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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 “scan”
Where the money went
Scan Health PlanLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $9.2M · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE DESERT — scan grant will support personnel expenses of program and food bank staff to better serve seniors. with scan funding, the center will be able to engage with 8,000 older adults. sta…
Largest: $663,660 to Cornell University — in support of investigations of strongly correlated materials and exotic quantum fluids using scanning tunneling microscopy and spin noise spectroscopy.
Largest: $75,000 to BROOKINGS INSTITUTION — support for a scan on infrastructure opportunities for young adults
The Scan FoundationLong Beach, CACharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $511,423 · through 2024Largest: $199,881 to UC DAVIS — to elevate the needs of older adults and caregivers in rural regions of california and build upon the scan foundation's previous investments in rural mpas.
Archstone FoundationNewport Beach, CA
8 matching grants · $739,100 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to THE SCAN FOUNDATION — california master plan for aging, continuation
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to Radiolife Co — radiolife is developing its flagship medical device, cube scan, to sell to healthcare providers and diagnostic laboratories. the problem with current diagnostic technology and syst…
California Healthcare FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $68,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IRVINE — connected care accelerator data collection extension; primary care literature scan; uc-irvine health care forecast conference, 2025
Largest: $432,515 to The Bridgespan Group — project support for phase one of the early childhood landscape scan and for childcare for essential personnel during covid-19.
Metta FundSan Francisco, CA
4 matching grants · $435,000 · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to THE SCAN FOUNDATION — equity community organizing (eco) project in san francisco
Largest: $82,173 to Urban Inst — 76029 scanning the field and leveraging national n
Largest: $50,000 to SCAN — programming support
Largest: $41,000 to SCAN OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA — nondesignated operating support
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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 →