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12 funders with a record of paying for “speech”
Where the money went
Parkinson Voice ProjectRichardson, TXCharity · may take applications
62 matching grants · $719,000 · through 2024Largest: $33,000 to UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — support speech science department
The Whas Crusade for ChildrenLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
31 matching grants · $730,264 · through 2023Largest: $35,000 to FRIENDS SCHOOL INC — $35,000.00 for salary for early childhood special education resource/intervention teacher and salary for part-time speech and language pathologist. we are grateful for an endowed g…
Foundation for Individual Rights andPhiladelphia, PACharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $561,114 · through 2024Largest: $49,200 to THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA — two studies, one using survey data to see how political speech in the workplace has changed over the last 20 years, and another using surveys from national opinion research council…
Largest: $250,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for the dangerous speech project for research on harmful speech online, and to work in coalition with civil rights organizations to influence the content moderation po…
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Speech First Inc — for campus free speech project
Largest: $100,000 to JOURNAL OF FREE SPEECH LAW — to provide general support for the journal of free speech law.
Oberkotter FoundationPhiladelphia, PA
14 matching grants · $9.8M · through 2024Largest: $5.1M to CLARKE SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF INC DBA CLARKE SCHOOLS FOR HEARING AND SPEECH — lsl support - children and families
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
12 matching grants · $227,550 · through 2024Largest: $36,000 to CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES FOUNDATION — for the james r. galbraith endowed scholarship for speech communications and for the james r. galbraith endowed public affairs fellowship at the edmund g. pat brown institute of pu…
Largest: $6,720 to MURDOCH CHILDRENS RESEARCH INST — 2022 baltimore research grant: speech tracker - communication development over time in individuals with setbp1 variants
Largest: $231,738 to PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIO — speech and language sciences program
Kansas Scottish Rite FoundationWichita, KSCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $151,750 · through 2024Largest: $15,722 to Wichita State University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic — hearing & speech
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
11 matching grants · $2.6M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to JUSTITIA — the future of free speech (ffs)
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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 →