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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 “treated”
Where the money went
Largest: $1.6M to CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC — achieving remission in ibd optimizing treat-to-target in clinical practice
Disabled American Veterans DepartmentDe Pere, WICharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $136,579 · through 2024Largest: $16,174 to DAV DEPT OF WI FOUNDATION — various programs to help veterans being treated or living there.
Tiny Blue DotWest Hollywood, CA
5 matching grants · $6.5M · through 2024Largest: $2.6M to Usona Institute Inc — support clinical research on psilocybin and 5-meo-dmt and their potential ability to help treat patients with mental health conditions, providing alternative forms of treatment for…
Largest: $4,500 to JDRF INTERNATIONAL — research to cure, prevent and treat type 1 diabetes
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2025Largest: $250,000 to WEILL CORNELL — development of human cgas inhibitors to treat alzheimer's disease
Largest: $9,900 to GEORGETOWN U — 78952 comparing short-term and long-term outcomes for women treated and not treated for gestational diabetes during pregnancy
Largest: $50,000 to GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL — treat heart disease in children
Largest: $6,578 to St Thomas - Food of Life FP — various dog food and treats, cat food and pet toys
Largest: $2.3M to THE MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE INC — to engage historically black medical colleges (hbmcs) and the communities they serve to address significant gaps in genomics research, create new tools and methods to prevent and t…
Children'S Cancer Research FundMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2023Largest: $125,000 to THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 2022 HARD TO TREAT D — the rector and visitors of the university of virginia: 2022 hard to treat dr john bushweller
Largest: $300,000 to EYE & EAR FOUNDATION INC — to conduct a clinical trial to test the efficacy of a neuroprosthetic to treat and cure blindness
Largest: $20,000 to ALS NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION — leading the fight to cure and treat als through research, advocacy and care services.
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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 →

