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12 funders with a record of paying for “tunes”
Where the money went
Largest: $836,190 to William Marsh Rice University — in support of experimental research aimed at developing a suite of perturbative tuning devices coupled with arpes spectroscopy to characterize the phenomenology in quantum material…
Bonafiglia FoundationSeneca Falls, NY
8 matching grants · $68,383 · through 2024Largest: $3,750 to CAYUGA-SENECA COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY INC — seneca county's emergency baby pantry support and taste of tunes sponsorship
Forrest C & Frances HEast Greenwich, RI
4 matching grants · $85,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to BIOFIELD TUNING INSTITUTE — part 2 study on anxiety
Largest: $11,997 to FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - MUSIC DEPARTMENT — music department - tuning
Largest: $70,000 to KALAMAZOO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA — "kalamazoo kids in tune and orchestra rouh" afterschool programs
Largest: $272,000 to MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS BOSTON — art in tune program
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $38,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to TUNE IN TO NATURE ORG — sustainable environment
Largest: $7,560 to PHILADELPHIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA — tune up philly
Largest: $55,000 to University of British Columbia — gas capture by tuning electric fields in conductive mofs
Largest: $50,000 to JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY-PEABODY INSTITUTE — support for the tuned-in program
Largest: $25,000 to CONSCIOUSNESS AND HEALING INITIATIV — tuning through anxiety (3 year grant)
Largest: $51,086 to CHANGING TUNES — for the furtherance of the work of the designated foreign public charities - see list of largest contributions in part ix-a
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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 →