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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 “affilates”
Where the money went
Texas Society Daughters of the AmericanAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $204,064 · through 2025Largest: $103,415 to NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION — to support specific national affilate projects
Largest: $14,166 to COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH AFFIL INC — program support
Knights of Columbus 1760 SeghersJuneau, AKCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $19,520 · through 2024Largest: $13,720 to KofC Council 11757 — donation to affilate
Largest: $25,000 to THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY — support and expand the gilder lehrman institute of american history's affiliate school program in arizona. affiliate program expenses include but are not limited to resources to gr…
Inclusa FoundationStevens Point, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $314,500 · through 2024Largest: $314,500 to NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONSORTIUM (NLC) ON DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AN AFFIL — program support
John Templeton FoundationWest Conshohocken, PA
1 matching grant · $209,754 · through 2022Largest: $209,754 to STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA - WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY — measure & assess multiple religious identities, affil & congregat memberships
Reproductive Freedom for AllWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $50,000 to DEMOCRATIC ATTORNEYS — pol. affilate
Largest: $1,000 to NC COMMUNITY FNDXN- CRAVEN CO AFFIL — assist indigent families
Woodson CenterWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $10,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to MURPHYTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH — community affilates network
High Point Arts CouncilHigh Point, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $8,310 · through 2024Largest: $8,310 to GANT SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND JAZZ — provide support for affilated arts organization
Largest: $5,000 to CORRINA VAN WAGONER — hardship assistance for member affil
Largest: $2,000 to St Jude Midwest Affillate — children's hospital
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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 →