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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 “aboriginal”
Where the money went
Bhp FoundationWashington, DC
7 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2024Largest: $189,870 to NATIONAL ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED HEALTH ORGANISATION — national aboriginal community controlled health organisation youth conference
Largest: $20,000 to HONOLULU MUSEUM OF ART — to support programs for the preservation and promotion of the aboriginal hawaiian culture as it was from 1820-1920
Largest: $60,000 to RESPECTING ABORIGINAL VALUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS — beaver lake creek camp/grassy narrows campaign
Largest: $10,000 to EVANGELICAL FORMOSAN CHURCH — support educational entity providing educational asistance to aboriginal persons.
Largest: $5,000 to TRANGIE LOCAL ABORIGINAL LAND — aboriginal cultural programming
Largest: $132,500 to THE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION — core support for the longhouse education and cultural center to promote the social, cultural, and economic survival of seattle washingtons aboriginal duwamish tribe
Largest: $35,000 to BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation — contribution provided
Largest: $25,000 to RESPECTING ABORIGINAL VALUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS — environmental - general support
Largest: $39,240 to RESPECTING ABORIGINAL VALUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS — general operating support
Largest: $1,000 to ABORIGINAL OUTFITTERS — 2024 year-end fund for staff recognition
Largest: $100,000 to KLUGE-RUHE ABORIGINAL ART COLLECTION UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA — "madayin: eight decades of aboriginal australian bark painting from yirrkala" exhibition
Museum of Contemporary Art FlagstaffFlagstaff, AZCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $262,383 · through 2025Largest: $262,383 to ABORIGINAL LENS — subrecipient of neh grant
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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 →