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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 “surgery”
Where the money went
American Academy of OphthalmologySan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
68 matching grants · $7.0M · through 2024Largest: $62,000 to AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY — scope of surgery campaigns
Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THORACIC SURGERY (AATS) — partial salary support for a 1-year translational research fellowship for two fellows., not robotic surgery
Largest: $5,000 to Village Pointe Oral Surgery — scholarship fee for village pointe orgal surgery fall ce event
Community Foundation of North TexasFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $305,286 · through 2024Largest: $6,000 to LOST BALL CANINE RESCUE — of $5,948.17 for the surgery and medical care of paxton, a female german shepherd who developed an intestinal blockage and required major gastrointestinal surgery. the remainder ma…
Largest: $12,000 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS (COVELO CLUB AT UC DAVIS) — to provide sterilization surgeries, vaccinations, and general health checkups to the community surrounding covelo, ca.
Acvs FoundationGermantown, MDCharity · may take applications
21 matching grants · $282,996 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY — surgery resident research grant
Largest: $50,000 to PEGGY ADAMS ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE — for olivia's fund providing vital care to animals in need to specialized treatment including surgeries, dental procedures, surgeries for improving life & increasing chance for adop…
Largest: $3.2M to HILLEL YAFFE MEDICAL CENTER — eye institute and ambulatory surgery center
Largest: $36,500 to MEMORIAL FOUNDATION CHILDREN'S NETWORK — assistance for children needing heart surgery
The Upstate FoundationSyracuse, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2025Largest: $480,440 to DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY COMPREHENSIVE FUND — to support the purpose and mission of upstate medical university
Largest: $5,000 to THE THORACIC SURGERY FOUNDATION (TSF) — thoracic surgery foundation medical volunteer scholarship
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $2.7M · through 2024Largest: $720,000 to HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY FUND INC — medical/scientific research & programs
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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 →