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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 “tumor”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to THE PREUSS FOUNDATION INC — to support charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including to promote brain tumor and medical research.
Largest: $300,000 to H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER — in examining the role of tumors cells in modulating bone marrow-derived macrophages and microglia, this study seeks to tailor novel therapeutics for targeting of tumor associated m…
Largest: $150,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MD BALTIMORE FOUNDATI — to investigate the regulation of treg lymphatic tumor migration and the interaction among tregs, lymphatic endothelial cells, and tumors to develop strategies of delivering targete…
Connecticut Brain Tumor AllianceAvon, CTCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $365,000 · through 2025Largest: $50,000 to Yale School of Medicine Yale Brain Tumor Center — brain tumor research and patient assistance and brain tumor center support
Children'S Cancer Research FundMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $1.7M · through 2025Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — research on pediatric brain and neural tumors
Humor To Fight the Tumor FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to AMERICAN BRAIN TUMOR ASSOCIATION — in collaboration with the brain tumor funders' collaborative (btfc), seeks to advance liquid biopsy technology for diagnosing and monitoring primary brain tumors.
Largest: $2,500 to STUDENTS SUPPORTING BRAIN TUMOR RESEARCH — brain tumor research
Largest: $247,500 to SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION — investigating human tumor metabolism in vivo to predict melanoma metastasis and therapy response
Concern FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $740,000 · through 2024Largest: $60,000 to WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST LOUIS — investigate the tumor suppressive role of arid homologs in melanoma
The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $138,500 · through 2024Largest: $27,500 to THE MATTHEW LARSON FOUNDATION FOR PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMORS — medical/scientific research & programs
Ty Louis Campbell FoundationCarmel, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $418,000 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to CHILDREN'S BRAIN TUMOR FOUNDATION — to support the children's brain tumor foundation's mission to improve the treatment, quality of life, and the long term outlook for children with brain and spinal cord tumors throu…
Largest: $5,000 to BRAIN TUMOR EPIDEMIOLOGY CONSORTIUM — brain tumor epidemiology consortium on may 15-17, 2024.
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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 →