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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 “method”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.2M to UNIVERSITAET WIEN — in support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material…
Largest: $194,891 to DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — quantitative and remote methods to study early cognitive development and heterogeneity in asd- core
Largest: $1.0M to STANFORD BOARD OF TRUSTEES NARAYAN CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH FUND — support cardiology research by donation of 1,508 shares of united health on 12/20/22 (book value of $596,056 - original cost method, fmv of $789,204 - hi/low method) and donation o…
Largest: $1.2M to FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY - US — (1) description: 17,870 shares of costar group, inc. securities (2) book value: $1,150,864 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securiti…
Largest: $1.7M to NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER — assistance to physically challenged; donation of 1,900 shs apple inc. on 12/20/22 (book value of $50,751 - original cost method, fmv of $249,983 - hi/low method); donation of 1,779…
Largest: $1,600 to DIANA CASTANEDA — total of year end monetary gifts given to employees of landon ridge in lieu of residents tipping employees throughout the year. the lrrc considers this method of showing the reside…
Nancy E Barry & Letitia P Rees FoundationPacific Palisades, CA
29 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2025Largest: $233,531 to PLANNED PARENTHOOD — (1) description: 514 shares of bershire hathaway class b securities (2) book value: $94,444 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securit…
Largest: $921,576 to CITY OF HOPE — (1) description: 12,700 shares of brown & brown securities (2) book value: $ 562,229 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securities wer…
Largest: $233,519 to University of Washington — unpacking the effects of dual credit coursework on college opportunity and equity: a mixed-methods comparative study of different course delivery contexts
Largest: $5.8M to OUR AMERICAN FUTURE FOUNDATION — (1) description: 9 shares of berkshire hathaway class a securities (2) book value: $4,984,832 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the secur…
Largest: $551,403 to EMORY UNIVERSITY — to explore the pros and cons of computational simulation in clinical trials, using ai/ml methods to produce simulated controls at either the aggregate or the individual level, to m…
Largest: $769,866 to INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION INC — (1) description: 2,087 shares of microsoft corporation (2) book value: $ 794,876 (3) method used to determine book value: average of the high/low on the date the securities were re…
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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 →