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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 “doctors”
Where the money went
Doximity FoundationSan Francisco, CA
172 matching grants · $349,949 · through 2024Largest: $6,335 to SARAH FAGAN — doctor travel grant
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis AssnArlington, VACharity · may take applications
27 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $349,286 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — prevention program; trial capacity program; investigator initiated award multi year; post doctoral fellowship
Largest: $55,926 to NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — doctoral dissertation survey research grant
Largest: $1.8M to University of Ghana — as a final grant for support of doctoral and early-career fellowships with expansion to four partner universities in ghana and the region (building a new generation of academics in…
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
38 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA INC — to provide general support
Chuck Noll FoundationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to UPMC-THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - DOCTOR MANDAL — brain injury research
Largest: $300,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE PARK — to continue and expand an interdisciplinary transportation doctoral fellowship program that connects scholars in engineering, economics, and public policy across multiple instituti…
Largest: $302,280 to CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY — doctoral dissertations, governance & democracy initiative
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $8.3M · through 2023Largest: $119,116 to Northshore University HealthSystem — northshore cardiovascular institute support, general operating support. support for northshore kellogg cancer center, general fund of northshore university healthsystem foundation,…
Largest: $50,000 to ST — support of increasing gender diversity from non us universities in the areas of science and engineering by supplementing the post-doctoral research stipend offered at the universit…
National Strength and ConditioningColorado Springs, COCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $162,811 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to AUBURN UNIVERSITY — gnc grant and graduate research grant- doctoral
Largest: $43,333 to MS HAOYU WANG — doctoral studies
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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 →