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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 “tinnitus”
Where the money went
Largest: $235,000 to U OF M FOUNDATION TINNITUS — tinnitus research
The American Tinnitus AssociationVienna, VACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $409,332 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN — research grant - auditory gating in hearing loss and tinnitus
Largest: $200,000 to AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION — to help prevent and investigate cures for tinnitus.
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $44,290 · through 2023Largest: $22,180 to American Tinnitus Association — for general operations
The US Charitable Gift TrustBoston, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,400 · through 2024Largest: $20,300 to American Tinnitus Association — for recipient's exempt purpose
Largest: $35,000 to MAYO CLINIC — treatment of chronic disabling tinnitus using electrical stimulation
Largest: $10,000 to EYE & EAR FOUNDATION — for tinnitus research fund in the pittsburgh hearing research center
Richard and Barbara Borzilleri Family FoundationCumberland Foreside, ME
1 matching grant · $5,000 · through 2022Largest: $5,000 to AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION — medical charity
Nathan Tannenbaum FoundationWest Palm Beach, FL
1 matching grant · $1,000 · through 2025Largest: $1,000 to PULSATILE TINNITUS FOUNDATION — for research and outreach
Largest: $1,000 to Hearing Health Foundation — to prevent and cure hearing loss and tinnitus through groundbreaking research and to promote hearing health.
Largest: $2,500 to AMERICAN TINNITUS ASSOCIATION — program support
Largest: $2,500 to American Tinnitus Association — for its general charitable purposes
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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 →