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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 “acknowledgement”
Where the money went
Community Foundation of North Texas (TaxFort Worth, TXCharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $264,131 · through 2024Largest: $80,000 to TARRANT TO AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP — for general purposes on behalf of jane and bob ferguson. please send acknowledgement to them at 637 samuels avenue, suite 3065, fort worth, tx 76102
Largest: $10,000 to Esselen Tribe of Monterey County — land acknowledgement fund
Innovia FoundationSpokane, WACharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $237,846 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to Miami University — restricted to support the wallace and lynn volwiler scholarship. the donor has requested you send acknowledgement of this grant to either the address above and via email at welavol…
Largest: $5,000 to GABRIELINO-TONGVA SPRINGS FOUNDATION — land acknowledgment grant
Largest: $15,000 to THE SCOTT WOLF SCHOLARSHIP FUND CO THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENN — to endow permanent scholarships for associates of averitt express, inc. and their children who desire to continue their educaction beyond high school. the fund was setup to acknowl…
St Louis Community FoundationSt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $138,009 · through 2024Largest: $80,750 to NETWORK FOR STRONG COMMUNITIES — the capacity building scholarship, scholarship fund for select small nonprofits, designated for lift for life gym - for ed to attend executive director roundtable in 2025; for lflg…
Largest: $5,500 to LA COCINA — acknowledgement grant
The Community Foundation of MiddleNashville, TNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $112,795 · through 2024Largest: $71,864 to ST PETERS EPISCOPAL CHURCH — to complete a one-time estate gift designated for st. peter's episcopal church in columbia as an addition to its endowment. donors requested no public or printed acknowledgement or…
Lucile Salter Packard Children'SPalo Alto, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $140,000 · through 2023Largest: $50,000 to ACKNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE — promote positive sch
Largest: $35,000 to Acknowledge Alliance — to provide support for the direct psychotherapy services to at-risk youth at court and community schools in san mateo county.
African Family Holistic HealthPortland, ORCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $24,000 · through 2022Largest: $6,000 to COURTIER RAPID LLC — a grant program was launched in june 2022 targeting small business owners from the african diaspora. the initiative acknowledges the immense potential and unique challenges faced b…
Star One Credit UnionSunnyvale, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to ACKNOWLEDGE ALLIANCE — non-profit organization focused on education and mental health, helps build positive connections between teachers and students to open the doors to learning and well-being.
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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 →