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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 “accurate”
Where the money went
The Schott Foundation for PublicCambridge, MACharity · may take applications
28 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2022Largest: $125,000 to SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE — to support education justice alliance's work seeking to resist politically motivated attacks on critical race theory in order to advance an honest, accurate, and fully funded publi…
Largest: $50,000 to NEW AMERICA FOUNDATION — expanding accurate data collection on housing loss for the benefit impoverished families in the u.s.
Largest: $456,000 to ILLUMINATIVE INC — 82053 advancing representation and accurate narratives of native peoples in the media and entertainment ecosystems to disrupt invisibility and build power
Largest: $230,000 to URBAN INSTITUTE — to develop a methodology to more accurately estimate drug rebates and discounts for use by researchers.
Largest: $1.5M to National Center for Civic Innovation Inc — to support the launch of a new organization focused on ensuring that all students experience assessments that measure their abilities fairly and accurately.
Largest: $260,000 to NEW VENTURE FUND — core support for the census equity initiative to support a fair and accurate 2030 census
Largest: $100,000 to FOUNDATION LIGHTHOUSE REPORTS — for support of an investigative journalism pop-up newsroom in texas and northern mexico to provide accurate and nuanced reporting around the us southern border
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
6 matching grants · $959,669 · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to PROMISE54 — expand tools, data-informed reports and case studies to accurately describe and measure the state of diversity, equity and inclusion within the education field while also enabling …
Largest: $350,000 to POLARIS — to advance polaris' capacity to produce timely, accurate, and relevant data for the anti-trafficking field
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $329,205 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to Radiolife Co — radiolife is developing its flagship medical device, cube scan, to sell to healthcare providers and diagnostic laboratories. the problem with current diagnostic technology and syst…
Largest: $200,000 to CHINESE FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION — promoting anti-racism and health equity through communications: to expand strategic digital and other communications efforts to engage chinese-language communities in california; c…
Largest: $135,000 to VERIFIED VOTING FOUNDATION — conduct research and education to promote accurate and secure voting systems
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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 →