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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 “fred”
Where the money went
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
94 matching grants · $4.8M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER — lung cancer research
Largest: $94,703 to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CEN — wrf postdoc fellowship 2023 larsen
Largest: $238,425 to ROMSDAL MUSEUM — fred kavli science center
Largest: $1.7M to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER — discovery and translational sciences; empower women and girls; enterics, diagnostics, genomics & epidemiology; malaria; mnch discovery and tools; neglected tropical diseases; pneum…
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.5M to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER — advised - for the fred hutch trainee ancillary support fund.
American Cancer SocietyAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $5.1M · through 2024Largest: $1.9M to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center — extramural research
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2023Largest: $300,000 to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — research conducted by dr. daniel blanco-melo, from the searle scholars program.
Largest: $50,000 to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER — for dr. ajay gopal's lymphoma research program.
Friends of Fsh ResearchKirkland, WACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $729,935 · through 2024Largest: $164,000 to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CEN — research studies
Children'S Cancer Research FundMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $511,640 to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER — fred hutchinson cancer center: 2022 research fund dr soheil meshinchi 1st payment
Largest: $3,500 to FRED LANG FOUNDATION INC — program support
Largest: $120,000 to SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE — to support the fred rogers institutes efforts to share fred rogers values and approach with families, caregivers, and educators
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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 →