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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 “microbiology”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.0M to INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — discovery and translational sciences; global health and development public awareness and analysis; pneumonia
Lionsuniversity of South Alabama EyeFairhope, ALCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $139,000 · through 2025Largest: $65,000 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY — research of eye diseases for the prevention of blindness
Largest: $399,234 to AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY — in support of workshops on major transitions in viral and microbial evolution.
Largest: $21,000 to EVELIN MENYKO — scholarship to do research with dr bolond zlgyarto in the dept of microbiology and immunology, sidney kimmel medical
Largest: $22,000 to OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — scholarship: to alleviate financial hardships as a student in the microbiology program at oregon state university.
Largest: $432,643 to MIT — the mit integrative microbiology initiative
Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell FoundationSanta Monica, CA
3 matching grants · $45,000 · through 2024Largest: $15,000 to SALK INSTTUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES — to assist the institute in its continuing research programs dedicated to curing diseases and advancing knowledge in the fields of microbiology and genetics.
Largest: $250,000 to Oklahoma University — endowment for microbiology
Largest: $254,275 to SOCIETY FOR INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY — seeding the creation of a bioeconomy knowledge database
Largest: $241,192 to UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT FOUNDATION — professorship in microbiology
Largest: $1,000 to UAB — graduate research microbiology
Largest: $6,000 to HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL — bernard n. fields prize for microbiology and immuniobiology (patricia rohs phd &jennifer helble phd)
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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 →