechanisms and best pra…
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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 →