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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 “postdoc”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.6M to SEATTLE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE — scri: postdoc scholars program
Largest: $2.9M to CHANCELLOR MASTERS & SCHOLARS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD — support for schmidt ai in science postdocs
American Association for AnatomyRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $80,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to The General Hospital Corporation — postdoc fellowship
Largest: $199,458 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — to develop graduate certificate courses and a postdoc-to-faculty program in multimessenger astronomy as an expansion of the fisk-vanderbilt bridge program
Largest: $250,000 to Georgia Tech Foundation Inc — first generation/urm scholarship; postdoc in sustainability/global development; study abroad program; project engages scholarship; excel scholarship
Largest: $340,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL — grant to support the implementation of cmb postdoctoral research training program for supporting young american health professionals to undertake postdoc training in china
The American Occupational TherapyRockville, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $84,988 · through 2023Largest: $39,988 to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — nancy talbot postdoc fellow and intervention research grant
The United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2023Largest: $115,000 to AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — mcahs au postdoc fellowship
LsstTucson, AZCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $77,032 · through 2023Largest: $70,032 to UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA — postdoc research rubin lsst templeton fellows inclusive science effort heising-simons grant
Largest: $50,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — to provide general support to the ccop including internships, hosting events, and providing stipends for students and postdoc mentors. remaining funds will be used by the school of…
Largest: $10,000 to CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY — postdoc studies
Largest: $200,000 to INSTITUTE FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH — to support scholarships of underprivileged students and honorarium of postdoc fellows
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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 →