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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 “tests”
Where the money went
Largest: $226,000 to MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION — to test the ability to incorporate virtual technology as a means to reduce barriers to clinical trials in rural communities.
California Primary Care AssociationSacramento, CACharity · may take applications
73 matching grants · $6.6M · through 2021Largest: $204,505 to COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATION INLAND SOUTHERN REGION — covid-19 care, testing, and advocacy
Largest: $20,864 to GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — 76435 studying the causal link between transportation barriers and health outcomes for low-income, chronically ill patients and testing mobility solutions
Largest: $300,000 to OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — to provide expert training and technical assistance to law enforcement and city officials in six (6) urban areas to implement, evaluate and test the effectiveness of place network …
Largest: $486,764 to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM INCORPORATED — to develop, test, and implement two quality measures to improve the follow-up of abnormal screening tests for colorectal and breast cancers.
Center for Bridging CulturesMcLean, VACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $757,473 · through 2025Largest: $84,785 to Learn Yu Wen Inc — cross-cultural chinese language education grants aim to support k-12 schools to establish or enhance preexisting chinese language teaching programs. the grants can be used for teac…
Largest: $313,930 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — to expand, diversify, and support the community of metascience researchers conducting randomized controlled trials that test ways of strengthening the processes and pace of scienti…
Largest: $50,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — support research and policy support for testing children savings account methods for youth in foster care
Health Commons ProjectSammamish, WACharity · may take applications
34 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2023Largest: $436,145 to Angels for Angels — funding local wa state partners on behalf of doh to further community testing & vaccination efforts related to covid-19
Largest: $2.5M to WAKAN TIPI AWANYANKAPI — to develop and test a new model of indigenous urban land stewardship through nonprofit and municipal government co-management
Largest: $1.0M to ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY — clinical trial testing broad-spectrum prophylactic cancer vaccine in canines
Foundation for Innovative New DiagnosticsCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $10.8M · through 2024Largest: $548,709 to Baylor College of Medicine — driving equitable access to testing in lmics through effective and affordable tests and infrastructure.
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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 →