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12 funders with a record of paying for “vector”
Where the money went
Largest: $205,833 to CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER — leveraging systemic aav vectors to ameliorate autistic phenotypes in neurofibromatosis type 1
Largest: $33,763 to Pennsylvania State University — understanding viral factors responsible for vector adaptation and spillover for surveillance and mitigation of zoonotic flaviviruses with pandemic potential
Largest: $186,667 to BOSTON COLLEGE — gifts to the discretionary fund of the biology department impact facultys research within the areas of molecular cell biology and genetics, cancer and cell cycle, neurobiology, dev…
Largest: $10,000 to VECTOR SPACE — robotics / fund gift
National Foundation for the Centers forAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $263,113 · through 2023Largest: $192,100 to CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL — vector stock and reagent repository for research
Largest: $25,000 to VECTOR SPACE — program support
Alzheimer'S Disease Research FoundationWellesley Hills, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $459,823 · through 2025Largest: $258,573 to GLADSTONE INSTITUTES — developing cell-type-specific enhancer-aav vectors to characterize and restore ab- and tau-dependent circuit and cognitive deficits in humanized alzheimer's mouse models (cfsf supp…
Largest: $105,000 to AHMARA GIBBONS ROSS - PENNSYLVANIA — 77149 optimization of adeno-associated viral vectors to treat chronic glaucoma -- ahmara gibbons ross, md, phd
Largest: $5,000 to VECTOR SPACE — to further the exempt purpose of the organization
Horticultural Research InstituteColumbus, OHCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $68,200 · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS — combating the vector of rose rosette disease
Hunters Cmt4b3 Research FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $93,702 · through 2023Largest: $62,468 to NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — development of split-vector aav approaches for cmt4b3
Dravet Syndrome FoundationCherry Hill, NJCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $449,785 · through 2025Largest: $449,785 to Allen Institute — circuit-selective whole scn1a gene delivery for dravet syndrome. this research focuses on delivering a full-length functional gene specifically to affected neural circuits rather t…
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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 →