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12 funders with a record of paying for “signal”
Where the money went
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2025Largest: $575,000 to BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL — apoe: apoe4 accelerates cd8 exhaustion via glucocorticoid signaling in alzheimer's female carriers
The Community Foundation of Greater ChattanoogaChattanooga, TNCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $288,230 · through 2024Largest: $16,500 to SIGNAL CENTERS — signal supports families
Largest: $1.0M to OHIO LOCAL INFORMATION INITIATIVE INC — to provide the catalytic investment in signal akron, a new nonprofit digital news site managed by the ohio local news initiative. signal akron will be an independent and nonpartisa…
Largest: $1.1M to ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI — spatial mapping of fibromuscular crohns disease: from genetic to senescent signals
The McKnight Endowment Fund for NeuroscienceMinneapolis, MN
10 matching grants · $850,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — adipocyte-brain mitochondrial signaling and its impacts on brain function. principal investigator: akhila rajan,ph.d.
Chattanooga Christian CommunityChattanooga, TNCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $231,526 to SIGNAL MOUNTAIN BIBLE CHURCH — in furtherance of foundation's purposes
Largest: $64,400 to William Marsh Rice University — in support of developing biosensors to report on the actions of marine microbes, providing molecular signals for studying microbial evolution and cell-cell communication in the oce…
Largest: $150,000 to GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION — tracking sensory signals across multiple cortical areas during impaired sensory perception in autism model mice
Largest: $2,500 to SIGNAL TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION (THE SIGNAL APP) — state-of-the-art end-to-end encryption (powered by the open source signal protocol) keeps your conversations secure. donations help pay for the development and maintenance of signa…
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
Echoing GreenNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.3M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to WELLTHI TECHNOLOGIES INC — signal fund grant
Largest: $250,000 to Emory University — research: targeting vip receptor signaling in pancreatic cancer (waller)
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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 →