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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 “bipolar”
Where the money went
The Milken InstituteSanta Monica, CACharity · may take applications
24 matching grants · $68.1M · through 2024Largest: $893,000 to DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE — bipolar disorder research
Largest: $2.2M to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH — support the project elucidating neurobiological mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effect of the ketogenic diet in bipolar disorder (bd): a multidisciplinary mechanistic study b…
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $16.3M · through 2022Largest: $5.8M to Mayo Clinic — general operating support, for the center for digital health - care team navigator initiative, $800,000, thomas & elizabeth grainger clinician investigator fund in mood and bipolar…
Largest: $1.8M to HARVARD UNIVERSITY — to support the bipolar disorder fund for neuroscience research
Largest: $20.3M to BD2 LLC — support for bipolar disorder research
Marjory & Donald Epstein FamilyBloomfield Hills, MI
4 matching grants · $19,000 · through 2025Largest: $5,000 to HEINZ C PRECHTER BIPOLAR RESEARCH PROGRAM - MICHIGAN MEDICINE — to support bipolar research
Largest: $11,000 to THE RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FNDTN — research for early-onset bipolar
Largest: $200,000 to reMind (Depression & Bipolar Support) — operating programs for its in person & virtual adult groups & in person school support groups for depression, bipolar disorder, mental health issues & suicidal thoughts
Largest: $125,000 to reMIND Depression & Bipolar Support — grant to provide free support groups for diagnosed individuals, family members and friends impacted by depression or bipolar disorder.
Largest: $10,000 to DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR SUPPORT ALLIANCE — general operating
Largest: $50,000 to The Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation — as determined by beneficiary of grant
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $66,500 · through 2023Largest: $24,000 to RYAN LICHT SANG BIPOLAR FOUNDATION INC — in support of general operations.
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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 →