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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 “sample”
Where the money went
Largest: $3.2M to UNIVERSITAET WIEN — in support of research to integrate quantum computing with electron microscopy, creating a new imaging technology that can provide highly detailed images of biological and material…
Association of Public HealthBethesda, MDCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $67,287 to UNIVERSITY OF IOWA — primary activities include performing sars-cov-2 surveillance in wastewater. this activity will include sample preparation, droplet digital pcr testing, and results analysis. testi…
Largest: $3.3M to UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH — in support of improving sampling strategies, expanding sequencing, streamlining bioinformatics pipelines, and strengthening the scientific workforce towards more timely, representa…
Largest: $2.6M to JDRF AUSTRALIA — endia follow up 2023-2025 + samples analysis rfa
Ncasi FoundationCary, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.2M · through 2024Largest: $865,862 to NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT INC — retained structures forestry experiment (manipulating retained structures to improve wildlife value),technical work to improve the science and risk assessment processes in national…
Largest: $304,626 to JET PROPULSION LABORATORY — dissecting social attention in autism using large-sample eye tracking over the internet
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $155,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to Maine Laboratories LLC — maine laboratories is a startup analytical testing facility that strictly focuses on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfas) testing and sample collection. maine laboratories is …
Largest: $10,000 to VALLIVUE SCHOOL DISTRICT 139 — genetic analysis of antibiotic resistance in environmental dna from soil samples
Gastric Cancer FoundationMillbrae, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2022Largest: $100,000 to THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION DBA MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — seed funding of research study entitled "identifying and targeting peritoneal-specific immunosuppressive networks in gastric cancer from patient-derived samples"(primary investigat…
Largest: $45,500 to University of Mary Washington — funds given to umw for science-based studies on environmental issues including analysis of coal ash pollution of local waterways. funds were given as grants to cover expenses of an…
Caroline SymmesCarmel, INCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to The Children's Oncology Group Foundation Inc — project every child is an initiative serving as a comprehensive registry and biobank for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer. it enables researchers to link clinica…
The Peregrine FundBoise, IDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $114,000 · through 2024Largest: $45,000 to EARTHSPAN — collecting blood samples from peregrine falcons on padre island, tx to test for presence of lead
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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 →