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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 “stanford”
Where the money went
Largest: $125,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — in support of the stanford gsb fellowship.
Largest: $219,934 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — stanford spark clinical site
Largest: $398,841 to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY THE — research and learning opportunities
Koret FoundationSan Francisco, CA
61 matching grants · $12.4M · through 2024Largest: $125,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — stanford institute for economic policy research (siepr) for the next generation programs
Largest: $750,000 to THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — projects at the stanford existential risk institute
Largest: $322,741 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — to support the development, maintenance, and sustainability of research software through the establishment of an open source program office at stanford university
Largest: $500,000 to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD — for support of the stanford center on philanthropy and civil society
Largest: $25,000 to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — general operating support for stanford university graduate school of business class of 1986 35th reunion
Largest: $194,435 to Stanford U — 76555 studying the 'health co-benefits' of reducin
Largest: $70,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE — for medical research fellowship-chanin
Largest: $143,000 to STANFORD UNIVERSITY — stanford simr program- clinical research experiences
Largest: $750,000 to BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY — the stanford td research fund
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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 →

