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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 “actors”
Where the money went
Largest: $660,000 to INSTITUTO JOSE EDUARDO DUTRA — to produce technical inputs, scientific research, and engage strategic actors from the public sector, private sector, and organized civil society to discuss a just transition in br…
Largest: $450,000 to SEATTLE FOUNDATION — core support for the adolescent science translation fund for research and communications grantmaking on adolescent development, and to convene diverse actors in the youth developme…
Largest: $65,000 to PACE UNIVERSITYTHE ACTORS STUDIO — for shubert scholars
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
9 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $900,000 to INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION — to generate policy-relevant evidence around venezuelan migrant and refugee populations in colombia and ecuador and engage key actors to identify learning needs, share findings, and…
Largest: $334,000 to THE ACTORS FUND OF AMERICA — essential campaign: supporting a life in the art
Largest: $1.1M to FUNDACION PARA LA CONSERVACION Y EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE — to reduce the risk of deforestation and habitat loss in the colombian and peruvian amazon through the identification, assessment, communication, and co-management of drivers by key…
Largest: $400,000 to STICHTING LIGHTHOUSE REPORTS — to protect people at particular risk of surveillance including those in authoritarian countries by exposing through investigations actors involved in the surveillance supply chain …
Largest: $150,000 to Global Dialogue — to enable funders and donors to provide leadership and practical support for civil society actors contesting the global trend of closing space for civil society.
Largest: $375,000 to The Brookings Institution — to provide frameworks and narratives, minneapolis-st. paul specific-data, and connections to other national leaders that guide regional partners and state and local actors toward i…
Largest: $1.0M to YALE UNIVERSITY — to support scholarship involving health markets, insurance premiums, bad actors, and state-level interactions.
Center for Disaster PhilanthropyWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $3.1M · through 2024Largest: $872,336 to HELPAGE USA — helpage usa will receive a grant of $872,336 from cdp's ukraine crisis and covid-19 funds to improve the lives of older people, by influencing the un-led international humanitarian…
Largest: $20,000 to THE MONTANA ACTORS' THEATRE — mat youth opportunities program
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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 →