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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 “advice”
Where the money went
Illinois Equal Justice FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
113 matching grants · $42.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to COORDINATED ADVICE & REFERRAL PROGRAM FOR LEGAL SERVICES — to provide coordinated legal information, advice and referrals to low-income people in cook county and to veterans and people impacted by the criminalization of cannabis statewide.…
Largest: $200,000 to Casual Workers Advice Office — to support an organization that advises and supports workers on labor rights and trains community-based advice offices on worker rights and related labor matters.
Largest: $100,000 to MACUA & WAMUA ADVICE OFFICE - MWAO — to support the development of women-led community advice offices to assist communities to hold government and mining companies accountable, and advocate for community rights.
Zerhouni Family Charitable Foundation Inc Co Bruce HolbrookNorfolk, VA
10 matching grants · $515,000 · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to ELIAS ZERHOUNI PROFESSORSHIP - HOPKINS — provide unbiased and authoritative medical advice to decision makers and the public
Largest: $166,638 to JUSTICE COLLABORATIONS — to support the justice together initiative to increase sound administration and rule of law for social welfare, especially immigration, including through fellowships, advice, and c…
Legal Aid SocietyLouisville, KYCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $169,333 · through 2024Largest: $90,582 to LEGAL AID OF THE BLUEGRASS — to create a coordinated, statewide hotline for individuals to seek custody & visitation advice. in addition to the custody hotline the money was to fund a client management system.
Largest: $820,758 to MONEY ADVICE TRUST — in support of financial health
Management Sciences for HealthMedford, MACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $3.8M · through 2024Largest: $1.8M to CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES — wash infrastructure and technical advice
Sage BionetworksSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $401,284 · through 2024Largest: $208,563 to University of California Los Angeles — itcr, lead evaluation and testing of new synapse features and their incorporation into multiple challenges, including a lead study of prostate cancer active surveillance. provide s…
Servant FoundationOverland Park, KSCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $972,454 · through 2024Largest: $305,832 to ADVICE & AID PREGNANCY CENTERS INC — community development
Maine Technology InstitutePortland, MECharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $141,800 · through 2023Largest: $75,000 to Election Bridge Inc — civa is revolutionizing civic engagement by creating a digital bridge between small to medium-sized organizations and governmental processes. utilizing state-of-the-art ai and geos…
Largest: $270,000 to NATIONAL ACAD OF SCIS — 79846 supporting the national academies' board on children, youth, and families in providing evidence-based advice on questions of national importance
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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 →