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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 “administer”
Where the money went
Henry Booth HouseChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
91 matching grants · $34.7M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to Hobby Horse Nursery Schools Ltd Lake Shore Schools — administer head start programs
Georgia Hap AdministratorsAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
44 matching grants · $66.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.7M to THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF AMERICUS — to administer payments for the dept. of housing and urban development to public housing projects in georgia under sect. 8 of the u.s. housing act.
Largest: $2.3M to Foundation-Administered Projects-Direct Charitable Activities — to expand access to high-quality afterschool programming by distributing educational content through a multi-platform application.
Martha Mertz FoundationVermontville, NY
41 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2025Largest: $115,000 to GOOD SHEPHERD SERVICES — programs for administering to unwed mothers
Council On American-Islamic RelationsAnaheim, CACharity · may take applications
39 matching grants · $4.1M · through 2024Largest: $413,719 to INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE SD — refugee and entrant assistance state/replacement designee administered programs
America ScoresNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
19 matching grants · $471,203 · through 2024Largest: $60,667 to DC SCORES — america scores affiliates are subawardees that will administer all aspects of the group mentor programming with elementary and middle school age youth and local mentees. each affil…
Latino Media CollaborativeLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
20 matching grants · $252,480 · through 2023Largest: $20,000 to UNIVISION — to support public awareness efforts of the stop the hate program administered by the california department of social services (cdss).to support public awareness efforts of the stop…
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
11 matching grants · $8.7M · through 2024Largest: $4.5M to RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK — to support the safety and justice challenge research consortium, a mechanism to administer and manage research projects under the initiative
Largest: $659,000 to CREATIVE TIME INC — in support of creating and administering the art for social impact distinguished artist fellowship, awarding fellowships to highly distinguished artists who are driving collective …
The Chicago Community TrustChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $17,500 to University of Maryland College Park Foundation Inc — support of the impact fund of the terrapin club. support of the university of maryland soil judging team, account 21-20999. support for the john w. zane endowed scholarship adminis…
The Boys and Girls ClubsBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $210,000 to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF HARFORD & CECIL COUNTIES — the goc grant is a statewide funding initiative in which boys & girls clubs of metropolitan baltimore serves as the lead agent. bgcmb receives and administers the funding and is re…
Largest: $250,000 to SOCIETY OF FAMILY PLANNING — to advance research and practice on self-administered injectable contraception.
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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 →