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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 “addis”
Where the money went
Largest: $353,131 to ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY — research and learning opportunities
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
7 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to ADDIS ABABA CITY GOVERNMENT — to strengthen the capacity of addis ababa to provide quality early childhood development services and livelihood opportunities for its residents, including refugees and internally …
Big Win PhilanthropyGreens Farms, CT
3 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $913,292 to ADDIS ABABA CITY ADMINISTRATION — future hope of addis ababa early childhood development program
Largest: $57,912 to ADDIE E MCFARLAND FOUNDATION — contributions
Largest: $25,000 to ADDY'S HOPE ADOPTION AGENCY — general operations
The Childrens Investment Fund FoundationWest Hartford, CT
3 matching grants · $563,896 · through 2022Largest: $403,896 to ADDIS ABABA CITY ADMINISTRATION — future hope of addis ababa early childhood development (ecd)
Largest: $12,483 to BEATRICE ADDIS — addis, beatrice (washington u., st. louis) "crypto for climate: the politics of emerging blockchain technologies for climate mitigation"
Largest: $1.0M to ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY — to support the institute for peace and security studies work on peace, security and development through academic programs, research outputs, and dialogues
Largest: $10,000 to HADDIS MINISTRIES — care for children at two projects in the amhara and addis regions.
Largest: $5,000 to ADDIS FAITH FOUNDATION INC — program support
Largest: $80,000 to THE ADDIS CLINIC — to further one or more of the exempt purposes of the charity
Largest: $9,446 to EMBRY ADDIE — pd grants, summer stipends
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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 →

