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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.

3 funders with a record of paying for “scientic”

Where the money went

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The Joan F and → Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: $2.0M across 1 grant, latest 2024The Jain Foundation Inc → Univ of Maryland Dr Bloch: $935K across 4 grants, latest 2024Whiteman Foundation → Mindfulness First: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Jain Foundation Inc → Casimir LLC Dr Woods: $32K across 2 grants, latest 2023The Joan F and: $2.0M on this topic. Open the funder.The Joan F and$2.0MThe Jain Foundation Inc: $967K on this topic. Open the funder.The Jain Foundation Inc$967KWhiteman Foundation: $10K on this topic. Open the funder.Whiteman Foundation$10KCold Spring Harbor Laboratory: received $2.0M on this topicCold Spring Harbor Laboratory$2.0MUniv of Maryland Dr Bloch: received $935K on this topicUniv of Maryland Dr Bloch$935KCasimir LLC Dr Woods: received $32K on this topicCasimir LLC Dr Woods$32KMindfulness First: received $10K on this topicMindfulness First$10K
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 20192025. 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 →