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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 “original”
Where the money went
Largest: $239,556 to ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY — to study the history, origins, and evolution of the national ecological observatory network (neon)
Largest: $1.0M to STANFORD BOARD OF TRUSTEES NARAYAN CARDIOLOGY RESEARCH FUND — support cardiology research by donation of 1,508 shares of united health on 12/20/22 (book value of $596,056 - original cost method, fmv of $789,204 - hi/low method) and donation o…
Largest: $367,048 to UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII — to support the scientific use of a new-generation adaptive optics system at the keck i telescope to understand the origins of giant exoplanets.
Largest: $1.7M to NATIONAL ABILITY CENTER — assistance to physically challenged; donation of 1,900 shs apple inc. on 12/20/22 (book value of $50,751 - original cost method, fmv of $249,983 - hi/low method); donation of 1,779…
Largest: $625,000 to STONY BROOK FOUNDATION — tbi research fund for ape and human origins.
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
20 matching grants · $9.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST — explaining atheism: the causal origins of individual and societal non-belief
Largest: $86,452 to SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY — provide graduate and undergraduate medical school scholarships to low income students of phillipine origin
Largest: $1.0M to ARRAY ALLIANCE INC — core support for the origin's social impact campaign
Largest: $125,000 to LOBECK TAYLOR OPERATING FOUNDATION — the lobeck taylor operating foundation, (ltof), 1124 s. lewis ave, tulsa, ok 74106, is a commonly controlled operating foundation. the $125,000 grant was made on 02/07/2022 for cha…
Largest: $200,000 to BIPARTISAN POLICY CENTER INC — in support of the food and nutrition security task force to produce original research and thought leadership on food and nutrition security issues
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $6.2M · through 2024Largest: $3.0M to Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education — to coordinate, support, and enhance the capacity of original inhabitants in nigeria's federal capital territory, abuja.
Largest: $150,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY — to educate students, to foster independent & original research and to share benefits discovered
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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 →