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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 “nervous”
Where the money went
American Brain FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $10.1M · through 2024Largest: $5.5M to American Academy of Neurology Institute — clinical research training scholarships, scientific awards, and non-scientific awards for work on diseases of the brain and nervous system. see part iv for more details.
Largest: $500,000 to BCM - Dr Kara Marshall — dr. kara marshall, a designated mcnair scholar at baylor college of medicine, studies mechancial interoception, which is the nervous system's representation of sensations from with…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $16.2M · through 2022Largest: $5.8M to Mayo Clinic — general operating support, for the center for digital health - care team navigator initiative, $800,000, thomas & elizabeth grainger clinician investigator fund in mood and bipolar…
Wm Keck FoundationLos Angeles, CA
4 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL — to understand network switching to rescue damage in the central nervous system
Htc Trustee Catherine D SharpeRadnor, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2025Largest: $358,208 to PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL — department of mental and nervous diseases
Catalyst4Palo Alto, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $54.9M · through 2024Largest: $50.0M to MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH — for the purpose of central nervous system ("cns") programs
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY — nervous system repair
Largest: $713,000 to SALK INSTITUTE — central nervous system scientific research
Largest: $5,000 to Center for Neurosciences foundation — support research and education in neurosciences and to raise awareness of diseases of the nervous system.
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
2 matching grants · $180,922 · through 2024Largest: $110,310 to Northwestern University — funds transferred from van andel. regulation mechanism of thermosensitive receptors in nervous system. principal investigator: juan du, ph.d.
Largest: $25,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — forum on neuroscience and nervous system disorders at the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine
Largest: $200,000 to HAWN FOUNDATION — we believe global change begins at an individual level. every person deserves a fair chance at a healthier and more balanced life. by teaching learners of all ages how to regulate …
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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 →