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12 funders with a record of paying for “prostheses”
Where the money went
The Ilsababy FoundationSullivans Island, SC
4 matching grants · $510,000 · through 2025Largest: $160,000 to HEATHER ABBOTT FDN — helps provide prostheses to those with limb loss
Largest: $5,000 to JORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION — to provide children affected by limb loss with the prostheses they need throughout childhood and adolescence and serving as a caring resource, advocate and support system for these…
Largest: $5,400 to AMPUTEE BLADE RUNNERS — sports prostheses for tarrant county teen
Largest: $10,000 to Jordan Thomas Foundation — to assist in the organization's mission to provide children with prostheses.
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $11,800 · through 2023Largest: $6,000 to JORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC — provide support to children living with limb differences including access to prostheses, social/emotional support, and mentorship opportunities.
Largest: $2,000 to INDEPENDENCE ROAD CORPORATION — donations of components for prostheses in ecuador
Largest: $65,000 to MARCO AMABILI — a revolution in vascular prostheses: the active graft
Largest: $40,000 to JORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION — returning children to a life without physical limitation by providing prostheses until adulthood.
Largest: $20,000 to PARKVIEW BREAST HEALTH — prostheses, wigs,scarves for cancer patients
Largest: $16,500 to AMPUTEE BLADE RUNNERS — sports prostheses for active amputees
The Rhode Island Community FoundationProvidence, RICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,000 · through 2022Largest: $15,000 to HEATHER ABBOTT FOUNDATION — support for prostheses program for victims of traumatic limb loss
Largest: $60,000 to Connect Ability — medical care and equipment during the 24-month waiting period for medicare disability benefits, which leaves clients without a medical home, possibly worsening their condition and …
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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 →