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12 funders with a record of paying for “melanoma”

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The Mulva Family Foundation → Ut Md Anderson Cancer Center: $5.0M across 5 grants, latest 2024Melvin S Cohen Foundation Inc → Mayo Clinic: $1.4M across 4 grants, latest 2025Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: $975K across 1 grant, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Melanoma Research Alliance: $750K across 3 grants, latest 2022Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc → Southwestern Medical Foundation: $660K across 3 grants, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: $650K across 3 grants, latest 2024Stedman West Foundation → Md Anderson Cancer Center: $500K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund → Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation: $327K across 5 grants, latest 2024Gray Foundation → Melanoma Research Foundation: $300K across 6 grants, latest 2025The Caine Family Foundation → Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $100K across 4 grants, latest 2025Robert J Miller Foundation Inc → Melanoma Research: $40K across 3 grants, latest 2024Lafayette Family Foundation → Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Foundation: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania: $600K across 2 grants, latest 2024Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation → Johns Hopkins University: $265K across 1 grant, latest 2024Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: $83K across 1 grant, latest 2022Lafayette Family Foundation → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024The Chicago Community Trust → Aim at Melanoma: $15K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → The University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: $410K across 2 grants, latest 2024Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation → Children's Hospital Los Angeles: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Inc: $350K across 2 grants, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: $350K across 4 grants, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → Schepens Eye Research Institute Inc: $250K across 1 grant, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → Duke University: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → The Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → The Ohio State University: $200K across 1 grant, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → Wake Forest University Health Sciences: $199K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation → Yale University: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation → Duke University: $150K across 2 grants, latest 2024Melanoma Research Alliance Foundation → Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → New York University: $110K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → The Regents of the University California Los Angeles: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → The Regents of the University of Colorado: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → The Regents of the Universityof California San Francisco: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → The University of Pittsburgh: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → Emory University: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → Albert Einstein College of Medicine: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → Institute for Cancer Research Dba the Research Institute of Fox Chase Cance: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → Case Western Reserve University: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → Ucla Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Melanoma Research Foundation → West Virginia University Research Corporation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → National Comprehensive Cancer Network Foundation: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2023Melanoma Research Foundation → University of Alabama of Birmingham: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: $7K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation → University of Pittsburgh: $6K across 1 grant, latest 2024Melanoma Research Foundation: $5.2M on this topic. Open the funder.Melanoma Research Foundation$5.2MThe Mulva Family Foundation: $5.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Mulva Family Foundation$5.0MMelanoma Research Alliance Foundation: $1.8M on this topic. Open the funder.Melanoma Research Alliance Fo…$1.8MMelvin S Cohen Foundation Inc: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder.Melvin S Cohen Foundation Inc$1.4MThe Chicago Community Trust: $765K on this topic. Open the funder.The Chicago Community Trust$765KDoris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc: $743K on this topic. Open the funder.Doris Duke Charitable Foundat…$743KStedman West Foundation: $500K on this topic. Open the funder.Stedman West Foundation$500KThe Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund: $327K on this topic. Open the funder.The Goldman Sachs Charitable…$327KGray Foundation: $300K on this topic. Open the funder.Gray Foundation$300KThe Caine Family Foundation: $100K on this topic. Open the funder.The Caine Family Foundation$100KLafayette Family Foundation: $55K on this topic. Open the funder.Lafayette Family Foundation$55KRobert J Miller Foundation Inc: $40K on this topic. Open the funder.Robert J Miller Foundation Inc$40KUt Md Anderson Cancer Center: received $5.0M on this topicUt Md Anderson Cancer Center$5.0MMayo Clinic: received $1.4M on this topicMayo Clinic$1.4MDana-Farber Cancer Institute: received $1.1M on this topicDana-Farber Cancer Institute$1.1MMelanoma Research Alliance: received $750K on this topicMelanoma Research Alliance$750KSouthwestern Medical Foundation: received $660K on this topicSouthwestern Medical Foundation$660KIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: received $650K on this topicIcahn School of Medicine at Mou…$650KTrustees of the University of Pennsylvania: received $600K on this topicTrustees of the University of P…$600KMd Anderson Cancer Center: received $500K on this topicMd Anderson Cancer Center$500KMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: received $450K on this topicMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer…$450KThe University of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center: received $410K on this topicThe University of Texas Md Ande…$410KH Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Inc: received $350K on this topicH Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & R…$350KDuke University: received $350K on this topicDuke University$350KMelanoma Research Alliance Foundation: received $327K on this topicMelanoma Research Alliance Foun…$327KMelanoma Research Foundation: received $300K on this topicMelanoma Research Foundation$300KJohns Hopkins University: received $265K on this topicJohns Hopkins University$265KThe Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology: received $250K on this topicThe Wistar Institute of Anatomy…$250KSchepens Eye Research Institute Inc: received $250K on this topicSchepens Eye Research Institute…$250KDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: received $200K on this topicDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$200KSanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute: received $200K on this topicSanford Burnham Prebys Medical…$200KThe Regents of the University of California Los Angeles: received $200K on this topicThe Regents of the University o…$200KThe Ohio State University: received $200K on this topicThe Ohio State University$200KWake Forest University Health Sciences: received $199K on this topicWake Forest University Health S…$199KChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: received $150K on this topicChildren's Hospital Los Angeles$150KYale University: received $150K on this topicYale University$150KMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary: received $150K on this topicMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infir…$150KNew York University: received $110K on this topicNew York University$110KThe Regents of the University California Los Angeles: received $100K on this topicThe Regents of the University C…$100KFred Hutchinson Cancer Center: received $100K on this topicFred Hutchinson Cancer Center$100KThe Regents of the University of Colorado: received $100K on this topicThe Regents of the University o…$100KThe Regents of the Universityof California San Francisco: received $100K on this topicThe Regents of the Universityof…$100KThe University of Pittsburgh: received $100K on this topicThe University of Pittsburgh$100KEmory University: received $100K on this topicEmory University$100KAlbert Einstein College of Medicine: received $100K on this topicAlbert Einstein College of Medi…$100KThe Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois: received $100K on this topicThe Board of Trustees of the Un…$100KInstitute for Cancer Research Dba the Research Institute of Fox Chase Cance: received $100K on this topicInstitute for Cancer Research D…$100KCase Western Reserve University: received $100K on this topicCase Western Reserve University$100KMelanoma Research: received $40K on this topicMelanoma Research$40KNorthern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Foundation: received $30K on this topicNorthern Light Eastern Maine Me…$30KDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: received $25K on this topicDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc$25KAim at Melanoma: received $15K on this topicAim at Melanoma$15KUcla Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation: received $10K on this topicUcla Jonsson Cancer Center Foun…$10KWest Virginia University Research Corporation: received $10K on this topicWest Virginia University Resear…$10KNational Comprehensive Cancer Network Foundation: received $10K on this topicNational Comprehensive Cancer N…$10KUniversity of Alabama of Birmingham: received $10K on this topicUniversity of Alabama of Birmin…$10KCedars-Sinai Medical Center: received $7K on this topicCedars-Sinai Medical Center$7KUniversity of Pittsburgh: received $6K on this topicUniversity of Pittsburgh$6K
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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 →