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12 funders with a record of paying for “microbiome”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.3M to THE WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE — decoding personalized nutritional, microbiome and host patterns impacting clinical and prognostic features in crohns disease
Largest: $750,000 to SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION — the role of microbiomes in shaping the ecology and evolution of tropical forest ecosystems
Largest: $55,000 to Arizona State University — embracing complexity: exploring the connections between chronic fatigue, behaviour, and gut microbiome dysbiosis in children with neurodevelopmental disorders
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $345,000 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — mbc: interaction of the microbiome with astrocytes and amyloid pathology
Largest: $918,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — microbiome research
Largest: $100,000 to MICROBIOME RESEARCH FOUNDATION — support for research, treatment development and funding for patients in need.
Largest: $100,000 to Baylor College Of Medicine — grant to support research for the cultivation center to increase its capacity and substantially enhance its production of microbiome-based therapeutic and diagnostic candidates.
Largest: $220,000 to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — impact of vancomycin on the gut microbiome and immune function in multiple sclerosis
Largest: $600,000 to MAYO CLINIC — to establish, name, and endow the maxine f. zarrow fund in microbiome research at the mayo clinic center for individualized medicine
Largest: $100,000 to BRIGHAM & WOMENS HOSPITAL — for research to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in progressive multiple
Largest: $100,000 to YALE UNIVERSITY — hidden microbiome transformations during gut inflammation
Largest: $6,040 to MEGAN MACGREGOR — macgregor, megan (chicago, u. of) ""modern microbiomes: dysbiosis, health, and therapeutics in global microbiome science""
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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 →