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12 funders with a record of paying for “perception”
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Tiny Blue DotWest Hollywood, CA
30 matching grants · $6.7M · through 2024Largest: $133,835 to The University of Melbourne — grant supports a science of perception box study being conducted by the university of melbourne titled "a computational psychiatry approach to understanding the brain mechanism und…
Largest: $799,153 to Northeastern University — dr. lisa feldman barrett is among the top one percent most cited scientists in the world for her revolutionary research in psychology and neuroscience. she is a university distingu…
Largest: $242,443 to UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE — to assess community perceptions about the six-month pilot test of the aerial investigative research program in baltimore, maryland.
Largest: $25,000 to CENTER FOR EFFECTIVE PHILANTHROPY — for the 2024 grantee perception report
Largest: $135,000 to WOMEN IN THE ROOM PRODS — 80663 conducting a national survey exploring the 'birthing justice' documentary's impact on viewers' perceptions of the black maternal health crisis
Largest: $100,000 to Perception Institute — to support a nonpartisan civic engagement research and narrative development project
Largest: $64,000 to ASSO OF SCI AND TECH CENTERS — perceptions of math in the united states: a baseline study
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
4 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to PERCEPTION INSTITUTE — promise of an equitable future
Largest: $200,000 to Student Borrower Protection Center — to conduct an analysis of companies that facilitate low-quality, high-cost education and training and a study exploring the implication of student loan debt on perceptions of the v…
Largest: $20,000 to KENTUCKY TO THE WORLD — change perceptions of the state and its people and promote a positive narrative about kentucky.
United Way of Greater CincinnatiCincinnati, OHCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $97,016 · through 2023Largest: $65,725 to New Perceptions Inc — program operating cost
Equal Access InternationalWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $739,969 · through 2024Largest: $733,104 to National Opinion Research Center — norc contributed to diverse research efforts including implementation of the perception survey, the development of a cve curriculum and training of researchers.
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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 →