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12 funders with a record of paying for “infection”
Where the money went
American Academy of PediatricsItasca, ILCharity · may take applications
43 matching grants · $2.3M · through 2022Largest: $224,100 to ARIZONA CHAPTER - AAP — soid grant -infectious disease education ;project firstline - infection control ;sbirt chapter hub echo;address food insecurity project; keeping kids connected; pmhca chapter grant…
Largest: $225,000 to PURDUE UNIVERSITY — in support of research and development to advance a paper-based platform for early and rapid detection of infection at the point of care.
Largest: $2.7M to LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE — epidemiology study of long-term health outcomes associated with chronic viral infections
Charles H Hood FoundationManchesterbythesea, MA
8 matching grants · $800,000 · through 2024Largest: $160,000 to BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL — child health research award - machine-learning prediction model for personalized urinary tract infection care in children
Largest: $289,830 to UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA — impact of viral infection on bacterial population structure in the ocean
Largest: $123,750 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE FOUNDATION INC — clinical trial to evaluate intermittent screening and treatment with high sensitivity rapid diagnostic tests and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in asymptomatic school…
Largest: $50,000 to SICHUAN UNIVERSITY — open competition grant to support a research on central line-associated bloodstream infections at icus
Largest: $105,000 to MAKEDA ROBINSON - STANFORD U — 79443 investigating the immunopathogenesis of severe dengue during natural infection via single-cell approaches -- makeda robinson, md, phd
Largest: $100,000 to INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL FOUNDATION — school and hospital fund
Largest: $250,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CA — research on defining cellular barriers to cross-species virus infections
National Foundation for the Centers forAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2024Largest: $464,000 to CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL — improved tracking of healthcare-associated infections
Largest: $1.4M to FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER CENTER — innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and elimate cancer and infection disease
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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 →