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12 funders with a record of paying for “symposia”
Where the money went
The Kavli FoundationLos Angeles, CA
9 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $600,000 to NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES — kavli frontiers of science symposia
Largest: $250,000 to HOWARD UNIVERSITY — to support journalism symposia that will be held at howard university and other historically black colleges and universities (hbcus) and to provide grant administrative capacity to…
Largest: $5,000 to KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA ON MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY — sponsoring the keystone symposia immunometabolism: from mechanisms to pathways to therapies conference scheduled for march 17-21, 2024.
Largest: $99,999 to COLL OF HOLY & UNDIVIDED TRINITY — simons distinguished visiting professors, simons postdoctoral fellows, simon scholars, simons graduate school and symposia
Largest: $142,429 to Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania — in support of annual symposia and other meetings for postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in the field of quantum materials.
Largest: $25,000 to UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON SCHOOL OF LAW — endowment of scholarly symposia series on intellectual property law
Largest: $1.1M to THE AMERICAN AUSTRIAN FOUNDATION — to build capacity of health care professionals in countries of eastern and central europe, eurasia, southeast asia and africa through shared experience, satellite symposia and lead…
Largest: $20,000 to FOCUSED ULTRASOUND FOUNDATION — charitable contribution - to organize, conduct, and fund research, foster collaboration through meetings, symposia and workshops, cultivate the next generation through fellowships …
Largest: $800,000 to KEYSTONE SYMPOSIA ON MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY — discovery and translational sciences
Largest: $25,000 to AMERICAN ORTHOPAEDIC ASSOCIATION — annual symposia support grant for 2021
The American Board of Radiology FoundationTucson, AZCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $46,662 · through 2024Largest: $17,130 to THE AMERICAN BOARD OF RADIOLOGY — certification outreach symposia
Association of the United States ArmyArlington, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $911,044 · through 2024Largest: $561,044 to US ARMY — proffer to the department of the army to provide for the attendance of army personnel to ausa symposia
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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 →