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12 funders with a record of paying for “technologist”
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American Society of RadiologicAlbuquerque, NMCharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $339,980 · through 2023Largest: $11,999 to CA SOC OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGISTS — finan assist prgm
Largest: $1.4M to MOZILLA FOUNDATION — for the ford-mozilla fellowship program in the global south to strengthen organizations in the global south by layering technology strategies into their work through a fellowship p…
Largest: $1.2M to INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS INC — the global food system challenge
Largest: $1.3M to TECHCONGRESS FOUNDATION — to strengthen technology expertise within the u.s. congress by supporting the congressional innovation fellowship, which places an even number of technologists in congressional off…
Largest: $1.2M to FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SCIENTISTS — in support of engaging scientists, engineers, and technologists with u.s. federal policy makers to increase the use of scientifically sound evidence for public issues and decision …
Largest: $318,700 to MINNESOTA RURAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION — sonographer and technologist training for rural minnesota
Largest: $400,000 to MILLENNIUM CAMPUS NETWORK — powering a global generation of emerging technologists
Largest: $1,800 to IU Foundation - Wind Scholarship — scholarship for radiology technologists
Project Liberty InstituteNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $520,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to HETERODOX ACADEMY — support organization in hosting discussions that bring together educators from multiple fields with technologist to explore the effects of technology on democratic and epistemic in…
Largest: $225,500 to THE GRADUATE CENTER FOUNDATION INC — to support an annual scientific biography fellowship at the leon levy center for biography that will result in three new major biographies of scientists and/or technologists
MultiplierSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $357,280 · through 2023Largest: $175,405 to INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS — support establishment of new entity to ensure the impact of the global dialogue on seafood... traceability's standards.
Largest: $600,000 to Institute of Food Technologists — environment and science
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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 →