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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 “absorb”
Where the money went
Largest: $2.5M to THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS — to support a five-year, co-branded partnership between knight and grantees subsidiary, the pew research center to study and widely share research on how americans absorb civic info…
Largest: $15,000 to BALLETCOLLECTIVE INC — brings together artists, poets, composers, choreographers, and designers to collaborate as equals, exchange ideas to absorb each others' influence throughout the creation of distin…
AhbaNew York, NY
3 matching grants · $764,109 · through 2024Largest: $327,027 to LEGACY HERITAGE PROGRAMMING XIV LLC — to provide principals the opportunity to enhance their own abilities, to improve their schools' quality, and to advance their schools' religious and educational missions. the year-…
Largest: $500,000 to Northcountry Cooperative Foundation — for general operating support, and for equity capital for ncf's loan fund, and to build organizational capacity to access and absorb state resources to better meet demand
Largest: $99,058 to GLASSER SCHOENBAUM HUM SVCS CTR — 78117 studying covid-19's impact on alignment of social service and public health sectors as related to communities' ability to absorb clinical referrals
Esb Charitable FoundationSan Francisco, CA
1 matching grant · $1.0M · through 2022Largest: $1.0M to WATER FOUNDATION — to fund the water foundation's program and dei priorities as well as absorb the work of the water table
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to Poseidon Research LLC — poseidon research, llc seeks a $25,000 matching award through the mti range 1 program to finish the development of a series of novel absorbent materials. poseidon will use the awar…
Infocus MinistriesMount Vernon, WACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $9,984 · through 2024Largest: $9,984 to New Life at the Well — reverie ministry was absorbed by this church
York County Volunteer AssociationYorktown, VACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $8,000 · through 2024Largest: $8,000 to Natasha House Inc — for over thirteen years natasha house (nhi) has been on the front lines of the viriginia peninsula's response to the intractable nature of homelessness in low-income female-headed …
Largest: $200,000 to FJC - A FOUNDATION OF PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS — to ensure there is a robust, resilient, and scaled ecosystem of organizations working with building owners in justice 40 communities to create pipelines of carbon-reduction and ren…
Largest: $3,000 to PS YOU ARE FABULOUS — to fund the manufacture of 300 absorbent scarves to benefit individuals with disabilities.
Largest: $5,000 to MEALS ON WHEELS OF STATEN ISLAND INC — funding of older adult meal recipients absorbed from getfoodnyc
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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 →