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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 “migraine”
Where the money went
Miles for MigraineJericho, VTCharity · may take applications
72 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $8,968 to DANIELLE BYRON HENRY MIGRAINE FOUNDATION — research for a cure for migraine headaches
The Will Erwin Headache ResearchHouston, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $525,000 to MEMORIAL HERMANN FOUNDATION — to provide funding to open the will erwin headache reseach center for those suffering from dibilitating headaches, including migraine and cluster headaches. to create a database of…
Largest: $2.0M to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH DEPT OF NEUROBIOLOGY — to establish a series of pilot grants to support migraine research projects and to support greater infrasturucture to enhance the multi-disciplinary care of persons suffering from …
National Headache FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $146,790 · through 2024Largest: $82,500 to MILES FOR MIGRAINE FELLOWSHIP - RUSH UNIVERSITY — seymour diamond md headache medicine fellowship - a grant for graduate medical education trainees (fellows)
Largest: $60,000 to Danielle Byron Henry Migraine Foundation — migraine education
Largest: $319,500 to AMERICAN HEADACHE SOCIETY — dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by migraine and other headache disorders through research, education, and advocacy.
Largest: $5,000 to MILES FOR MIGRAINE — to raise awareness and fund research for migraine and other headache diseases
American Otological Society ResearchSt Petersburg, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $153,750 · through 2024Largest: $55,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — identification of biomarkers in human plasma for diagnosis of vestibular migraine
The John W & Helen B JarmanSalt Lake City, UT
3 matching grants · $21,500 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to DANIELLE BYRON HENRY MIGRAINE FOUNDATION — provide support and access to treatment for those living with migraine disease, especially young adults and children
Largest: $10,000 to DANIELLE BYRON HENRY MIGRAINE FDN — program support
Rlc Family FoundationSalt Lake City, UT
3 matching grants · $210,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to Danielle Bryon Henry Migraine Foundation — general cash donation
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
2 matching grants · $200,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to University of Iowa School of Medicine — brain-wide electrical connectivity in migraine: toward the development of network based therapeutics. principal investigator: rainbo hultman
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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 →