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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 “neurosurgical”
Where the money went
Largest: $185,000 to VCUMCV DIV OF NEUROSURGERY — neurosurgical research
Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CO FOUNDATION — to provide operating support for the neurosurgical research laboratory and neuro-oncology
Jb FoundationJacksonville, FL
3 matching grants · $40,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to THE NEUROSURGERY OUTREACH FOUNDATION — help with the ability for neurosurgical residents to provide care for their patients
Largest: $125,000 to Foundation for International Education in Neurological Surgery — the fiens mission is to improve the care of individuals with neurological disease throughout the world by support of education in neurosurgery, particularly via partnerships betwee…
The Indianapolis FoundationIndianapolis, INCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $500,000 · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to University of Southern California — center of neurosurgical excellence
Htc Trustee Catherine D SharpeRadnor, PACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $234,268 · through 2025Largest: $234,268 to PENN NEUROSURGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE — for general support
Largest: $20,000 to Ascension Providence Foundation — to support neurosurgical research purpose.
Mayfield Education & ResearchCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to BRAIN AND SPINE GROUP INC — neurosurg training
The Upstate FoundationSyracuse, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $19,814 · through 2025Largest: $19,814 to GEORGE W PERKINS JR NEUROSURGICAL TEACHING LABORATORY FUND — to support the purpose and mission of upstate medical university
Largest: $25,000 to THE NEUROSURGICAL ATLAS — program support
Largest: $10,000 to AMERICAN FRIENDS OF RABIN MEDICAL — neurosurgical department
Ochsner Clinic FoundationNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to LOUISIANA NEUROSURGICAL SOCIETY INC — general assistance
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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 →