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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 “prostate”
Where the money went
Movember FoundationSanta Monica, CACharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — to provide funding for prostate cancer research studies
The Mike Slive Foundation for ProstateBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $710,000 · through 2024Largest: $160,000 to O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB — to support prostate cancer research projects.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2023Largest: $119,116 to Northshore University HealthSystem — northshore cardiovascular institute support, general operating support. support for northshore kellogg cancer center, general fund of northshore university healthsystem foundation,…
Frank & Dolores Corbett Charitable FundHighland Park, IL
11 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — prostate cancer research
The Durden FoundationPanama City Beach, FL
4 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2025Largest: $400,000 to PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — prostate cancer research
Largest: $25,000 to PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — "the prostate cancer foundation (pcf) is the world's leading philanthropic organization funding and accelerating prostate cancer research. the pcf global research enterprise now ex…
Largest: $751,419 to UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION — prostate cancer research project: principal investigator, mildred acevedo-duncan.
Birdies for BuddiesColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $936,000 · through 2024Largest: $177,000 to MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER — prostate cancer research
Largest: $50,000 to PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — prostate cancer research
Largest: $102,000 to PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — prostate cancer research
Largest: $220,000 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — adenosine signaling modulation, immune checkpoint inhibition, and tumor irradiation for men with oligometastatic prostate cancer
Largest: $1.2M to PROSTATE CANCER FOUNDATION — prostate cancer research
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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 →