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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 “ocular”
Where the money went
Largest: $225,000 to Baylor College of Medicine — for medical research for improving corneal surgical techniques, dry eye & ocular surface diseases & glaucoma & related diagnostic testing
The Mary Tyler Moore Vision InitiativeQuogue, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $690,826 · through 2024Largest: $315,537 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — provide funding for the ocular biorepository resource center
Largest: $195,000 to THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION — schermer nursing fund, neurosurgery research and development fund, & ocular oncology excellence fund
Largest: $125,000 to OCULAR INFLAMMATION AND UVEITIS FOUNDATION — to support research
University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $57,286 · through 2024Largest: $28,643 to OCULAR PARTNERS PLLC — research- subcontract
The Tumori FoundationSan Francisco, CA
2 matching grants · $220,000 · through 2023Largest: $120,000 to UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER — to support ocular oncology research
Largest: $30,000 to UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — ocular stem cell research program
The Community Foundation for GreaterAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND UVEITIS FOUNDATION INC — medical research
Largest: $2,500 to OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND UVEITIS — for financial support
Largest: $20,000 to THE OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND UVEITIS FOUNDATION — to find cures for ocular inflammatory diseases, to correct the worldwide deficit of properly trained ocular immunologists, and to provide education and emotional support for those …
Largest: $150,000 to WILLS EYE INSTITUTE — fellowship grant and ocular
Knights Templar Eye FoundationFlower Mound, TXCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $80,000 · through 2022Largest: $80,000 to OCULAR GENOMICS INSTITUTE — eye research grant
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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 →