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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 “professor”
Where the money went
Marion & Jasper Whiting FoundationBoston, MACharity · may take applications
129 matching grants · $848,500 · through 2024Largest: $7,859 to WILLIAMS COLLEGE — travel assistance for professor amanda wilcox and assistant professor sarah olsen.
William F Vilas Trust EstateOregon, WICharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $32.4M · through 2024Largest: $10.7M to UW-MADISON — scholarships, fellowships and professor salaries and allowances.
Research To Prevent BlindnessNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $525,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS OF OPHTHALMOLOGY — special research grant: association of university professors of ophthalmology
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2022Largest: $305,250 to DePauw University — general operating support. support of the may term study/insight trip for the depauw football team. contribution to the acquisition and renovation of an on-campus home for the vp s…
Univ of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, LACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $116.6M · through 2024Largest: $47.9M to UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE — grants for university programs, for scholarships awarded by the university, and for endowed professors
Largest: $300,000 to PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY — professor endowment
Largest: $500,000 to MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH INST — distinguished research professors and senior participants
Largest: $510,000 to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE — support the research on the swampland program under the direction of professor cumrun vafa
Largest: $854,678 to WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — campaign for wfu. for scholarships: joseph g. gordon, nsr, nc middle income residents, annual awards to faculty members, reynolds professors supplements, and special undergraduate …
Largest: $100,000 to APPALACHIAN SCHOOL OF LAW — assist law school in hiring professors, providing scholarships and increasing bar passage
Largest: $21,000 to BORBOLA SZEDMAK — scholarship professor david teece in tusher center for management of intellectual capital
Largest: $125,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - TSAI LAB — to support professor li-huei tsai and professor robert langer's research project developing next-generation perfusable human brain-on-chip models for disease therapy discovery.
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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 →