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12 funders with a record of paying for “wireless”
Where the money went
Largest: $43,200 to MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY METU — develop an open-source education and research software framework that facilitates the development of distributed algorithms on wireless networks considering the impairments of wire…
Largest: $5,138 to WESTSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS — donate wireless devices and plans
Largest: $21,914 to BCM - Dr Sameer Anil Sheth — dr. sameer anil sheth, a designated mcnair scholar at baylor college of medicine, is pursuing wireless magnetoelectric stimulation for mental and cognitive disorders.
Largest: $500,000 to MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — in support of research to enable green chemical catalysis by wirelessly sensing and regulating interfacial electric potential.
Largest: $600,000 to META MESH WIRELESS COMMUNITIES — every1online, a program to expand affordable internet access in southwestern pennsylvania
Largest: $1.4M to MASS GENERAL BRIGHAM FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL — validation of wireless thermal and microscopic imaging technology for quantifying inflammation and fibrosis in crohns disease
Largest: $103,050 to ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRUST — to support federal, state, and local outreach program regarding wireless tech/radiofrequency radiation
Largest: $30,000 to THE WIRELESS FOUNDATION — financial assistance
Largest: $300,000 to NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION — core support for the technology and democracy cluster for research and advocacy to advance its vision of ubiquitous access to open, secure, rights-respecting communications technol…
Women'S Business Development CenterChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to MASTER WIRELESS-NORTH CO — small business assistance grants
Largest: $13,044 to PHILLIPS SCHOOL DISTRICT — lego ed sets, chessboards, books for parents, garmins, table top buzzer system, ipads, 36" wireless printer, yoga materials
Largest: $691,805 to UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA RENO FOUNDATION — statement of work research- 1 wind electrical generation2 3d printing of electronics3 terrain penetrating sensors4 75 ghz rectifier for wireless power transfer5 development of an a…
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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 →