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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 “vagelos”
Where the money went
Largest: $300,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - VAGELOS MEDICAL COLLEGE — education: ethics/medicine - medical ethics fellowship
The New York Community TrustNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $475,250 · through 2024Largest: $350,000 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ROY AND DIANA VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN — for research.
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $5.5M · through 2022Largest: $1.8M to Columbia University in the City of New York — supporting research for the cure of pandas - scholarship fund. supporting lamont-doherty earth observatory on columbia giving day. financial aid for columbia college or school of e…
Largest: $345,000 to Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York — program grant - columbia university - vagelos college of physicians and surgeons. grants to support medical education. columbia university school of nursing. may rudin scholarships…
Largest: $10,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — vagelos college of physicians & surgeons, department of orthopedic surgery
Largest: $879,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER — vagelos college early-onset osteoporosis fund
Largest: $250,000 to TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — vagelos college of physicians and surgeons - medical house staff training program
Largest: $20,000 to Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons — severinghaus fund
Delaware Community FoundationWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $200,000 · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — support for the radiological research at the vagelos college of physicians and surgeons
Rodel Charitable Foundation - DeWilmington, DECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — support for the radiological research at the vagelos college of physicians and surgeons
Fleming Family FoundationSeabrook Island, SC
2 matching grants · $12,000 · through 2023Largest: $6,500 to COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY — support for the vagelos college of physicians
Largest: $750,000 to VAGELOS COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS — support neonatal palliative care program
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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 →

